All of our religions but the Judaic and the Greek think more of us dead than alive.

Who's they?" He wanted to know. "Who, specifically, do you think is trying to murder you?" "Every one of them," Yossarian told him. "Every one of whom?" "Every one of whom do you think?" "I haven't any idea." "Then how do you know they aren't?" "Because..." Clevinger sputtered, and turned speechless with frustration. Clevinger really thought he was right, but Yossarian had proof, because strangers he didn't know shot at him with cannons every time he flew up into the air to drop bombs on them, and it wasn't funny at all.

I wouldn't want to live without strong misgivings.

All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened by the stars.

I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.

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

It's a wise person, I guess, who knows he's dumb, and an honest person who knows he's a liar. And it's a dumb person, I guess, whose convinced he's wise...-Bob Slocum