Insanity Quotes

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Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness. — Blaise Pascal
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. — Edgar Allan Poe
In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs,… — Lou Reed
You need a little bit of insanity to do great things. — Henry Rollins
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great… — Bertrand Russell
Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times. — Mort Sahl
'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a… — Michael Sheen
There are people who want me to do a cologne. They want to call it 'Patrick.' I was offered a fortune to make exercise videos.… — Patrick Swayze
The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane. — Nikola Tesla
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. — Hunter S. Thompson
To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity. — Richard Thompson
A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key. — Paul Valery
Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion. — Thornton Wilder
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. — Robin Williams
Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can't stop it. — Elizabeth Wurtzel
The two are not mutually exclusive, but we think we can have wealth without good ideas and without values and without a clear vision. Wealth… — Andrew Young
There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. — Frank Zappa
Insanity is contagious. — Joseph Heller
MR. KHARIS: 'Does Mr. Celine seriously suggest that the United States Government is in need of a guardian?' MR. CELINE: 'I am merely offering a… — Robert Anton Wilson
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear… — George Bernard Shaw

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