“I distinguish between maniacs and crazy people; a maniac will beat nine people to death with a steel dildo. A crazy person will beat nine people to death with a steel dildo, but he'll be wearing a Bugs Bunny suit at the time.”
"State Prison Farms"
Back in Town (1996)
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George Carlin270
American stand-up comedian 1937–2008Related quotes
“behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Source: Warrior of the Light
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
"What Can I Tell You about Myself which You Have Not Already Found Out from Those Who Do Not Lie?" in The Beatles Anthology (2000)
Gwyneth Paltrow (1972) American actress, singer, and food writer
In an interview with BBC's HARDTalk. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/gwyneth-paltrow-goop-on-being-labelled-most-hated-celebrity-a7113011.html (1 July 2016)
“Crazy people are not crazy if one accepts their reasoning.”
Gabriel García Márquez book Of Love and Other Demons
Source: Of Love and Other Demons
“Nobody bothers crazy people. […] In the end, maybe it's the crazy people who win after all.”
Gene Wolfe book Gene Wolfe's Book of Days
"The Adopted Father", Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1980), Reprinted in Gene Wolfe, Gene Wolfe's Book of Days (1981), Reprinted in Gene Wolfe, Castle of Days (1992)
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“People are crazy and times are strange… I used to care but things have changed”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, The Essential Bob Dylan (2000), Things Have Changed (recorded 1999)
Variant: I used to care, but things have changed.
Context: People are crazy and times are strange
I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range,
I used to care, but things have changed.
Nicole Hollander (1939) Cartoonist
Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p. 221