Insane

Famous quotes containing the word insane:

“Were such things here as we do speak about,
Or have we eaten on the insane root
That takes the reason prisoner?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.... I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends ... and I think I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it.”
—John Lennon (1940–1980)

“Nations are possessed with an insane ambition to perpetuate the memory of themselves by the amount of hammered stone they leave. What if equal pains were taken to smooth and polish their manners?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)