Illicit Quotes

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What censorship accomplishes, creating an unreal and hypocritical mythology, fomenting an attraction for forbidden fruit, inhibiting the creative minds among us and fostering an illicit… — Judith Crist
It was as if nothing quite erased the initial shock of being kissed by someone who was not hers, a kiss that was stolen, claimed… — Suki Kim
In addition to declaring and destroying all of its weapons of mass destruction, Iraq must end its support for terrorism. It must cease the persecution… — George W. Bush
The librarian spoke in a reverential whisper. Corliss knew she'd misjudged this passionate woman. Maybe she dressed poorly, but she was probably great in bed,… — Sherman Alexie
Poverty cannot be accepted as a pretext and justification for the exploitation of children. It does not explain the huge global demand with, in many… — Vitit Muntarbhorn
I think . . . that philosophy has the duty of pointing out the falsity of outworn religious ideas, however estimable they may be as… — Corliss Lamont
In the Barbecue is any four footed animal -- be it mouse or mastodon -- whose dressed carcass is roasted whole... at its best it… — William Allen White
The Finns also have a bent for drink, even though there is no wine here whatsoever, except for illicit tavern keeping, which is harshly suppressed.… — Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposes to rob… — James Harvey Robinson
The pleasures of sin exist. We cannot deny them. But we also dare not deny what follows in their wake: a voracious appetite, inflamed with… — Edwin Louis Cole
Our current drug crisis is a tragedy born of a phony system of classification. For reasons that are little more than accidents of history, we… — Stephen Jay Gould
The seizure of passionate love can be, in such a context, only illicit, breaking in upon the order of one's dutiful life in virtue as… — Joseph Campbell
The gothic reminds us that we are mainly driven by our passions; the Gothic deals in illicit desires, in what is prohibited by society. — David Punter
Terrorism fuels itself from all kinds of illicit trafficking: drugs, weapons, human beings. — Francois Hollande
The war on drugs was never meant to be won. Instead, it will be prolonged as long as possible in order to allow various intelligence… — Terence McKenna
In the spiritual reality of the church, neither Marcel Lefebvre, nor his bishops and priests, nor the people who frequent the SSPX chapels suffered or… — Malachi Martin
Knowledge is an attitude, a passion, actually an illicit attitude. For the compulsion to know is like dipsomania, erotomania, and homicidal mania, in producing a… — Soren Kierkegaard
Grace does not demonize our desires nor destroy them nor lead us to deny them. Grace is the work of the Holy Spirit in transforming… — Sam Storms
CBS announced they're canceling As The World Turns. Don't worry though, if you're addicted to the twisted plots, the intrigue, the illicit sex, you can… — Craig Ferguson
Iran's arms exports to the murderous Assad regime in Syria are of particular concern. As the Panel of Experts has concluded, Syria is now the… — Susan Rice

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