Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
— Ambrose Bierce
Unforgettable Temporary Insanity quotations
History is the same thing over and over again.
If my holding out those berries was an act of temporary insanity, then those people will embrace insanity too.
A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
To know other people thought he'd made a mistake vindicated me.
I wasn't a bad girlfriend, he was simply going through a period of temporary insanity and he'd come to his senses soon.
I attributed the incidence to temporary insanity, and in my own defense, I'd like to say I haven't run over anyone since.
LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder.
Death is the great wrecking ball that destroys everything.
Everything that we have done, everything that we are doing now, and all our plans for the future are completely and irrevocably destroyed when we die. Only teenagers live in that state of temporary insanity when they believe themselves immune from death.
Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.
And the council doesn’t recognize any kind of temporary insanity defense.
Which was a real shame, because most of the councilmen had considered me crazy for most of my life.