The helpless ecstasy of loosing himself in her charm was a powerful opiate rather than a tonic. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Many deeds are done so as to forget another deed: there are also opiate activities. I exist so that another will be… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“(On his addiction to opiods): I'll die young, but it's like kissing God.” — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
I can get away before the storm hits. Away from a world in which opiates have become the religion of the masses. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Television in its present form...[is] the opiate of the people of the United States. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The insanity of consumption bothers me. Talk about the opiate of the masses. It ain't religion anymore. It's stuff. — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Marx called religion an opiate, and all too often it is. But philosophy is an anaesthetic, a shot to keep the wonder… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There are a lot of victims when it comes to addiction. I know there's an overdose epidemic. We see those faces. But… — Donna Marsh Copy Share Image
“In the debate over opioid addiction, there’s one group we aren’t hearing from: chronic pain patients, many of whom need to use… — S. E. Smith Copy Share Image
Religion is the opium of the people translated from the German Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkessometimes misquoted as opiate… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I know something about dread myself, and appreciate the elaborate systems with which some people fill the void, appreciate all the opiates… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“When you laugh and play, your body is calmed and energized by the release of natural opiates—endorphins that relax you physically and… — Jeanne Segal Copy Share Image
“Several medical professional organizations acknowledge the utility of opioid therapy and many case series and large surveys report satisfactory reductions in pain,… — Andrew Rosenblum Copy Share Image
We also know that religion, as the Marxists have always insisted, has, too often, like an opiate, tended to put people to… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
I feel that opiates - I include opium and all its derivatives, such as morphine, heroin, pantopon, etc. - are quite useless… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The status quo is a very powerful opiate and when you have a system that seems to be working and producing profits… — Ray Anderson Copy Share Image
“Government agencies are trying to get doctors to cut back on prescribing opioids. I understand that they need to do something about… — Alison Moore Copy Share Image
We could decide simply to remain absorbed in the mysterious, unformed, free-play of reality. This would be the choice of the mystic… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
“Chronic pain patients like me are not the cause of the opioid crisis; only 22% of those who misuse opioids are prescribed… — Sonya Huber Copy Share Image
“It was a myth you couldn't function on opiates: shooting up was one thing but for someone like me-jumping at pigeons beating… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
I sleep all day. Noises flit around the house- garbage truck in the alley, rain, tree rapping against the bedroom window. I… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
Marx said that religion was the opiate of the people. In the United States today, opiates are the religion of the people. — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are clarified and calmed healthily, as we never were before in our lives, not by an opiate, but by some… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere "opiate of the people" have a contempt for the rich, that is,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
For instance, they [The Federal Narcotics Bureau ] give out that marijuana is a harmful and habit-forming drug, and it simply isn't.… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I don't like speed. I would have made a terrible Futurist. Even when I did take drugs, I never liked amphetamines and… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
Thus night with all her snares passed through the upper world and baited all heads sweetly, fed all foolish hopes, for night… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Thy Banners gleam a little, and are furled; Against thy turrets surge His phantom tow'rs; Drugged with his Opiates the nations nod,… — George Sterling Copy Share Image
I believe in detox. I think detox is smart. You've got a guy who's in an opiate cycle or a dope cycle… — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image
If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply because it rarely appears sinister. If… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Our lazy embrace of Stewart and Colbert is a testament to our own impoverished comic standards. We have come to accept coy… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
“There were opiates for remorse, drugs that could lull the moral sense to sleep. But here was a visible symbol of the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I currently take Lortab, which is a combination of acetaminophen and hydrocodone. I’d rather not take this medication, or any medication for… — Alison Moore Copy Share Image
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![“I sleep all day. Noises flit around the house- garbage truck in the alley, rain, tree rapping against the bedroom window. I sleep. I inhabit sleep firmly, willing it, wielding it, pushing away dreams, refusing, refusing. Sleep is my lover now, my forgetting, my opiate, my oblivion. [...] It is…” quote by Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/audrey-niffenegger-1298_afternoon_i-sleep-all-day-noises-flit-around-the-h_763427.jpg)
![“For instance, they [The Federal Narcotics Bureau ] give out that marijuana is a harmful and habit-forming drug, and it simply isn't. They claim that you can get addicted to opiates with one shot, and you can't. They over-estimate the physical bad effects, and so forth.” quote by William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9a/william-s-burroughs-528_claims_for-instance-they-the-federal-narcotics_1760539.jpg)
