Quotes by Madness Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope. Irving Layton misanthrope madness self The very madness of the scheme protects it. Iris Murdoch schemes madness protect There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. Ishmael gorges woe madness Anger is a momentary madness. Horace momentary madness anger In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom. J. G. Ballard madness freedom world First sign of madness, talking to your own head. J. K. Rowling madness talking firsts And there was Frodo, pale and worn, and yet himself again; and in his eyes there was peace now, neither strain of will, nor madness, nor any fear. His burden was taken away. J. R. R. Tolkien madness eye taken In my madness I was actually in love with her for the few hours it all lasted; it was the same unmistakable ache and stab across the mind, the same sighs, the same pain, and above all the same reluctance and fear to approach. Jack Kerouac madness pain mind Acclaim is a distraction. James Broughton distraction acclaim madness To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness. Jean-Jacques Rousseau madmen madness world I love the abandonment to impulse, I act from impulse only, and I love to madness that others do the same by me. Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse abandonment impulse madness For me personally, I love art and artists of all mediums and we've seen madness is more often than not present in the greatest painters, poets, writers, and songwriters in history. Jeff Feuerzeig madness poet art A madman's ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his madness. Jean-Paul Sartre absurd madness relation It's not the one thing nor the other that leads to madness, but the space in between. Jeanette Winterson one-thing madness space Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison Jenny Holzer slipping madness sake Madness is never that far away. It's as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse. Jim Carrey saying-yes far-away madness I used to draw a lot. If my mother would ask me to do something else, I'd have a hairy conniption. I'd just go crazy. Jim Carrey madness crazy mother To dig our heels in and say no to a present madness is a good thing, but to walk a new path and say yes is a better thing. Jim Wallis madness simple path Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy. Jo Brand bad-things comedy madness The process of writing is a little like madness, a kind of possession not altogether benign. Joanne Harris madness writing littles «56789101112131415»