Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants one?

Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.

I don't believe in miracles because it's been a long time since we've had any.

I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.

How did I get here? Somebody pushed me. Somebody must have set me off in this direction and clus-ters of other hands must have touched themselves to the controls at various times, for I would not have picked this way for the world.

I think that maybe inside any business, there is someone slowly going crazy

The enemy," retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, "is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on, and that includes Colonel Cathcart. And don't you forget that, because the longer you remember it, the longer you might live.