House Quote by Jacob Weisberg

We're quick to describe politicians whose views we find extreme or whose behavior seems odd as 'crazy,' and perhaps anyone who runs for president…

— Jacob Weisberg

But like a born actor who only really wants to direct, Gingrich has always been unsatisfied with what he's brilliant at. He can't still…

— John Podhoretz

Manic depressive is a disease.

— Debbie Reynolds

“Maybe he’s suffering from a psychotic condition? Bipolar disorder? Depression?” My”

— R.S. Grey

Now Speaker Gingrich says interesting and insightful things. He can explain them well. On many occasions he also says outrageous things that come from…

— Jim Talent

Several politicians and wives of politicians have been public about their experiences with depression or bipolar illness, including Lawton Chiles, Patrick Kennedy, Tipper Gore…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

Gingrich was a far more volatile and aggressive individual than Boehner, but the institutional norms of self-restraint, and perhaps even self-interest, have broken down…

— George Packer

Newt Gingrich has a restless and outsized intelligence that is tragically unleavened by any kind of critical sensibility.

— John Podhoretz

“Depression, somehow, is much more in line with society's notions of what women are all about: passive, sensitive, hopeless, helpless, stricken, dependent, confused, rather…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

Manic depression is a frustratin' mess.

— Jimi Hendrix

“In addition to anxiety and irritability, other symptoms include an irrational belief that he can alter reality; a clear tendency to act in a…

— Basma Abdel Aziz

I'm not a Gingrich fan. He's just difficult to work with. It's either Newt's way or the highway.

— Bob Dole