--- title: "13 Raving Mad Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Raving Mad quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Raving Mad sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/stieg-larsson-4224_comical_stark-raving-mad-934557_934557.jpg" --- > [“Stark raving mad.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stieg-larsson/stark-raving-mad/) [Stieg Larsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stieg-larsson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/stieg-larsson-4224_comical_stark-raving-mad-934557_934557.jpg) > [She's stark raving mad!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/she-s-stark-raving-mad/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/lewis-carroll-324_mad_she-s-stark-raving-mad-1516386_1516386.jpg) > [August 28th 2012. Remember that date. It marks the day when the world went raving mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-monbiot/august-28th-2012-remember-that-date-it-marks-the-day-when-the-world/) [George Monbiot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-monbiot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/george-monbiot-2762_august_august-28th-2012-remember-that-date-it-m_2876797.png) > [Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/why-reasonable-people-go-stark-raving-mad-when-anything-involving-a-2/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/harper-lee-451_atticus-being-a-mock_why-reasonable-people-go-stark-raving-ma_2631846.png) > [I was very, very underdeveloped for my age, I hated what I looked like, so I thought everyone had gone stark raving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twiggy/i-was-very-very-underdeveloped-for-my-age-i-hated-what-i-looked-like/) [Twiggy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twiggy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/twiggy-7711_age_i-was-very-very-underdeveloped-for-my-ag_1855652.jpg) > [I'd have to be stark raving mad to be a supporter of Boris Johnson. And I'm not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/i-d-have-to-be-stark-raving-mad-to-be-a-supporter-of-boris-johnson/) [Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/maureen-lipman-4256_europe_i-d-have-to-be-stark-raving-mad-to-be-a_2678037.png) > [Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/deprived-of-meaningful-work-men-and-women-lose-their-reason-for/) [Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/fyodor-dostoevsky-342_existence_deprived-of-meaningful-work-men-and-wome_2075954.png) > [I was very low and I had to achieve something. Without the challenge, I would have gone stark raving mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling-2/i-was-very-low-and-i-had-to-achieve-something-without-the-challenge-i/) [J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9e/j-k-rowling-2-683_achieve_i-was-very-low-and-i-had-to-achieve-some_948305.jpg) > [Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norm-papernick/those-who-can-laugh-without-cause-have-either-found-the-true-meaning-2/) [Norm Papernick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norm-papernick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/norm-papernick-266885_happiness_those-who-can-laugh-without-cause-have-e_1201653.jpg) > [Raving mad is quite easy. You just chew up the scenery or something. It's quiet mad that's hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-caldwell/raving-mad-is-quite-easy-you-just-chew-up-the-scenery-or-something-it/) [Sarah Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-caldwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/sarah-caldwell-33024_actors_raving-mad-is-quite-easy-you-just-chew-u_2983220.jpg) > [I was stark raving mad, and my family was too polite to mention it. That's what living with the Yamanis does to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamora-pierce/i-was-stark-raving-mad-and-my-family-was-too-polite-to-mention-it/) [Tamora Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamora-pierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64a/tamora-pierce-935_crazy_i-was-stark-raving-mad-and-my-family-was_665048.png) > [“I’m not ready to settle down with anyone. Especially not someone that I’ve only just met. I’d have to be stark, raving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-grey/i-m-not-ready-to-settle-down-with-anyone-especially-not-someone-that/) [Sofia Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-grey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/sofia-grey-56927_jake-bledri_i-m-not-ready-to-settle-down-with-anyone_478780.jpg) > [“How could a woman who was that beautiful, who smelled that good, who had such perfectly lovely teeth and bright eyes, be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-kurland/how-could-a-woman-who-was-that-beautiful-who-smelled-that-good-who/) [Lynn Kurland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-kurland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbf/lynn-kurland-18698_beauty_how-could-a-woman-who-was-that-beautiful_2806841.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/raving-mad/#itemlist", "name": "Raving Mad Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Stark raving mad.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stieg Larsson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stieg-larsson/stark-raving-mad/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/stieg-larsson-4224_comical_stark-raving-mad-934557_934557.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/stieg-larsson-4224_comical_stark-raving-mad-934557_934557.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/stieg-larsson-4224_comical_stark-raving-mad-934557_934557.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Stark raving mad.” — Stieg Larsson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She's stark raving mad!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lewis Carroll" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/she-s-stark-raving-mad/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/lewis-carroll-324_mad_she-s-stark-raving-mad-1516386_1516386.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/lewis-carroll-324_mad_she-s-stark-raving-mad-1516386_1516386.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/lewis-carroll-324_mad_she-s-stark-raving-mad-1516386_1516386.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She's stark raving mad!” — Lewis Carroll", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "August 28th 2012. 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