To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster! Denis Diderot
For if he like a madman lived, At least he like a wise one died. Miguel de Cervantes
You positively paint like a madman. Paul Cézanne
Because sometimes you just have to dance like a madman in the Self-Help section of your local bookstore. David Levithan
Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast. Logan Pearsall Smith
No--when the rain falls you just let it fall and you grin like a madman and you dance with it, because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life. (Nick, page 156) Rachel Cohn