Nathan Myhrvold Quotes

When I put my mind to it I can be a megalomaniac.

World leaders and major political figures have often had delusions of grandeur.

Illusions of grandeur are not the same as visions of greatness.

I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer from maniacal characteristics, delirium, and symptoms of schizophrenia.

I think if he [Donald Trump] goes to the super bowl, he thinks the guys in the huddle are talking about him.

My experience is that when one is in psychosis, you're on a mission and nothing is going to stop you. At some level your brain is telling you you probably shouldn't be doing this, but you're on a mission.

I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.

Just because they really are out to get you doesn't mean you aren't paranoid.

I did not have any delusions of grandeur as a kid.

The guilty think all talk is of themselves.

He had delusions of adequacy.

Sometimes even paranoids have enemies.

In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Schizoaffective disorder is a big mental mash-up of a disease. It combines just about every disorder, from depression, delusions, and paranoia to mania, schizophrenia and hallucinations. My mother bounced between all of these regularly while raising me alone in our Hollywood home.

When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.

Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.

Am I foolish and insignificant or am I great? I gave all the individuals in the world cause to kneel down in front of me.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

I am not feeling any better because I cannot stay in bed, having constant cause for walking. They say I leave at night by the window of my tower, hanging from a red umbrella with which I set fire to the forest!

To build an empire - or win seven Tour de Frances in a row - you must have a Lone Star-size ego and a dash of megalomania.

He suffers from delusions of adequacy.

I've always been interested in obsessive, insane people.

Power, greed, and perhaps more than anything, ego, are powerful emotions and motivators.

I think any politician, regardless of their religious conviction, has to be a megalomaniac - they have to be! Anyone who works in that kind of job has to be so full of himself to do that kind of thing.