Catch-22

Book · 6 characters · 607 quotes · 1961

Quotes from Catch-22

Y
"Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it seems."
Yossarian Wisdom
D
"Man is matter. Who else in the family has jowls?"
Doc Daneeka Humor
Y
"Everything there is something wrong with me that I don't know about yet."
Yossarian Health
Y
"Some men are born; some achieve greatness; and some have greatness thrust upon them."
Yossarian Humor
C
"The correct way to walk is directly ahead."
Colonel Cathcart Humor
Y
"Some people are worth dying for."
Yossarian Friendship
Y
"That's some catch, that Catch-22."
Yossarian Truth
Y
"Good God, how much reverence can you have for a Supreme Being who finds it necessary to include such phenomena as phlegm and tooth decay in His divine system of Creation?"
Yossarian Faith
Y
"Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them."
Yossarian Humor
Y
"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on."
Yossarian War
D
"Moderation is everything."
Doc Daneeka Wisdom
M
"When I grow up, I want to be a kamikaze pilot."
Milo Minderbinder Humor
Y
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of such a world is a personal insult."
Yossarian Freedom
Y
"There's no way out."
Yossarian
Y
"I have to keep flying missions or I'll be grounded."
Yossarian
D
"Insanity is contagious."
Doc Daneeka Philosophy
Y
"They're right, but I'm not wrong."
Yossarian Wisdom
C
"You're a officer and a gentleman."
Colonel Cathcart Leadership
Y
"Someone has to do something sometime."
Yossarian Motivation
Y
"I'm afraid of flying."
Yossarian Fear
C
"Forgive me, sir, but I'm not quite sure what you mean."
Chaplain Tappman Humor
M
"They don't know what we're doing."
Milo Minderbinder War
Y
"Catch-22 says I can do anything I want to do, but I can't do anything on my own."
Yossarian Justice
Y
"The country is in peril; I'm jeopardizing my traditional rights of freedom and independence."
Yossarian Freedom
M
"Either I'm right or I'm wrong, and until somebody proves me wrong, I'm right."
Milo Minderbinder
Y
"I'm way ahead of you."
Yossarian Wisdom
M
"The best things in life are free, except for airplanes."
Milo Minderbinder Money
Y
"That's what I love about these docs, the way they always help each other out."
Yossarian Humor
Y
"I'm not running away from my responsibilities. And it isn't as though I'm saying anything new."
Yossarian Courage
Y
"They're all mad."
Yossarian War