Famous Quotes & Sayings

Conrad Aiken

I always hankered to be a composer - I was mad about music, though I never studied seriously, and can't read a note. But I learned to play the piano and became pretty skillful at improvisation, especially after a drop or two.

Herman Melville

Is he mad? Anyway there's something on his mind, as sure as there must be something on a deck when it cracks.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

An ancient dictum says that when Zeus wanted to destroy someone, he would first drive him mad.

Graham Greene

In a mad world it always seems simpler to obey.

Homer

In a world gone mad, only a lunatic is truly insane.

Horace

Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her.

Jim Cummings

I argue with myself, get mad at myself, throw myself around the room and then apologize to myself.

Jim Cramer

When I come to work each day, whether as a commentator for TheStreet.com or a host of Mad Money With Jim Cramer, I have only one thought in mind: helping people with their money.

Yann Martel

First wonder goes deepest; wonder after that fits in the impression made by the first.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

My fatherland has always the first claim on me.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

God first, then papa.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Business first; pleasure afterwards.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

I got paid 20 grand for my first film. And that's the lowest I ever got paid.

Henry David Thoreau

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Mallory Ortberg

There are few things more disconcerting than realizing the first date you thought went so well was in fact a dud.

Lupe Fiasco

First of all, you are not really that supreme.

Nell Carter

When I first found out I had diabetes I denied it.

Marguerite Gardiner

The Temple of Diana is in the vicinity of the fountain, which has given rise to the conjecture that it originally constituted a portion of the ancient baths.