Quotes from Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Nately had a bad start. He came from a good family.

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

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

-You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!

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

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

They couldn't keep Death out, but while she was in she had to act like a lady.