Unfortunately, Susan didn't remember what Jane Fulton once said, 'Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.
Rita Mae BrownTags: insanity misattributed-jane-fulton paraphrasing-narcotics-anonymous
Einstein wrote that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. That said, is it crazier to repeatedly throw yourself against a window, or to repeatedly open that window, believing the creatures that are throwing themselves against it might come into your house, take a look around, and leave with no hard feelings?
David SedarisTags: paraphrasing-narcotics-anonymous misattributed-to-einstein
Do you know what Albert Einstein's definition of insanity was?"
"No."
"Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
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One of the better definitions of insanity - doing the exact same thing over and over and expecting the result to be different.
Anthony KiedisTags: insanity paraphrasing-narcotics-anonymous misattributed-to-einstein
My dad used to say the definition of stupidity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Or maybe that was the definition of crazy.
David EstesTags: paraphrasing-narcotics-anonymous
Your lack of commitment to being different is what kills you. It is the insanity of doing the same thing every time and expecting a different result that wastes your time.
Shannon L. AlderTags: purpose change paraphrasing-narcotics-anonymous commitment being-stuck
If insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results - then success is insanity squared!
(2012 SCBWI New Member Conference; Richmond, VA)
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