“Insanity runs in my family, it practically gallops”

— Cary Grant

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British-American film and stage actor 1904–1986

Joseph Kesselring Arsenic and Old Lace

Source: Arsenic and Old Lace

“What’s going on?” he demanded.
“The usual, old man,” I replied cheerily. “Danger, insane plans… you know, the stuff that runs in our family.”

Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice

Source: Last Sacrifice

“Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.”

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)
Context: 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.

“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) 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)

“I've always been a Democrat, it runs in my family.”

Sarah Vaughan (1924–1990) American jazz singer

Interview, The Washington Post, 1964

“Aren't family squabbles jolly fun? Bleeding ulcers run in my family, we give them to each other.”

Lois McMaster Bujold book Borders of Infinity

Vorkosigan Saga, The Mountains of Mourning (1989)
Source: Borders of Infinity

“I think our society is run by insane people for insane objectives... I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends, you know... I’d be very pleased to know what they think they’re doing. I think they’re all insane. But I am liable to be put away as insane for expressing that, you know. That’s what is insane about it.”

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter

Source: Lennon “Our society is run by insane people”, Interview, June 6, 1968, Educate Inspire Change https://educateinspirechange.org/john-lennon-society-run-insane-people/John June 10, 2014