Insane Asylum Quotes

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I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know that each conversation with a… — Antonin Artaud
Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and I happen to like the… — Michael Caine
America is an insane asylum run by the inmates. — Lester Roloff
I think there was no other profession for me. I was either going into an insane asylum or to be an actor. — Olivia Wilde
I do not oppose the insane asylum â€” but I abhor and condemn the cutthroat system that robs man of his reason, drives him to… — Eugene V. Debs
What is the most innocent place in any country? Is it not the insane asylum? These people drift through life truly innocent, unable to see… — Arthur Miller
They're caught where there's no way out or where you can't see out. What are you going to do about it? I don't have the… — Ric Ocasek
South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum. — James L. Petigru
In the early days of his reign, Bismarck confided to a friend that it would some day be necessary for Germany to confine William II… — Kelly Miller
To go into acting is like asking for admission to an insane asylum. Anyone may apply, but only the certifiably insane are admitted. — Michael Shurtleff
By the tons it is coming into this country - the deadly, dreadful poison that racks and tears not only the body, but the very… — Harry J. Anslinger
It's such a tragedy that man endures in killing his brother and his own kind, putting him in jail and insane asylums, letting him lay… — Sun Ra
I think a good scene in a movie would be where one scientist tells another scientist, "You know what will save the world? You're holding… — Jack Handey
Once I talked to the inmates of an insane asylum in Hartford. I have talked to idiots a thousand times, but only once to the… — Mark Twain
When commenting on the turmoil and disorder of the world, If the other planets are inhabited, they must be using this earth as their insane… — George Bernard Shaw
The insane asylum on Blackwellâ€™s Island is a human rat-trap. It is easy to get in, but once there it is impossible to get out. — Nellie Bly
Let's say you went to Harvard or Oxford or Cambridge, and you said, 'I've come here because I'm in search of morality, guidance and consolation;… — Alain de Botton
Many people think it's in bad taste to advertise for an insane asylum... but come on down. We're going crazy. — Colin Mochrie
The world sometimes feels like an insane asylum. You can decide whether you want to be an inmate or pick up your visitor's badge. You… — Deepak Chopra
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

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