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Mad Quotes

On skill, anger, and madness in more than one sense of the word.

"Mad" carries different weight in each of these — dazzling skill on a football pitch, a warning about emperors who lose their grip, and a stated refusal to be provoked by others' opinions. See Good quotes for related themes.

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.

Quotes by Agnes Repplier

The world has gone a bit mad.

Quotes by Adrian Lewis

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured I'd make one that I can't get yelled at for.

Quotes by Adam Sandler

Go Quotes

Graffiti writers were the most interesting people in hip hop. They were the mad scientists, the mad geniuses, the weird ones.

Quotes by Adam Mansbach

Set in the advertising world of the 1960s, 'Mad Men' is stunning to look at - a Camelot-era parade of smartly dressed professionals lounging around on midcentury modern furniture.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

I'm a born athlete. Weight-lifting is in my blood. I used to do the powerlifting thing. I gained a little weight, but I still got it; I'm mad built.

Quotes by Action Bronson

To be honest, I owned one suit before I filmed 'Mad Men' - the one suit that you have to have as an adult. Outside of that, I never really felt comfortable in a suit.

Quotes by Aaron Staton

I never stepped foot into a Brooks Brothers before 'Mad Men.'

Quotes by Aaron Staton

Good Quotes

When I was 13, before I got in high school, I was writing mad raps. I didn't really know if it was good or not, so for a year, I just held them. When I got in high school, I...

Quotes by A Boogie wit da Hoodie

To be sincere, I've never been mad about what anyone thinks.

Quotes by Yoel Romero

The undevout astronomer must be mad.

Quotes by William Herschel

I have this lock of hair that keeps falling across my forehead. It drives me mad.

Quotes by William Boyd

I'm like a mad professor, but without the spiky hair.

Quotes by Willard Wigan

Like Quotes

At the end of the day, we're just trying to prevent each other from going mad.

Quotes by Will Champion

People call me Wayne Wonder and it also goes back to football because I could do mad skills with the ball and people would marvel and wonder how I could do it.

Quotes by Wayne Wonder

How dangerous emperors are when they go mad.

Quotes by Walid Jumblatt

'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

Quotes by Ugo Betti

All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.

Quotes by Ugo Betti

Love Quotes

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.

Quotes by Umberto Eco

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "mad" quotes cover?
It ranges from having "mad skills" at football, to a historical warning about power-mad rulers, not caring what others think, and a classic line about astronomy and faith.
Does a quote reference football skill?
Yes: "People call me Wayne Wonder and it also goes back to football because I could do mad skills with the ball and people would marvel and wonder how I could do it."
Is there a historical warning about rulers going mad?
Yes, presented as a general historical observation: "How dangerous emperors are when they go mad."
Does a quote express not caring about others' opinions?
Yes: "To be sincere, I've never been mad about what anyone thinks." See the Me collection for more in that vein.
Is there a classic quote linking astronomy and faith?
Yes: "The undevout astronomer must be mad."

The closing note flips mad toward wonder rather than anger, echoing an old line about astronomers too devoted to stop looking up — pair with Go and Love quotes.