#insanity

"Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times."

"I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that that’s a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fellow isn’t insane. We are only doing philosophy."

"The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success."

"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."

"People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort."

"God's creatures who cried themselves to sleep stirred to cry again."

"Writers Are Insane. For months we are lone wolves locked in our caves. Then overnight we become publicity hounds. It's a schizophrenic business."

"One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too."

"Where to look if you've lost your mind?"

"Losing your mind is preferable to losing your woman, because if you lose your woman you will also lose your mind, and then you’re left with nothing."

"She was hearing the words. They just weren't registering on her Richter scale of sanity."

"If someone says 'grunge' or 'punk,' you know what the sound is, but if you say 'No Wave,' it's kind of mysterious. That was the most interesting part and should have been the most inspirational thing about it... here's this collective sonic insanity, and none of it sounds anything alike."

"The difference between faith and insanity is that faith is the ability to hold firmly to a conclusion that is incompatible with the evidence, whereas insanity is the ability to hold firmly to a conclusion that is incompatible with the evidence."

"Animals do it largely for the REPRODUCTION, but so-called Social Animals (People) do it regularly thinking that it will give them SATISFACTION."

"Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage."

"Russian humor is to adapt or make some sense or nonsense out of the insanity of their lives."

"If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up."

"The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept."

"I should never be left alone with my mind for too long."

"Perhaps true faith is a form of insanity."