Addict Quotes · Page 13

“I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in…

— Cathryn Kemp

The feeling of righteousness is the core mood alteration among religious addicts. Religious addiction is a massive problem in our society. It…

— John Bradshaw

Discoveries are made by gluttons and addicts. The man who forgets to eat and sleep has an appetite for fact, for interrelations…

— Ezra Pound

I started to write in about 1950; I was thirty-five at the time; there didn't seem to be any strong motivation. I…

— William S. Burroughs

I contribute to the dead of winter and the moans of silence, blood trails are music to my ears ... I'm a…

— Ted Nugent

A dozen swimming events have already been completed in the Olympic competition. I wonder where they got the name 'Speedo.' It doesn't…

— Craig Ferguson

Prison is quite literally a ghetto in the most classic sense of the word, a place where the U.S. government now puts…

— Piper Kerman

I always wanted to do dramas. Ever since I was young, I wanted to be in a role where I could play…

— Vanessa Hudgens

No one can help an alcoholic or addict until he or she is ready to try to get better.

— Ruben Castaneda

My name is Catherine Elizabeth Deeley and I am a huge Mulberry fan . . . Almost an addict! Bags, shoes, knitwear,…

— Cat Deeley

Pity is one of the noblest emotions available to human beings; self-pity is possibly the most ignoble . . . . [It]…

— Eugene H. Peterson

I'm not an addict and I do not do drugs. I made mistakes in the past and all I can do is…

— Rob Ford

The desperate addict is closer to the heart of grace than the devout moralist.

— Tullian Tchividjian

I, Joseph Francis Buck, became a hair-plug addict.

— Joe Buck

What happened during the previews of 'Taboo' [musical] was that it was the first time I'd ever been written about as a…

— Boy George

Grant us safe lodging, and holy rest,” Mrs. Grogan was saying, “and peace at last.” Amen, thought Wilbur Larch, the Saint of…

— John Irving

Hell man, I know very well you didn't come to me only to want to become a writer, and after all what…

— Jack Kerouac

“Some, they didn't make it. The temptation just too strong. How can darkness cloud the mind To what I know as wrong?”

— Kimberly Nalen

I am a consummate metaphor addict.

— Jason Reynolds

I have to say that after some initial resistance, I'm now a complete 'Game of Thrones' addict.

— Salman Rushdie

A real friend does not pick up the bill for an addict’s drugs: he packs the friend off to rehab instead. Today,…

— Gideon Levy

I tried sniffing Coke once, but the ice cubes got stuck in my nose.

— Dave Barry

Instead of applauding sex addict pastors, we need to tell them to either preach the Gospel with their lives or get out…

— Eric Ludy

I try not to become too regular an addict of any one subculture.

— Jonathan Lethem

Any of us are capable of doing things we're not proud of under the wrong kind of stresses. Anyone can become a…

— Bill James