When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. Mark Twain
When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.InsanityQuotations by Mark Twain
Month: November 2008
Though this be madness, yet there is method in it. [Hamlet] William Shakespeare
Though this be madness, yet there is method in it. [Hamlet]InsanityQuotations by William Shakespeare
What is madness but nobility of soul. At odds with circumstance? Theodore Roethke
What is madness but nobility of soul. At odds with circumstance?InsanityQuotations by Theodore Roethke
All of us are crazy in one way or another. Yiddish Proverb
All of us are crazy in one way or another.InsanityQuotations by Yiddish Proverb
Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome. Chinese Proverb
Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome.InsanityQuotations by Chinese Proverb
Whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad. Proverb
Whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.InsanityQuotations by Proverb
For virtue’s self may too much zeal be had; the worst of madmen is a saint run mad. Alexander Pope
For virtue’s self may too much zeal be had; the worst of madmen is a saint run mad.InsanityQuotations by Alexander Pope
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. Edgar Allan Poe
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.InsanityQuotations by Edgar Allan Poe
I’m a nut, but not just a nut. Bill Murray
I’m a nut, but not just a nut.InsanityQuotations by Bill Murray
Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your children. Samuel Levenson
Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your children.InsanityQuotations by Samuel Levenson
There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. Oscar Levant
There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.InsanityQuotations by Oscar Levant
Everyone is more or less mad on one point. Rudyard Kipling
Everyone is more or less mad on one point.InsanityQuotations by Rudyard Kipling
I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane. Waylon Jennings
I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.InsanityQuotations by Waylon Jennings
I teach that all men are mad. Horace
I teach that all men are mad.InsanityQuotations by Horace
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.InsanityQuotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone. Baltasar Gracian
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.InsanityQuotations by Baltasar Gracian
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked. Allen Ginsberg
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked.InsanityQuotations by Allen Ginsberg
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit. Nathaniel Emmons
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.InsanityQuotations by Nathaniel Emmons
Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair. T. S. Eliot
Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair.InsanityQuotations by T. S. Eliot
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one’s designs to one’s means. Napoleon Bonaparte
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one’s designs to one’s means.InsanityQuotations by Napoleon Bonaparte
We are all born mad. Some remain so. Samuel Beckett
We are all born mad. Some remain so.InsanityQuotations by Samuel Beckett
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. Aristotle
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.InsanityQuotations by Aristotle
Innovation is the creation of the new or the re-arranging of the old in a new way. Michael Vance
Innovation is the creation of the new or the re-arranging of the old in a new way.InnovationQuotations by Michael Vance
You let me throw the bricks through the front window. You go in at the back and take the swag. Ezra Pound
You let me throw the bricks through the front window. You go in at the back and take the swag.InnovationQuotations by Ezra Pound
CREATIVITY is thinking up new things. INNOVATION is doing new things. Theodore Levitt
CREATIVITY is thinking up new things. INNOVATION is doing new things.InnovationQuotations by Theodore Levitt
Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities. Thomas Jefferson
Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.InnovationQuotations by Thomas Jefferson
INNOVATION is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form. Watts Humprey
INNOVATION is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form.InnovationQuotations by Watts Humprey
Innovators are inevitably controversial. Eva Le Gallienne
Innovators are inevitably controversial.InnovationQuotations by Eva Le Gallienne
Pure innovation is more gross than error. George Chapman
Pure innovation is more gross than error.InnovationQuotations by George Chapman
Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics. Coco Chanel
Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics.InnovationQuotations by Coco Chanel
To innovate is not to reform. Edmund Burke
To innovate is not to reform.InnovationQuotations by Edmund Burke
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. Walter Bagehot
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.InnovationQuotations by Walter Bagehot
Nothing looks so like innocence as an indiscretion. Oscar Wilde
Nothing looks so like innocence as an indiscretion.InnocenceQuotations by Oscar Wilde
The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever. John Updike
The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever.InnocenceQuotations by John Updike
If you would live innocently, seek solitude. Publilius Syrus
If you would live innocently, seek solitude.InnocenceQuotations by Publilius Syrus
Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends. Bishop Robert South
Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.InnocenceQuotations by Bishop Robert South
Now my innocence begins to weigh me down. Jean Racine
Now my innocence begins to weigh me down.InnocenceQuotations by Jean Racine
To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery. Ouida
To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery.InnocenceQuotations by Ouida
It’s innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn’t. Mignon McLaughlin
It’s innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn’t.InnocenceQuotations by Mignon McLaughlin
She looked as though butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth –or anywhere else. Else Lanchester
She looked as though butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth –or anywhere else.InnocenceQuotations by Else Lanchester