--- title: "11 Gateway Drug Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Gateway Drug quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Gateway Drug sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/io-tillett-wright-42707_compassion_familiarity-is-the-gateway-drug-to-empat_2814829.jpg" --- > [“Familiarity is the gateway drug to empathy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/io-tillett-wright/familiarity-is-the-gateway-drug-to-empathy/) [iO Tillett Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/io-tillett-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/io-tillett-wright-42707_compassion_familiarity-is-the-gateway-drug-to-empat_2814829.jpg) > [“Drugs are the gateway drug”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darnell-lamont-walker/drugs-are-the-gateway-drug/) [Darnell Lamont Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darnell-lamont-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/darnell-lamont-walker-2278_drugs_drugs-are-the-gateway-drug-1937907_1937907.jpg) > [Caffeine. The gateway drug.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-vedder/caffeine-the-gateway-drug/) [Eddie Vedder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-vedder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/eddie-vedder-2057_caffeine_caffeine-the-gateway-drug-2018754_2018754.png) > [“Wine is a gateway drug to environmentalism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-cole/wine-is-a-gateway-drug-to-environmentalism/) [Katherine Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/katherine-cole-252362_agriculture_wine-is-a-gateway-drug-to-environmentali_2652552.jpg) > [“Curiosity is a gateway drug to sympathy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/curiosity-is-a-gateway-drug-to-sympathy/) [Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/victoria-schwab-1505_curiosity_curiosity-is-a-gateway-drug-to-sympathy_315182.jpg) > [“I stay away from weed because it's a gateway drug. I like heroine, you're not going anywhere from there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atticus/i-stay-away-from-weed-because-it-s-a-gateway-drug-i-like-heroine-you/) [Atticus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atticus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/atticus-22036_heroine_i-stay-away-from-weed-because-it-s-a-gat_2991086.jpg) > [“He told himself: Hope is a gateway drug, don't do it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/he-told-himself-hope-is-a-gateway-drug-don-t-do-it/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/colson-whitehead-1042_drug_he-told-himself-hope-is-a-gateway-drug-d_2877627.png) > [You wanna know what a gateway drug is? It opens a gate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-mirman/you-wanna-know-what-a-gateway-drug-is-it-opens-a-gate/) [Eugene Mirman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-mirman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07b/eugene-mirman-7230_drug_you-wanna-know-what-a-gateway-drug-is-it_2089305.png) > [“In other words, that harmless Aleve or Advil is the pharmaceutical industry’s gateway drug,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-r-gundry/in-other-words-that-harmless-aleve-or-advil-is-the-pharmaceutical/) [Steven R. Gundry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-r-gundry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/146/steven-r-gundry-27424_quote_in-other-words-that-harmless-aleve-or-ad_893461.jpg) > [“I'm meeting Ame at the Beanery first," Chloe responded. "I don't want to sound old-fashioned, but--" "It's gonna stunt my growth?" "It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celia-thomson/i-m-meeting-ame-at-the-beanery-first-chloe-responded-i-don-t-want-to/) [Celia Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celia-thomson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/celia-thomson-43926_meeting_i-m-meeting-ame-at-the-beanery-first-chl_2646007.jpg) > [I do not believe that marijuana is a gateway drug, and having been a mayor trying to keep my community safe, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-do-not-believe-that-marijuana-is-a-gateway-drug-and-having-been-a/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/cory-booker-2546_alcohol_i-do-not-believe-that-marijuana-is-a-gat_286025.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gateway-drug/#itemlist", "name": "Gateway Drug Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Familiarity is the gateway drug to empathy.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "iO Tillett Wright" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/io-tillett-wright/familiarity-is-the-gateway-drug-to-empathy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/io-tillett-wright-42707_compassion_familiarity-is-the-gateway-drug-to-empat_2814829.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/io-tillett-wright-42707_compassion_familiarity-is-the-gateway-drug-to-empat_2814829.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/io-tillett-wright-42707_compassion_familiarity-is-the-gateway-drug-to-empat_2814829.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Familiarity is the gateway drug to empathy.” — iO Tillett Wright", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Drugs are the gateway drug”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Darnell Lamont Walker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darnell-lamont-walker/drugs-are-the-gateway-drug/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/darnell-lamont-walker-2278_drugs_drugs-are-the-gateway-drug-1937907_1937907.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/darnell-lamont-walker-2278_drugs_drugs-are-the-gateway-drug-1937907_1937907.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/darnell-lamont-walker-2278_drugs_drugs-are-the-gateway-drug-1937907_1937907.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Drugs are the gateway drug” — Darnell Lamont Walker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Caffeine. 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