Opiates Quotes

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In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses. — Russell Baker
OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard. — Ambrose Bierce
Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere "opiate of the people" have a contempt for the rich, that is, for all mankind… — C.S. Lewis
As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from the pressing needs… — Richard J. Foster
I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book a year, because… — Cyril Connolly
Truth as a cultural ideal has functioned as an opiate, perhaps the only serious opiate of the modern world. Karl Marx said that religion was… — Immanuel Wallerstein
You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well I took masses of opiates religiously. — Carrie Fisher
Tobacco is the opiate of the gentleman, the religion of the rich. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Economic theology is the opiate of the middle classes. — Thurman Arnold
Our lazy embrace of Stewart and Colbert is a testament to our own impoverished comic standards. We have come to accept coy mockery as genuine… — Steve Almond
Sometimes we are clarified and calmed healthily, as we never were before in our lives, not by an opiate, but by some unconscious obedience to… — Henry David Thoreau
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
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
Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery… — Samuel Johnson
I did masses of opiates religiously. — Carrie Fisher
The chemistry of dissatisfaction is as the chemistry of some marvelously potent tar. In it are the building stones of explosives, stimulants, poisons, opiates, perfumes… — Eric Hoffer
It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate. — Eric Hoffer
Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. — Erica Jong
Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously. — Henry Miller
We could decide simply to remain absorbed in the mysterious, unformed, free-play of reality. This would be the choice of the mystic who seeks to… — Stephen Batchelor

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