Manic Quotes

The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you have an elevated mood. When people think of manic depression, they only hear the word depression. They think one's a depressive. The point is, one's a manic-depressive.
Stephen Fry

Depression, Word, Point

The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with.
Sammy Davis, Jr.

Love, Success, Wife

I went to a doctor and told him I felt normal on acid, that I was a light bulb in a world of moths. That is what the manic state is like.
Carrie Fisher

Him, Light, State

You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate.
Jenifer Lewis

Work, Self, After

I go from being hugely hopeful and entertaining to... really not. I'm not manic depressive, but I can really go to the darker side.
Selma Blair

Hopeful, Side, Darker

The manic end of is a lot of fun.
Carrie Fisher

The world of manic depression is a world of bad judgment calls.
Carrie Fisher

Bad, Depression, Judgment

Sometimes I get a little manic and you can't stop me. I'm all over the place. I have fun.
Dom DeLuise

Fun, Sometimes, Place

I learned that I suffered from bipolar II disorder, a less serious variant of bipolar I, which was once known as manic depression. The information was naturally frightening; up to 1 in 5 people with bipolar disorder will commit suicide, and rates may even be higher for those suffering from bipolar II.
Ayelet Waldman

Depression, May, Learned

I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I've chosen not to take medication for it. Because of that, every once in a while I go through manic episodes and really depressed episodes.
Scott Weiland

Through, Once, While

I'm manic about my schedule.
Elizabeth Hurley

I had a husband who, I'm convinced, was an undiagnosed manic depressive. He didn't treat me as if I had a brain - I was just this beautiful little doll he could show off.
Britt Ekland

Beautiful, Husband, Brain

Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work.
Adam Ant

Society, Depression, Stress

I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature.
Patty Duke

Funny, Nature, Around

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.
Patty Duke

Depression, Miracle, Evolution

I'm not a workaholic, but I was a bit manic, I have to confess.
Gavin Rossdale

Bit, Workaholic, Confess

I do worry about young people in the business who have experienced a lot of success and are punted around doing those manic publicity trails, when you don't really know who you are yet.
Sally Hawkins

Success, Business, Young

Alright, so I'm a manic depressive. What do you want from me?
Claire Forlani

Alright, Depressive

I'm kind of a manic exerciser. I'll like exercise for a week and be crazy, and then I won't do it for six months.
Jane Lynch

Crazy, Week, Won

I've had this problem since I was in my 20s. They don't call it manic depression anymore. They call it a bipolar disorder, and I'm a Type 2.
Ned Beatty

Depression, Problem, Since

It's so amazing, standing on the corner -this happened in Washington, D.C. - and somebody comes by in a Cadillac and you hear 'Manic Monday' on the radio, and you don't even know this person, and they're listening to it and singing along with it. Wow! Blows your mind.
Debbi Peterson

Amazing, Mind, Person

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