A method to my madness

I have heard (and used) the phrase "there's a method to his/my/your madness."  I use it whenever whenever whatever it is I am doing seems apparently convoluted to someone else.  As in, "Why did you get rid of all your links?" and, "Just wait, there is a method to my madness!"

I never knew where it came from.  This morning when I read my Quote of the Day in Bloglines, I learned that it came from a quote by G.K. Chesterton:

He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical.

G. K. Chesterton, The Fad of the Fisherman (1922)
English author & mystery novelist (1874 - 1936)

 

 I like G.K. Chesterton.  Some of his theology gets a little flaky but he one of my favorite "quotables."

 Here's another one of my favorite quotes from Chesterton:

"The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion."

Me, too, G.K., me too. 

Comments

[Allyson]

I love GK too. One of my favorites is "The Man Who Was Thursday." And I love the new site! It looks fantastic and I think your madness is paying off.

[Jill]

Thanks for that, Kim!

[Shanna]

I like what I see so far, Kim. Very cool, and I'm glad you'll be sticking with blogging! :)

[Kim from Hiraeth]

Thanks for the encouragement, ladies. I'm getting closer!