Keyword: Sanity

This neurotic pursuit of sanity is driving us all crazy.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author
Intelligence

What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?

(1929 – ) American writer
Intelligence Life Mind

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author
Dance Entertainment Intelligence Music

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

(1875 – 1961) Swiss psychiatrist & founder of analytical psychology
Health

The sane appear as strange to the mad as the mad to the sane.

(1933 – 1967) English playwright
Appearance Intelligence

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which speciified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind; Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane he had to fly.

(1923 – 1999) American satirical novelist, short story writer & playwright
Murphy’s Laws

Are you so unobservant that you do not yet realize that sanity and happiness are an impossible combination?

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Characteristics Emotions Happiness

Man Competent Enough to be Declared Insane

Headlines

The final test of fame is to have a crazy person imagine he is you.

(1926 – ) film director, screenwriter, composer, comedian, actor & producer
Success

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

(1863 – 1952) Spanish American philosopher, essayist, poet & novelist
Intelligence

Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.

Emotions Intelligence Laughter

A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.

(1937 – ) British playwright & screenwriter
Communication Intelligence People Self Speech