Insane Quotes - Page 3

• The love of knowledge is a kind of madness.

  C. S. Lewis

  Love, Knowledge, Mad

  C.S. Lewis (1996). “Out of the Silent Planet”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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• If some people are so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it, imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation this side of insanity.

  Dale Carnegie

  Appreciation, People, Giving

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.29, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Among creatures born into chaos, a majority will imagine an order, a minority will question the order, and the rest will be pronounced insane.

  Robert Breault

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Order

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• To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives.

  John Forbes Nash

  People, Wish, Useful Life

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• Girls are trained to say, ‘I wrote this, but it’s probably really stupid.’ Well, no, you wouldn’t write a novel if you thought it was really stupid. Men are much more comfortable going, ‘I wrote this book because I have a unique perspective that the world needs to hear.’ Girls are taught from the age of seven that if you get a compliment, you don’t go, ‘Thank you’, you go, ‘No, you’re insane.

  Lena Dunham

  Girl, Education, Attitude

  "Lena Dunham: 'People called me fat and hideous, and I lived" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. January 11, 2014.

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• Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Christian, Atheist, Fun

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• If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?

  Art Hoppe

  God, Humorous, Profound

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• Character is what you are in the dark.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Inspiring, Inspirational Life, Humorous

  Attributed in "D.L. Moody" by William R. Moody, (p. 503), 1930.

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• I don't expect you to understand after you've caused so much pain, but then again-you're not to blame; you're just human-a victim of the insane.

  John Lennon

  Pain, Blame, Victim

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• It's an insane world, and I'm proud to be a part of it.

  Bill Hicks

  Insane World, World, Proud

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• Surely my macking on some guy in an insane asylum wouldn't hurt him. He'd been living with his stalker, for heaven's sake.

  Darynda Jones

  Hurt, Guy, Heaven

  Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.299, St. Martin's Press

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• I have the best friends in the world. I miss my friends, I miss my family but they always come out and visit me. I went to boarding school in the country so there's no real differentiation between family and friends. I went there from when I was 8 until I was 17 - it was insane.

  Jamie Campbell Bower

  Country, Real, School

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• Sometimes I wonder if all my friends are insane.

  Tom Angleberger

  Sometimes, Wonder, My Friends

  Tom Angleberger (2012). “The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee (Origami Yoda #3)”, p.173, Abrams

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• Despite what I feel for Peeta, this is when I accept deep down that he'll never come back to me. Or i'll never go back to him. I'll die for my trouble. And he'll die insane and hating me.

  Suzanne Collins

  Hate, Trouble, Come Back To Me

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.198, Scholastic Inc.

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• If being crazy means living life as if it matters, then I don't mind being completely insane.

  Kate Winslet

  Crazy, Live Life, Mean

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• I am not insane," he said. "A woman of your highly advanced intellect ought to be able to perceive that I am in love. With you. I wish you had told me. It was deuced embarrassing to find it out from your *brother*.

  Loretta Chase

  Brother, Love You, Wish

  Loretta Chase (2005). “Mr. Impossible”, p.363, Penguin

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• It's only a hunting spider, it won't hurt you." -Myrnin "So not the point!" -Claire "Oh, pish. It's just another living creature. Nothing to be frightened of, if handled properly. I think I'll call him Bob. Bob the spider." -Myrnin "You're insane." -Claire

  Rachel Caine

  Hurt, Thinking, Hunting

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• which is better - to be born stupid into an intelligent society or intelligent into an insane one?

  Aldous Huxley

  Stupid, Intelligent, Born

  Aldous Huxley (2009). “Island”, p.189, Random House

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• I hear women are posting their phone numbers on the site for you.” Accompanied by sexy videos and photos. Judd’s eyes gleamed. “Not after Brenna hacked the site and plastered a message on their homepage pointing out that I’m very happily mated to a wolf with sharp teeth, razored claws, and a wild case of insane jealousy.” A small smile that was nonetheless, quietly satisfied. “She also uploaded several gruesome photos of feral wolf kills.

  Nalini Singh

  Sexy, Eye, Phones

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Tangle of Need: A Psy-Changeling Novel”, p.76, Penguin

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• Do I have to talk to insane people?" "You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory.

  Jasper Fforde

  People, Librarian

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• I'm not insane. This is very simple, very straightforward. Provided he doesn't kill me, its foolproof.

  Josh Lanyon

  Simple, Kill Me, Straightforward

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• Kate realized she had a grave problem. She was infatuated. Or mildly insane. Possibly both.

  Tessa Dare

  Problem, Graves, Infatuated

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• What do you think would happen if we kissed right here, right now?" he asks, digging his hands into the pockets of his khaki pants, grinning right back at me. "I think it would cause a riot." "Well, you know me," he says, lowering his head towards me. "Causing a riot is what I do best." Santangelo approaches before Griggs gets any closer and pulls him away. "Are you guys insane?" he says, irritated. "It's called peaceful coexistence, Santangelo. You should try it and if it works we may sell the idea to the Israelis and Palestinians," I say, throwing his own words back at him.

  Melina Marchetta

  Thinking, Hands, Ideas

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• A lot of women have trouble with their mothers-in-law.” Raphael’s look was priceless. “My mother is an insane archangel.

  Nalini Singh

  Mother, Law, Looks

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Nalini Singh: Guild Hunters Novels 1-4”, p.880, Penguin

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• Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. It’s the inability to relate to another human being. It’s the inability to love.

  Richard Yates

  Inability To Love, Definitions, Humans

  Richard Yates (2010). “Revolutionary Road”, p.290, Random House

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