Acting Quote by Carrie Fisher

You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well I took masses of opiates religiously.

— Carrie Fisher

I did masses of opiates religiously.

— Carrie Fisher

Religion is indeed the opiate of the masses. Except for Islam, its more like Crystal Meth.

— Rock Cowles

For [Karl] Marx what counts is man. He is the root of everything;while for capitalism, the aim are things, profit, and man is only…

— Erich Fromm

In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.

— Russell Baker

Heterosexuality is the opiate of the masses

— Bruce LaBruce

Parenthood is the opiate of the masses.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“If religion, she also liked to say, is the opiate of the masses, fundamentalism is the amphetamine.”

— C.D. Wright

“Religions are metaphorical systems that give us bigger containers in which to hold our lives. A spiritual life allows us to move beyond the…

— Mary Bray Pipher

Marx was wrong. Religion is not the opiate of the people. Opium suggests something soporific, numbing, dulling. Too often religion has been an aphrodisiac…

— Phillip Adams

Marx was wrong--religion is not the opiate of the masses, baseball is.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Marx called religion an opiate, and all too often it is. But philosophy is an anaesthetic, a shot to keep the wonder away.

— N.D. Wilson

In 1844, Karl Marx said, "Religion is the opiate of the masses." He said this at a time when opium and opium derivatives were…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Karl Marx famously called religion 'the opiate of the masses'. Buddhism, particularly as it is popularly practiced, promises improvement through karma. Islam and Christianity…

— John Green

“If only religion were an opiate. No known narcotic rots the brain so fast.”

— Christopher Hitchens