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Catch-22 Quotes
25 of the best book quotes from Catch-22
#1
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
concepts
age
death
#2
When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Yossarian
concept
Giving Up
#3
The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Yossarian
concept
war
#4
Surely so many countries can’t all be worth dying for.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
concept
patriotism
#5
The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
concepts
Human Nature
hate
#6
From now on I’m thinking only of me.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Yossarian
concept
Selfishness
#7
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Colonel Cargill
concept
success
#8
Insanity is contagious.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Yossarian
concept
Craziness
#9
They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
characters
Colonel Korn
Corporal Whitcomb
Clevinger
concept
education
#10
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Yossarian
concepts
death
life
#11
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
concepts
paranoia
fear
#12
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Clevinger
concept
literature
#13
Why are they going to disappear him?
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Nurse Ducket
concept
murder
#14
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Yossarian
concepts
Civil Rights
freedom
#15
“Be glad you’re even alive.”
“Be furious you’re going to die.”
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Yossarian
concepts
death
life
#16
You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Colonel Korn
concept
lies
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#17
You have deep-seated survival anxieties. And you don’t like bigots, bullies, snobs or hypocrites. Subconsciously there are many people you hate.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Major Sanderson
concept
hate
#18
I hate them consciously.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Yossarian
concept
hate
#19
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Tappman
concepts
misery
hoping
#20
There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
concepts
questions
curiosity
#21
Anything worth living for is worth dying for.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Nately
concepts
life
worth
#22
You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Major Sanderson
concept
traditions
#23
If you’re going to be shot, whose side do you expect me to be on?
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
concepts
loyalty
Wintergreen
#24
A little grease is what makes this world go round. One hand washes the other. Know what I mean? You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
character
Doctor Daneeka
#25
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
author
Joseph Heller
book
Catch-22
concept
sorrow
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