Quotes About Sanity

You can't listen to the whole world tell you you're crazy, without wondering, 'Am I crazy?'

Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.

I used to have seven dogs; now I have a more manageable four. I was in Cornwall, and one dog got swept away downstream, so my cousin dived in to get it, then her dog dived in. So I jumped in to rescue hers. Those dogs are my calm. That's how I cope with the business - I get the sanity on my woodland dog walks, being a tomboy.

Just because our work environment is crazy doesn't mean we need to bring the craziness home.

What matters to me is my own estimation, and I'm very tough on myself. I need to be proud of what I've done and I work hard for it. I had a very Christian upbringing... lots of guilt. A good thing, It keeps you sane.

You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I'm learning.

Do you understand? Man needs entertainment simply to hide his madness. If he was perfectly sane, he would not need entertainment. He could just sit and watch this bamboo grow. He does not really need entertainment.

The only difference between me and a madman is I'm not mad.

The only difference between a madman and myself is that I am not mad.

The madman and the wise man are very similar, the only difference is that the wise man knows that he is crazy.

The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad

The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad!

But, she remembers, you always have to assume that the present is real. It's the only way to remain sane. It's the only way to remain ethical.

A pet peeve of mine is when fans start griping about a fighter who lost making excuses. Of course he's making excuses. This is his profession, he's going to get back in there, and for his sanity and mental strength he needs to have a reason he can point to for his loss. If he didn't make excuses, if he didn't have a reason to think he can win next time, how could he ever fight again?

We are all born crazy. Some remain that way.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

He laughed. "So you see, I'm not a nut. Not a real one, anyway. I haven't been a real nut in a long time.

You know: religion and art are both forms of madness and madness is the realm of psychiatry.

Religion and art are both forms of madness, and madness is the realm of psychiatry.

There is nothing safe about the darkness of this city and its stink. Well, I have abrogated all claim to safety, coming here. It is better to discuss it as though I had chosen. That keeps the scrim of sanity before the awful set. What will lift it?

In the main, and from the beginning of time, mysticism has kept men sane. The thing that has driven them mad was logic.

That's insanity. We must be good all the time.

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep.

I keep one simple rule that I only move in one direction - I write the book straight through from beginning to end. By following time's arrow I keep myself sane.