Temporary Insanity Quotes:

Death is the great wrecking ball that destroys everything. Everything that we have done, everything that we are doing now, and all our plans for the future are completely and irrevocably destroyed when we die. Only teenagers live in that state of temporary insanity when they believe themselves immune from death.

- Dinesh D'Souza

topic: Teenager, Believe, Temporary Insanity

Right,' Thomas said. 'Where are we headed?' 'To where they treat me like royalty,' I said. 'We're going to Burger King?' I rubbed the heel of my hand against my forehead and spelled fratricide in a subvocal mutter, but I had to spell out temporary insanity and justifiable homicide, too, before I calmed down enough to speak politely. 'Just take a left and drive. Please.' 'Well,' Thomas said, grinning, 'since you said 'please' - Thomas Raith & Harry Dresden, Small Favor, Jim Butcher

- Jim Butcher

topic: Kings, Temporary Insanity, Hands, Burger King, Thomas Raith

Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.

- Ambrose Bierce

source: Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.155, University of Georgia Press

topic: Life, Simple, Temporary Insanity, Ailments, Artificial

And the council doesn’t recognize any kind of temporary insanity defense. Which was a real shame, because most of the councilmen had considered me crazy for most of my life.

- Rachel Vincent

source: Rachel Vincent (2009). “Prey”, p.159, MIRA

topic: Crazy, Real, Temporary Insanity

To know other people thought he'd made a mistake vindicated me. I wasn't a bad girlfriend, he was simply going through a period of temporary insanity and he'd come to his senses soon.

- Dorothy Koomson

source: Dorothy Koomson (2007). “Marshmallows for breakfast”

topic: Girlfriend, Mistake, People, Vindicated, Temporary Insanity

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

topic: Love, Life, Philosophical, Insanity And Sanity, Perfect Love

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

- Albert Einstein

source: Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.474, Princeton University Press

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Anon, Insanity And Genius

History is the same thing over and over again.

- Woody Allen

topic: History, Anon, Insanity And Sanity, Special Talents, Mojo

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

- Ambrose Bierce

topic: Love, Funny, Marriage, Humorous Love, Humorous Valentine

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

- Benjamin Franklin

source: Poor Richard's Almanack, May 1738

topic: I Fall In Love, Philosophers Love, Absolute Love, Love Conquers All, Cynical Love

Want a good body? Work at it. Want to be a success? Work at it. Want to be truly exceptional? Be a touch insane... You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

- Henry Rollins

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Insanity, Insane, Needs, Temporary Insanity, Body Work

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense.

- Helen Rowland

topic: Love, Relationship, Fall, I Fall In Love, Love At First Sight

I attributed the incidence to temporary insanity, and in my own defense, I'd like to say I haven't run over anyone since.

- Janet Evanovich

topic: Running, Insanity, Defense, Incidence, Temporary Insanity

If my holding out those berries was an act of temporary insanity, then those people will embrace insanity too.

- Suzanne Collins

topic: People, Insanity, Berries, Temporary Insanity