Sane Quotes

Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence.

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

If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know if the person is sane or insane, over the abyss.

The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not.

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to.

Why do otherwise sane, competent, strong men, men who can wrestle bears or raid corporations, shrink away in horror at the thought of washing a dish or changing a diaper?

No sane person should believe that something is subjective merely because it cannot be settled beyond controversy.

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men.

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.

I don't particularly think marriage is a sane thing.

My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education.

Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend.

I try to keep myself as sane and as grounded as possible by surrounding myself with normal people, such as all the friends that I've had from when I was little.

The difference between mad people and sane people... is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over.

San Francisco is a mad city - inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty.

I'm very sane about how crazy I am.

Of course my family and friends are incredibly valuable to me. They keep me sane, they teach me things and I love spending time with them. I think that ranking what you value is a sort of western and linear way of looking at things.

No sane man will dance.

I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Possibly he knew, as he wrote this, that he was mad - because inside every madman sits a little sane man saying 'You're mad, you're mad.'

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

Mixing humour and harsh reality is a very human behaviour, it's the way people stay sane in their daily lives.