A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.
Ezra Pound

A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations.
Henri Poincare

Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?
Luciano Pavarotti

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.
George Bernard Shaw

Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons.
Princess Diana

As far as I remember, even younger than eight, I have always been guided by reason. Not cold reason, but that which leads to the truth, to the real, and to sane Justice.
Albert Claude

Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
Maggie Smith

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men.
Jose Marti

Golf has probably kept more people sane than psychiatrists have.
Harvey Penick

I always made a point of telling the doctors I was sane, and asking to be released, but the more I endeavored to assure them of my sanity, the more they doubted it.
Nellie Bly

I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two or three years, I find, I was defending the rights of women.
Joseph McCabe

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.
Adlai E. Stevenson

I do what I can to make young people understand that drugs can destroy their lives. I'm the perfect example of what people can accomplish when they have regained a sane body and spirit.
Don Johnson

I don't really trust a sane person.
Lyle Alzado

I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real.
Reese Witherspoon

I hate playing pretty or sane people. Most people are not attractive or all there.
Amy Sedaris

I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I'd fall in love with a woman. Damn.
Germaine Greer

I keep one simple rule that I only move in one direction - I write the book straight through from beginning to end. By following time's arrow, I keep myself sane.
Jonathan Lethem

I try to keep myself as sane and as grounded as possible by surrounding myself with normal people, such as all the friends that I've had from when I was little.
Emily Rossum