The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals.

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

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

We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.

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

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

Hungry Joe collected lists of fatal diseases and arranged them in alphabetical order so that he could put his finger without delay on any one he wanted to worry about.

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.

He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

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

Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.

I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

Rise above principle and do what's right.

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

Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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.

But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as "Catch-22" I'm tempted to reply, "Who has?"

When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as 'Catch-22' I'm tempted to reply, 'Who has?'

Insanity is contagious.

The enemy is anybody whos going to get you killed no matter which side hes on.

I think that maybe in every company today there is always at least one person who is going crazy slowly.

There is no disappointment so numbing...as someone no better than you achieving more.

Our military commanders have said over and over again that a timetable for withdrawal sends the wrong message to our troops, but more importantly to our enemy.

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

There are a lot of people out there who think that I am their worst enemy, and I don't even care if these people exist.

By this time it was past six, and the enemy's van and ours were at too great a distance to engage, I perceived some of their ships stretching to the northward; and I imagined they were going to form a new line.

To me our bombing policy appears to be suicidal. Not because it does not do vast damage to our enemy, it does; but because, simultaneously, it does vast damage to our peace aim, unless that aim is mutual economic and social annihilation.

Especially today as we fight the war on terror - against an enemy that represents hatred, extremism and stands behind no flag - we need to remember the sacrifices that have gone into protecting our flag.

No enemy is worse than bad advice.

The soldier's main enemy is not the opposing soldier, but his own commander.

This bored fantastic woman, with her animal nature, giving herself the pleasure of seeing her enemy struck down, not a particularly keen one for her because she is so weary of having all her desires satisfied.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

Politics is the enemy of the imagination.

If I liken the Pacific War to a football match, I can say to you that the first half is over, we have kicked off after the interval, and we are going to carry the ball into enemy territory for a smashing victory.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.

Hatred is not contained in political thinking. Any hatred worked up against the public enemy is non-political, and always shows some weakness in the internal political situation.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy.

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.