Mad World Quotes

“If people spent as much effort supporting reason and logic as they do supporting their sports team, or their crazy religion, humanity would be transformed overnight.”
― Mark Romel, Mad World: The Seduction of Insanity

“No one said life is easy. It’s not a parade. Life is always a rollercoaster. If you want the highs, you must be prepared for the lows. No one wants the straight line, the flatline. You might as well be dead.”
― Mark Romel, Mad World: The Seduction of Insanity

“Replace Democracy (the rule of the crowd) with Noocracy (the rule of the people of the mind; the rule of intellectuals, the people of Nous). Noocracy is the future political system for the human race. It is equally called Sophocracy (the rule of the wise; the rule of philosophers; the rule of sages), or Meritocracy (the rule of the most meritorious), or Aristocracy (the rule of the best).”
― Mark Romel, Mad World: The Seduction of Insanity

“America will be a democracy the day an atheist teacher earning $50,000 a year sits in the White House. Never going to happen!”
― Mark Romel, Mad World: The Seduction of Insanity

“The masses must be politicized before they can become of any use. The elite ply them with bread and circuses to keep them docile. The elite hate the idea of a politically engaged population. They want everyone to be watching TV, doing social media, and playing video games. Keep them distracted, keep them dumb, keep them useless.”
― Mark Romel, Mad World: The Seduction of Insanity