Source: Arsenic and Old Lace
“Insanity runs in my family, it practically gallops”
“Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.”
"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.
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
"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.”
Interview, The Washington Post, 1964
“Aren't family squabbles jolly fun? Bleeding ulcers run in my family, we give them to each other.”
Vorkosigan Saga, The Mountains of Mourning (1989)
Source: Borders of Infinity
“Are you a politician or does lying just run in your family?”
Source: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
