Opium Quote by Anonymous

“power of his poetry to minister deeply to the likes of an opium addict such as Samuel Coleridge.”

— Anonymous

“I craved him, like an opium addict craved the pipe: the sound of his voice, the touch of his hand, his mere presence in…

— Jordan L. Hawk

How was life before Pop-Tarts, Prozac and padded playgrounds? They ate strudel, took opium and played on the grass.

— Anonymous

Religion used to be the opium of the people. To those suffering humiliation, pain, illness, and serfdom, religion promised the reward of an after…

— Anonymous

I think you can go back in history and look at what the effect in Asia and the world was of a divided, fractured…

— Dennis C. Blair

Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium.

— Robert Trout

What opium is instilled into all disaster? It shows formidable as we approach it, but there is at last no rough rasping friction,but the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Marxism is the opium of the Marxists.

— Joan Robinson

We have used the Bible as if it was a mere special constable's handbook — an opium-dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while…

— Charles Kingsley

By the time writing was invented, the Greeks and Egyptians had already learned to extract opium from poppies to facilitate sleep.

— Kat Duff

In order to increase his pleasures, man has intentionally added to the number and pressure of his needs, which in their original state were…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Only the opium eater truly understands the pain of death.

— John Cheever

“Ô, Wanderess, Wanderess When did you feel your most euphoric kiss? Was I the source of your greatest bliss?”

— Roman Payne

“Religion is opium for the masses”

— Nikos Kazantzakis

For ten thousand dollars, I'd endorse an opium pipe.

— Fanny Brice