Joseph Heller Quotes

Feeling angry is a universal human phenomenon. It is as basic as feeling hungry, lonely, loving, or tired. The capacity to feel angry and to respond in some way to that feeling is in us from birth.

I think that fear comes about when there's things in the world that we want to change, things we're scared or angry about, and we can't change them, and so we become fearful; we develop anxiety.

I never feel any aggravation from the public.

A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

I think, often, when you are in just a lot of pain, it comes out as anger.

Anger can be a problem, but it has tremendous potential, too. It's just figuring out what to do with it.

Even a small mouse has anger.

The easiest and most accessible emotion is rage.

I don't know whether to toss you through that window or shake your hand and say 'Well done'" Henry said in a tired voice.

I get the strange urge to hit my head against the wall. Other people's sobs make me feel uncomfortable.

You're driving me NORMAL!

Frustration is the mother of risk.

I was slumped next to him. He didn't pay any attention to me, but kept snickering as he drove. It was annoying. I had PMS and a test this morning. Boy, had he picked the wrong girl.

I do not like sitting idly by when something clearly isn't right. I feel... not trapped but something like it, and I don't know what to about.

I think that I feel an indignation when I don't understand something.

Fear was stronger than the calculation of probabilities.

Hunger is the mother of impatience and anger.

Anger is a momentary madness.

This makes me so sore it gets my dandruff up.

The humblest observer who goes to the mines sees and says that gold-digging is of the character of a lottery; the gold thus obtained is not the same thing with the wages of honest toil. But, practically, he forgets what he has seen, for he has seen only the fact, not the principle, and goes into trade there, that is, buys a ticket in what commonly proves another lottery, where the fact is not so obvious.

Those monkey-thumbs were meant for dogs. Give me my thumbs, you fu**ing monkeys!

I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.

I feel I should warn you, I’m in a really bad mood. (Syn) You’ll be in a worse mood when we haul you in dead! (a Partini) ‘Syn grimaced in pain at a comment so stupid it didn’t even rate a snotty comeback.’ (Syn)

Anger or revolt that does not get into the muscles remains a figment of the imagination.