Madalyn Murray O'Hair Quotes

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested.

I have a great relationship with my parents. I have not been on lithium.

Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.

If you're functional, it doesn't matter if you're mad.

Yes, this is 21st-century America. Where we have better means to treat mental illness than ever before, but choose to let the insane people decide to get it or not.

Bravo can't be responsible for the mental state of every single person that comes onto their network.

Every man is by … natural right, the master of his own thoughts

I don't know what the switch is from being insane to sane. It could be a number of things, what I eat, drink.

Isn't it fun to be nuts? Isn't it fun to be crazy?

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

The difference between a healthy person and one who is mentally ill is the fact that the healthy one has all the mental illnesses, and the mentally ill person has only one.

Lord keep her safe since you can't keep her sane.

I'm not much crazier than anybody else, but I'm not much saner.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.

Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell.

If I'm crazy, I'm blissfully so!

Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable.

Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.

Everyone says to you, 'if you play Ophelia, you'll end up crazy,' but we're all somewhere on the spectrum of mental health, and I think that if you approach it that way it's not such an intimidating issue.

When do you know you're insane? And when do you known you're sane? I think I treat a fine line between the two. It's a battle to function, but somehow I manage.

I believe, basically, that individual freedom is very important.

Here's the good news. If I realize that I'm insane, then I'm okay with it. I'm not dangerous insane.

I'm nuts and I know it. But so long as I make 'em laugh, they ain't going to lock me up.