I wouldn't want to live without strong misgivings.

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

I could not write about a subject sacred to me because I would be too flippant. Fortunately, there are no subjects sacred to me.

The Lord gave us farmers two strong hands so we could grab as much as we could with both of them.

You wouldn’t be normal if you were never afraid. Even the bravest men experience fear. One of the biggest jobs we all face in combat is to overcome fear.

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.

"Surely so many countries can't all be worth dying for." "Anything worth living for," said Nately, "is worth dying for." "And anything worth dying for," answered the sacrilegious old man, "is certainly worth living for."