"What would they do to me," he asked in confidential tones, "if I refused to fly them?" "We'd probably shoot you," ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen replied. "We?" Yossarian cried in surprise. "What do you mean, we? Since when are you on their side?" "If you're going to be shot, whose side do you expect me to be on?" ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen retorted.

Major Major never sees anyone in his office while he's in his office.

It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead.

The smartest people in Washington are the political reporters. They write about their inferiors.

I wouldn't want to live without strong misgivings.

There was only one catch and that was catch 22

He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.