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Joseph Heller was an American novelist known for his satirical and black humor style. His novel 'Catch-22' is considered one of the greatest novels of the 20th century and has had a profound impact on literature.

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Famous Joseph Heller Quotes

“I frequently feel I'm being taken advantage of merely because I'm asked to do the work I'm paid to do.”

Work Indignation

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“In the office in which I work there are five people of whom I am afraid. Each of these five people is afraid of four people (excluding overlaps), for a total of twenty, and each of these twenty people is afraid of six people, making a total of one hundred and twenty people who are feared by at least one person. Each of these one hundred and twenty people is afraid of the other one hundred and nineteen, and all of these one hundred and forty-five people are afraid of the twelve men at the top who helped found and build the company and now own and direct it.”

Fear Work

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“When salesmen are doing well, there is pressure upon them to begin doing better, for fear they may start doing worse.”

Work Pressure

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“Nobody is sure anymore who really runs the company (not even the people who are credited with running it), but the company does run.”

Work Absurd

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“This makes my boredom worse. It’s a real problem to decide whether it’s more boring to do something boring than to pass along everything boring that comes in to somebody else and then have nothing to do at all.”

Work Boredom

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“I think that maybe in every company today there is always at least one person who is going crazy slowly.”

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“The Lord gave us farmers two strong hands so we could grab as much as we could with both of them.”

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Author:Joseph Heller

About the Author

Born: May 1, 1923
Died: December 12, 1999
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 214

Books & Sources

Catch-22: A NovelRelated source material

Catch-22Related source material

Catch-22: 50th Anniversary EditionRelated source material

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Good as GoldRelated source material

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Joseph Heller's Catch-22: A Critical EditionRelated source material

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