Insanity Quotes

626 quotes by 440 authors

He used this great, sad, motionless face to suggest various related things: a one-track mind near the track's end of pure insanity; mulish imperturbability under… — James Agee
Staying in the house breeds a sort of insanity always. Every house is, in this sense, a hospital. — Henry David Thoreau
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
Insanity is the only sane reaction to an insane society. — Thomas Szasz
Might we not say to the confused voices which sometimes arise from the depths of our being: "Ladies, be so kind as to speak only… — Sophie Swetchine
Today I felt pass over me A breath of wind from the wings of madness. — Charles Baudelaire
Somewhere between sanity and madness lays a fine line, for some it is a tightrope walked daily, a fight for balance to be won or… — ZoÃ« Heller
Embrace your inner lunatic. — Derek Landy
Fear, true fear, is a savage frenzy. Of all the insanities of which we are capable, it is surely the cruelest. There is naught to… — Georges Bernanos
You need messiness and magic, serendipity and insanity. Creativity comes from time off, and time out. — Timothy Egan
The American Medical Association says the humane way is to let people starve and thirst to death. If you did that to an animal, youd… — Jack Kevorkian
But here let me say one thing: From the moment I entered the insane ward on the Island, I made no attempt to keep up… — Nellie Bly
Weâ€™re built of contradictions, all of us. Itâ€™s those opposing forces that give us strength, like an arch, each block pressing the next. Give me… — Mark Lawrence
Insanity has infected all the central banks of the world. — David Stockman
The difference between insanity and genius is measured only by success and failure. — Masashi Kishimoto
The facts of the matter are that we have known for a long time that diagnoses are often not useful or reliable, but we have… — Unknown Author
It was a symptom of the insanity of human beings in a cosmos obviously designed for them to live in, but which they industriously prepare… — Murray Leinster
The Empire is the institution, the codification, of derangement; it is insane and imposes its insanity on us by violence, since its nature is a… — Philip K. Dick
Want a good body? Work at it. Want to be a success? Work at it. Want to be truly exceptional? Be a touch insane... You… — Henry Rollins
Insanity is arguing with reality. — Byron Katie

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