Addiction Quote by Harold Rosenberg

“So Bruce came to believe, as he put it, that “today’s flood of addiction27 is occurring because our hyperindividualistic, frantic, crisis-ridden society makes most…

— Johann Hari

It is in this space of mastery over paradigms that people throw off addictions, live in constant joy, bring down empires, get locked up…

— Donella Meadows

“Addictions, even as they resemble normal human yearnings, are more about desire than attainment. In the addicted mode, the emotional charge is in the…

— Gabor Maté

Addiction is a revolt of the soul.

— Yehuda Berg

“It was becoming evident to me that addiction is addiction is addiction—that all the ways in which people binge, hoard, numb, act out, control,…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

A saint addicted to excessive self-abnegation is a dangerous associate; he may infect you with poverty, and a stiffening of those joints which are…

— Victor Hugo

An addiction is an obsession. something that takes over your mind and your every thought.

— Delaney Ridnour

This is what I think. Addiction is just a way of trying to get at something else. Something bigger. Call it transcendence if you…

— Tess Callahan

Addiction is the dominant form of a culture that suffers from a superficial spectacle and celebrity-connectivity at its center. It's a form of spiritual…

— Cornel West

“Addiction is when natural biological imperatives, like the need for food, sex, relaxation or status, become prioritised to the point of destructiveness. It is…

— Russell Brand

“The root of addict in latin is the word addicere, which means religious devotion. It was an attribute of beginning monks. There is an…

— David Foster Wallace

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.

— Bertrand Russell