Terry Gilliam

"Friendship is just mutual agreement to be crazy together."

"Family is the original system designed to control us."

"Change is the only constant, so you might as well enjoy the instability."

"Power comes from the stories you refuse to tell."

"Strength is knowing when to bend instead of break."

"The most intelligent people are often the most confused about simple things."

"Reality is just a consensus we're all pretending to agree on."

"The future is just the past with different costumes on."

"Chaos is the natural state, and order is what exhausts us."

"Every problem contains within it the seeds of its own solution."

"Language is a tool for hiding what we really think."

"The best ideas come from people who aren't supposed to have them."

"Failure is just success that hasn't been properly reframed yet."

"We are all works of science fiction living in a genre we don't understand."

"The system is designed to make you believe you need it."

"Imagination is illegal in most minds, so exercise it carefully."

"Comedy and tragedy are separated only by perspective."

"The only rules worth following are the ones you create yourself."

"Every culture is equally insane when you view it from outside."

"Progress is just change happening to people who didn't ask for it."

"The void is not something to fear; it's something to dance with."

"Understanding yourself is impossible, which is why life remains interesting."

"The best defense is confusion; it confuses the enemy."

"Art is the business of making connections that shouldn't exist."

"We're all living in a story someone else is narrating."

"The human brain is wired for stories, not facts."

"Adventure is available to anyone willing to be uncomfortable."

"The future belongs to those who can imagine it."

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

"The most profound truths are often buried under layers of nonsense."