Catch-22

Book · 6 characters · 607 quotes · 1961

Quotes from Catch-22

Y
"Some people are worth the trouble and some are not."
Yossarian Relationships
Y
"The fastest way out is through a cloud."
Yossarian
Y
"The only thing wrong with everything is that it's everything."
Yossarian Truth
C
"The problem is that no one pays any attention to the combat conditions."
Colonel Cathcart War
Y
"Catch-22 says I can do anything I want to do, but I can't do anything I want to do."
Yossarian Freedom
Y
"The only thing worth dying for is music, or a woman, or the ABC television network."
Yossarian Life
M
"What does it mean to have a price if you don't take it?"
Milo Minderbinder Money
Y
"I'm in love with someone who doesn't know I exist."
Yossarian Love
C
"Why are they making such a fuss about Clevinger?"
Colonel Cathcart Justice
Y
"Some of the things I think about only come to me when I'm alone."
Yossarian Solitude
Y
"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed."
Yossarian War
D
"Knock on wood, he said, rapping his knuckles against the side of his head."
Doc Daneeka Humor
Y
"I'm gonna live forever or die in the attempt."
Yossarian Courage
Y
"Maybe some of the things I think happened didn't happen."
Yossarian Truth
M
"The only thing that really mattered was to get ahead."
Milo Minderbinder Success
Y
"I'm going mad. I know I'm mad because I can feel myself going mad."
Yossarian Fear
D
"The real problem is that we're all crazy now."
Doc Daneeka Philosophy
Y
"I want to see it before I die."
Yossarian Adventure
Y
"Everybody's got a home except me."
Yossarian Solitude
Y
"I don't want to take any more chances with my life."
Yossarian Courage
C
"What a terrible world we live in."
Chaplain Tappman
Y
"The world is full of imbeciles and the only way to survive is to laugh."
Yossarian Humor
C
"I'm a fiend about consistency."
Colonel Cathcart Humor
Y
"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered."
Yossarian Freedom
M
"The only real value is what you can sell."
Milo Minderbinder Money
C
"God has given me the strength to do anything."
Colonel Cathcart Faith
Y
"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt."
Yossarian Life
Y
"That's what I love about the Army - it's got no sense of humor."
Yossarian Humor
Y
"The only way to survive is to laugh at death."
Yossarian Humor
C
"I've got to do something about Yossarian."
Colonel Cathcart Power