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

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.

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

It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead.

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

Why are they going to disappear him?'I don't know.'It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar.

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.

But Yossarian knew he was right, because, as he explained to Clevinger, to the best of his knowledge he had never been wrong.

Self-love is self-care.

Well, if you can accept that I’m a great big geeky fangirl, then I guess I can accept that you’re a skeptic and a realist.

No one on earth is "functionless". The problem we usually have is that functions of people are being displayed in the wrong positions! Change position!

Now here you see it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else you must run at least twice as fast as that!

We truly believe with hard work, dedication and perseverance, we can become the best at what we do. No one wants to become mediocre.

You can't fake wrestling. We can fake punch, but with wrestling you just have to go ahead and do it. You really need to see the hand hit the face, the head butting and everything.

I'm proud to represent the average woman.

It's tough. I mean the thing is that people don't realize how much people are looking at you and judging you and constantly try to, I guess, watch you fail, and hoping you do fail.

Your personal power is not something that is going to reveal itself at some later date. Your power is a result of your decision to reveal it. You are powerful in whatever moment you choose to be.

[Buckminster Fuller] was quite a Newtonian in certain ways. But he was an excellent inventor and kept people on their toes.