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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three.
Catch-22 (1961)
He could never decide whether to furgle them or photograph them, for he had found it impossible to do both simultaneously.
Catch-22 (1961)
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
Catch-22 (1961)
Outside the hospital the war was still going on. Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
Catch-22 (1961)
It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him.
Catch-22 (1961)
Morale was deteriorating and it was all Yossarian's fault. The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
Catch-22 (1961)
He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt, and his only mission each time he went up was to come down alive.
Catch-22 (1961)
"Open your eyes, Clevinger. It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead."
Catch-22 (1961)
The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likeable. In three days no one could stand him.
Catch-22 (1961)
"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on."
Catch-22 (1961)
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind.
Catch-22 (1961)
The God I don't believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God. He's not the mean and stupid God you make him out to be.
Catch-22 (1961)
"Dear Mrs., Mr., Miss, or Mr. And Mrs. Daneeka: Words cannot express the deep personal grief I experienced when your husband, son, father, or brother was killed, wounded, or reported missing in action."
Catch-22 (1961)
Clevinger was dead. That was the basic flaw in his philosophy.
Catch-22 (1961)
"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."
Catch-22 (1961)
This time Milo had gone too far. Bombing his own men and planes was more than even the most phlegmatic observer could stomach, and it looked like the end for him...Milo was all washed up until he opened his books to the public and disclosed the tremendous profit he had made.
Catch-22 (1961)
The case against Clevinger was open and shut. The only thing missing was something to charge him with.
Catch-22 (1961)
"Let someone else get killed!"
"Suppose everyone on our side felt that way?"
"Well then I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?"
Catch-22 (1961)
"Climb, you bastard! Climb, climb, climb, climb! "
Catch-22 (1961)
"But I make a profit of three and a quarter cents an egg by selling them for four and a quarter cents an egg to the people in Malta I buy them from for seven cents an egg. Of course, I don't make the profit. The syndicate makes the profit. And everybody has a share."
Catch-22 (1961)