Insane Quotes

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If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers. — E. W. Howe
We've seen some insane signs: 'Is that a loaf of bread in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?' Funny stuff along… — Josh Hutcherson
If human beings were shown what they're really like, they'd either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves. — Aldous Huxley
If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we… — William James
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. — Thomas Jefferson
I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane. — Waylon Jennings
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.' — Lyndon B. Johnson
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. — Joseph Joubert
Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them. — Maynard James Keenan
The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages.… — Imran Khan
Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age… — Soren Kierkegaard
San Francisco is a mad city - inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty. — Rudyard Kipling
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. — Jonathan Kozol
We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of our illness and… — Madeleine L'Engle
Writings scatter to the winds blank checks in an insane charge. And were they not such flying leaves, there would be no purloined letters. — Jacques Lacan
Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world. — R. D. Laing
Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration, insane business regulations and staggering national unemployment are pushing our nation… — James Lankford
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable… — John Lennon
Yes, this is 21st-century America. Where we have better means to treat mental illness than ever before, but choose to let the insane people decide… — Rich Lowry
It's only words... unless they're true. — David Mamet
I like fruit baskets because it gives you the ability to mail someone a piece of fruit without appearing insane. Like, if someone just mailed… — Demetri Martin
I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane. — Abraham Maslow
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos.… — H. L. Mencken
Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. — H. L. Mencken

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