Insanity Quotes

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It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane. — Philip K. Dick
Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad. — Diogenes
Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies… — Umberto Eco
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. — Albert Einstein
I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one… — Desiderius Erasmus
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. — Bruce Feirstein
Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity. — Tippi Hedren
It has become my mission to stop the insanity of wild cats as pets. — Tippi Hedren
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane. — Hermann Hesse
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
If human beings were shown what they're really like, they'd either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves. — Aldous Huxley
I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane. — Waylon Jennings
I will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away. — Penn Jillette
A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free. — Nikos Kazantzakis
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
Everyone is more or less mad on one point. — Rudyard Kipling
Psychopaths know the technical difference between right and wrong - which is one of the reasons their insanity pleas in criminal cases so rarely succeed;… — Jeffrey Kluger
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Look, we're all saddled with things that make us better or worse. This world is a crazy place, and I've chosen to make my work… — Barbara Kruger
In a mad world, only the mad are sane. — Akira Kurosawa

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