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title: "22 Mental Institution Quotes by 21 authors"
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> [I don't think anybody thinks about their past much, unless they're in a mental institution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/i-don-t-think-anybody-thinks-about-their-past-much-unless-they-re-in/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

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> [The United States were a 35-year-old man, I think he'd be in a mental institution. Violent tendencies - delusions of grandeur -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-mercer/the-united-states-were-a-35-year-old-man-i-think-he-d-be-in-a-mental/)

[Rick Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-mercer/)

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> [People can be committed to a mental institution only after judicial hearing, but people are committed to schools beyond the reach of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-mayer/people-can-be-committed-to-a-mental-institution-only-after-judicial/)

[Martin Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-mayer/)

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> [We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/we-do-not-have-to-visit-a-madhouse-to-find-disordered-minds-our/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Once you've been in a mental institution, people are going to look at you funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-barrymore/once-you-ve-been-in-a-mental-institution-people-are-going-to-look-at/)

[Drew Barrymore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-barrymore/)

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> [“Dr. Spiro seems to think I don't know how to behave in a mental institution.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-wareham/dr-spiro-seems-to-think-i-don-t-know-how-to-behave-in-a-mental/)

[Louise Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-wareham/)

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> [“Hell, at this rate she’d end up in the mental institution by the end of the year. Cause: Celibacy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-probst/hell-at-this-rate-she-d-end-up-in-the-mental-institution-by-the-end/)

[Jennifer Probst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-probst/)

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> [Once you've been committed to a mental institution you're considered a second-rate citizen from then on and retroactive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jane-ward/once-you-ve-been-committed-to-a-mental-institution-you-re-considered/)

[Mary Jane Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jane-ward/)

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> [There was a mental institution near my house, and I would donate time teaching mentally ill patients how to do ceramics. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-klein/there-was-a-mental-institution-near-my-house-and-i-would-donate-time/)

[Steven Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-klein/)

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> [“Is he crazy? Of course he is, he's in a mental institution. I'm probably crazy too. The people in the hallway are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-garner/is-he-crazy-of-course-he-is-he-s-in-a-mental-institution-i-m-probably/)

[Christina Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-garner/)

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> [It's like, you can't have any fun, and if you do have fun, if you do your own thing, you're considered crazy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crispin-glover/it-s-like-you-can-t-have-any-fun-and-if-you-do-have-fun-if-you-do/)

[Crispin Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/crispin-glover/)

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> [“Hey, I’m Maddie. I have been dreaming about you for fifteen years. I was wondering if you were dreaming about me too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elena-kincaid/hey-i-m-maddie-i-have-been-dreaming-about-you-for-fifteen-years-i-was/)

[Elena Kincaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elena-kincaid/)

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> [When you've been locked up in a mental institution, people are going to ask questions. It was OK, because I didn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-barrymore/when-you-ve-been-locked-up-in-a-mental-institution-people-are-going/)

[Drew Barrymore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-barrymore/)

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> [There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/there-s-a-schizoid-streak-within-the-family-anyway-so-i-dare-say-that/)

[David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/)

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> [I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-wanted-to-write-when-i-was-young-but-people-said-it-was-impossible/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/when-i-was-about-five-or-seven-years-old-my-mother-was-placed-in-a/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

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> [I was never in a mental institution for a long time. I was in psych wards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darrell-hammond/i-was-never-in-a-mental-institution-for-a-long-time-i-was-in-psych/)

[Darrell Hammond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darrell-hammond/)

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> [How many women have been in a mental institution because they've been called crazy when they're just not allowed to be honest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-sudol/how-many-women-have-been-in-a-mental-institution-because-they-ve-been/)

[Alison Sudol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-sudol/)

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> [“None of you seem to understand ... this is a mental institution ... you came to life only because there is some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zied-saadi/none-of-you-seem-to-understand-this-is-a-mental-institution-you-came/)

[Zied Saadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zied-saadi/)

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> [At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/at-some-point-in-the-last-20-years-the-left-moved-to-the-center-and/)

[Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-maher/)

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> [If you like using CVS, you should be in some kind of mental institution or somewhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/if-you-like-using-cvs-you-should-be-in-some-kind-of-mental/)

[Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/)

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> [Nick can get up on stage and just wing it, whereas I would have to be taken to a mental institution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mullally/nick-can-get-up-on-stage-and-just-wing-it-whereas-i-would-have-to-be/)

[Megan Mullally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mullally/)

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