Madman Quotes

143 Madman quotes by 114 unique authors

A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key. — Paul Valery
Only the madman is absolutely sure. — Robert Anton Wilson
You have to be an artist and a madman, a creature of infinite melancholy, with a bubble of hot poison in your loins and a… — Vladimir Nabokov
To be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts. — Henry Miller
This that is tormented and very tired, tortured with restraints like a madman, this heart. — Rumi
I hold a beast, an angel, and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation… — Dylan Thomas
Some people think I'm a mythical genius, others think I'm a junkie madman. — Keith Richards
What's your road, man? - holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow. Where body how? — Jack Kerouac
Jad said, "The leakage was forcing choices, the making of which in no way improved matters." Okay. So we were, in effect, locked in a… — Neal Stephenson
To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Victor Hugo was a madman who thought he was Victor Hugo — Jean Cocteau
What's genius? I don't know but I do know that the difference between a madman and a professional is that a pro does as well… — Charles Bukowski
Inside every sane person there's a madman struggling to get out," said the shopkeeper. "That's what I've always thought. No one goes mad quicker than… — Terry Pratchett
No--when the rain falls you just let it fall and you grin like a madman and you dance with it, because if you can make… — Rachel Cohn
Every lover is, in his heart, a madman, and, in his head, a minstrel. — Neil Gaiman
It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman. — Suzanne Collins
Olivia: What's a drunken man like, fool? Feste: Like a drowned man, a fool, and a madman: one draught above heat makes him a fool;… — William Shakespeare
We are in the dark places of the earth," said Madman. "Where all the ancient and most dangerous secrets are kept. There are Old Things… — Simon R. Green
That mortal is a fool who, prospering, thinks his life has any strong foundation; since our fortune's course of action is the reeling way a… — Euripides
If I saw something once that I can't explain, that doesn't make them real. And if a trick of the dark gave me a chill,… — Charlie Huston
Because sometimes you just have to dance like a madman in the Self-Help section of your local bookstore. — David Levithan
The love of Christ embraces all without exception. Fire of love, crazy over what You have made. Oh, divine Madman. (Prayer of Catherine Siena) Simply… — Brennan Manning
That's the terrible part. I swear to God I'm a madman. — J D Salinger
Igor?' said Moist. 'You have an Igor?' Oh, yes,' said Hubert. 'That's how I get this wonderful light. They know the secret of storing lightning… — Terry Pratchett
Wherever the choice has had to be made between the man of reason and the madman, the world has unhesitatingly followed the madman. — Aldous Huxley

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