I will take no more physick, not even my opiates; for I have prayed that I may render up my soul to… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well I took masses of opiates religiously. — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“Opium: that terrible truth serum. Dark secrets guarded for a lifetime can be divulged with carefree folly after a sip of the… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
If I'm going to have to deal, as I get older, with arthritic pain, I don't want to get into opiates. — Nick Nolte Copy Share Image
A bookshop is powder-magazine, a dynamite-shed, a drugstore of poisons, a bar of intoxicants, a den of opiates, an island of sirens. — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
... fantasy is not practice for what is real—fantasy is the opiate of women. — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals - With no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff. — Clare Boothe Luce Copy Share Image
OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Opiates are compounds derived from opium and include morphine, codeine, and a variety of related alkaloids. The term opioid is broader and… — Alex S. Evers Copy Share Image
Calvin:"It says here that 'religion is the opiate of the masses.'...what do you suppose that means?" Television: "...it means that Karl Marx… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“with opiates I was relaxed, I was tolerant, I was up for anything, I could stand pleasantly for hours in unbearable situations… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Despite what appears to be a low risk of addiction in naïve, chronic pain patients, it is reasonable to ask how much… — Howard L. Fields Copy Share Image
The chemistry of dissatisfaction is as the chemistry of some marvelously potent tar. In it are the building stones of explosives, stimulants,… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“the media coverage of the ‘opiate epidemic’ as driven by pill pushing-doctors and by pain patients worries me a lot, and I… — Anita Gupta Copy Share Image
In 1844, Karl Marx said, "Religion is the opiate of the masses." He said this at a time when opium and opium… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Opiates are, by their very nature, about forgetting. When you're in that narcotic haze, memory functions like some mutant projector, a hell-tuned… — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
I’m too young and ridiculous a person to speak for my generation, but I’d be happy to talk about my own experiences… — Simon Rich Copy Share Image
“New research shows that the number of babies born in Massachusetts with opiates in their system is more than triple the national… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As I spoke with scientists about the way fat behaves, I couldn't resist drawing an analogy to the realm of narcotics. If… — Michael Moss Copy Share Image
A solitary ascetic is a symbol of the most cowardly egotism; a hermit who flees from his brothers instead of helping them… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
God, but life is loneliness, despite all the opiates, despite the shrill tinsel gaiety of "parties" with no purpose, despite the false… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Actually, fish are very sensitive creatures with highly developed nervous systems. They feel pain acutely. If they weren't able to feel pain,… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
I'm so sorry," I whisper. I lean forward and kiss him. His eyelashes flutter and he looks at me through a haze… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Freneuse is an oddball, an idler, without any aim in life! If you ask me, he has smoked too much opium in… — Jean Lorrain Copy Share Image
“the media, at least in the U.S., tends to focus on pain pill use, abuse, and addiction by people who do not… — Anna Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Since my symptoms began 13 years ago, I’ve tried every form of pain management I could access — NSAIDS, nonopioid analgesics, neurologic… — Michael Bihovsky Copy Share Image
“There’s a saying that goes something like: ‘We are all one drink or pill away from addiction,’ and I know this is… — S. E. Smith Copy Share Image
Opiates: Perk 30s, Oxy Contins, Morphine, Heroin, and many more… Iits all over the high schools and they just suck the life… — Kevin Mccarty Copy Share Image
Marx was wrong--religion is not the opiate of the masses, baseball is. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Tobacco is the opiate of the gentleman, the religion of the rich. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
