Delusions Quotes

158 Delusions quotes by 129 unique authors

Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself. — Jane Wagner
The belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions. — Paul Watzlawick
Respect the delicate ecology of your delusions. — Tony Kushner
Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration. — Steve Martin
What is man? He's just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur. — Ayn Rand
...for whether we want to or not, we belong to our time and we share in its opinions, its feelings, even its delusions. — Henri Matisse
I mean what they and their hired psychiatrists call delusional systems. Needless to say, ‘delusions’ are always officially defined. We do not have to worry… — Thomas Pynchon
Whatever plane our consciousness may be acting in, both we and the things belonging to that plane are, for the time being, our only realities.… — H. P. Blavatsky
Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth. — Robert A. Heinlein
Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitudes. — Leonardo da Vinci
Daydreams are the delusions of the devil. — Charlotte Bronte
It is practically an axiom in psychiatry that precocious intellect combined with physical weakness can give rise to many unpleasant character traits - avarice, delusions… — Sam Savage
I began dividing life in absolutes... Things and people were either perfectly bad, or perfectly good, and when life didn't obey this black-and-white rule, when… — J. R. Moehringer
None could guess my confusion, my host of deluded illusions and elusive delusions! A mantle of marble hiding a crumbling core of sandstone. See how… — Steven Erikson
I'm sure that you psychotic necro-wannabes with delusions of godhood are all about sharing with your fellow maniacs. — Jim Butcher
I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others,… — Christopher Hitchens
Nick’s right, you are psychotic. (Talon) The correct term is sociopathic and yes, I am. But at least I have no delusions about myself. (Zarek)… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
If your going to have delusions, you might as well go for the really satisfying ones. — J. Michael Straczynski
Vonnegut's war was necessary. And yet it was massacre and screaming and confusion and blood and death. It was the mammoth projection outward of the… — George Saunders
It's only before realities set in that we can treasure our delusions. — Anna Quindlen
It took less than half a second for me to realize that, as long as I was truly insane now, I might as well enjoy… — Stephenie Meyer
Since it was there, Larkin got another bowl, spooned up stew for himself. “He fights with us. We’re an army.” “An army? Talk about delusions… — Nora Roberts
The states of birth, suffering, love, and death, are extreme states: extreme, universal, and inescapable. We all know this, but we would rather not know… — James A. Baldwin
It took the real thing to show you the size of your delusions. — Ann Brashares
...Don't rupture another's illusion unless you're positive the alternative you offer is more worthwhile than that from which you're wrenching them. Interrogate your solipsism: Does… — Jonathan Lethem

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