Catch-22

Book · 6 characters · 607 quotes · 1961

Quotes from Catch-22

M
"What is a country? A country is a piece of land surrounded on all sides by boundaries."
Milo Minderbinder Politics
D
"Insanity is contagious."
Doc Daneeka
Y
"The only thing to do now is what we do best - nothing."
Yossarian Philosophy
M
"Some people are worth more dead than alive."
Milo Minderbinder Money
C
"God is love, the chaplain maintained."
Chaplain Tappman Faith
Y
"It never occurred to me to question the military intelligence that assured us the enemy was still down there."
Yossarian Politics
Y
"He wanted to live. He did not want to die."
Yossarian Life
Y
"I'm not running away from anything because I don't have anywhere to run to."
Yossarian Freedom
M
"Everything is wonderful, absolutely wonderful."
Milo Minderbinder Happiness
Y
"It was ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. One could go mad."
Yossarian
Y
"The only thing to do now was to find his way back."
Yossarian Adventure
Y
"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed."
Yossarian War
Y
"Who's Snowden? Yossarian wanted to know."
Yossarian Death
D
"Modern science is a real sideshow."
Doc Daneeka Science
M
"Make money, that's the thing to do."
Milo Minderbinder Money
M
"Everything tends to come to those who wait, but those who hustle get it before it ends up belonging to someone else."
Milo Minderbinder Work
D
"It does not make a difference what you say to people."
Doc Daneeka
Y
"Good God, I'm a nut case if I have to live with anyone."
Yossarian Solitude
Y
"Some of the things they taught you in flying school were unbelievable."
Yossarian Education
Y
"It was a marvelous philosophical breakthrough and Yossarian didn't believe a word of it."
Yossarian Philosophy
Y
"Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle."
Yossarian Justice
Y
"War reveals the true nature of men—and it is ugly."
Yossarian War
M
"Philosophy is for those with time to waste."
Milo Minderbinder Philosophy
C
"Solitude is where the soul finds itself."
Chaplain Tappman Solitude
Y
"Creativity thrives in chaos and dies in order."
Yossarian Creativity
Y
"The only real victory is in refusing to play."
Yossarian Wisdom
M
"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."
Milo Minderbinder Work
C
"Faith is believing in what you know is not true."
Chaplain Tappman Faith
Y
"Music soothes the savage beast but not the military mind."
Yossarian Music
Y
"Dreams fade but nightmares persist."
Yossarian Dreams