Top 31 Clevinger Quotes
#1. Clevinger had a mind, and Lieutenant Scheisskoph had noticed that people with minds tended to get pretty smart at times.
Joseph Heller
#2. But Yossarian knew he was right, because, as he explained to Clevinger, to the best of his knowledge he had never been wrong.
Joseph Heller
#3. Well, maybe it's true,' Clevinger conceded unwillingly in a subdued tone. 'Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants one?'
'I do,' Dunbar told him.
'Why?' Clevinger asked.
'What else is there?
Joseph Heller
#4. 'You haven't got a chance kid,' he had told him glumly.'They hate Jews.'
'But I'm not Jewish,' answered Clevinger.
'It will make no difference,' Yossarian promised, and Yossarian was right. 'They're after everybody.
Joseph Heller
#5. Everyone agreed that Clevinger was certain to go far in the academic world. In short, Clevinger was one of those people with lots of intelligence and no brains,
Joseph Heller
#6. Clevinger was one of those people with lots of intelligence and no brains, and everyone knew it except those who soon found it out
Joseph Heller
#7. They're trying to kill me," Yossarian told him calmly.
No one's trying to kill you," Clevinger cried.
Then why are they shooting at me?" Yossarian asked.
They're shooting at everyone," Clevinger answered. "They're trying to kill everyone."
And what difference does that make?
Joseph Heller
#8. As always occurred when he quarreled over principles in which he believed passionately, he would end up gasping furiously for air and blinking back bitter tears of conviction. There were many principles in which Clevinger believed passionately. He was crazy.
Joseph Heller
#10. The only times you say what I'm thinking, it's without any of the sarcasm and therefore the exact opposite of what I mean.
Brian Clevinger
#11. Sorry, I was a philosophy major, so nutjob cultist is the only job I can hold.
Brian Clevinger
#12. It's really my fault because I continue listening to the things that you say.
Brian Clevinger
#13. If we were to plot the distance between where you are RIGHT NOW and the nearest good idea, it would describe a line too big to fit inside the universe.
Brian Clevinger
#15. Black Mage: I was joking.
Red Mage: OH. See, I was confused by the total lack of comedy.
Brian Clevinger
#16. I really need to restructure my life so I can spend more time reading abstracts and less time punching dinosaurs."
- Atomic Robo
Brian Clevinger
#18. I should imagine that space-time as we now know it will hold no meaning for me at that stage of evolution. I'll be a chick magnet.
Brian Clevinger
#19. Every day with you is an adventure I never wanted. Like swimming naked through shards of glass.
Brian Clevinger
#20. Ooh, I know! You took a course of action so circumlocutious that it would've been faster AND easier for all parties if you just killed yourself?
Brian Clevinger
#21. Your words are fire giants besieging the Asgard of my mind.
Brian Clevinger
#23. We're not trapped in here with them. They're trapped in here with Jenkins.
Brian Clevinger
#24. We know the thing is four months away. Technically, it's already there and we're four months away.
Brian Clevinger
#26. When your future self tells you to do something, YOU DO IT.
Brian Clevinger
#27. Okay, it's a matter of company policy from now on. You must build a reverse polarity setting into all experiments.
Brian Clevinger
#29. Is this going anywhere? I have some important "Not being in the same room as you" to get done.
Brian Clevinger
#30. The only way I could care less about what you're talking about is if you keep talking.
Brian Clevinger
#31. ... You can only properly oppress people through a stability bordering on stagnation.
Brian Clevinger
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