Addict Quote by Mason Cooley Download Open image “Addicts turn their pleasures into vengeful Gods.” — Mason Cooley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Addict Addiction Pleasure Turns Vengeful
“I read today that all addiction is a form of misplaced worship. I get that. And I’ve certainly done that. I’ve mistaken the delivery… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“In truth, most addicts find relief the moment they stop hiding. The moment they publicly admit they have a problem. For most high-functioning addicts,… — Ana B. Good Copy Share Image
“Addiction is a bargain with the cosmos: only stay time, and I'll remain in this holding pattern, too. The uncrossable gap between now and… — Ann Marlowe Copy Share Image
“The truth is, we do not have addiction problems. We have misdirected worship. I’m convinced every human being is in recovery and being weaned… — Derwin L. Gray Copy Share Image
Because they are human beings, addicts long for wholeness, for fulfillment, and for the final good that believers call God. Like all idolatries, addiction… — Cornelius Plantinga Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Misplaced attachment to what cannot satiate the soul is not an error exclusive to addicts, but the common condition of mankind. It is this… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“Addiction is in fact a kind of embodied cultural critique of modernity and the addict a kind of unwitting modern prophet. The church has… — Kent Dunnington Copy Share Image
“The modern food and drug industry has converted a significant portion of the world’s people to a new religion—a massive cult of pleasure seekers… — Joel Fuhrman Copy Share Image
“Addictive drugs convert the brain to recognize only one face of God, to thrill to only one suitor.” — Marc Lewis Copy Share Image
“Drug addicts perplex me. They're a relatively recent development, historically speaking. Everyone has their theories - monotheists like to blame it on godlessness -… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The only way to make sure that the Hand didn't get to you would have been to kill your brother. I could've done it,… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Then they're like addicts; they can't help themselves... They will steal, cheat, embezzle and commit other crimes just to get money to gamble — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
They are enthusiasts, devotees. Addicts. Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. They seek each… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
When we think carefully, we see that the brief elation we experience when appeasing sensual impulses may not be very different from what the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
So many kids are fat drug addicts these days, it's almost as if Rush Limbaugh had puppies. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I'm a complete addict of The 'X Factor,' so I can see why everyone gets so inspired. But there's a downside to celebrity: your… — Diana Quick Copy Share Image
It doesn't have the ability to think rationally this economic model. It thinks like a drug addict: 'Where can I get my next fix?'… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
...... an outlaw gulch, a haven for draft resisters, struggling artists, and drug addicts.....a camp for semi-demented adults.... Venice is like the legendary Phoenix… — Sara Davidson Copy Share Image
I had to come to terms about becoming an addict, which, for a long time, I lied to myself about the status of until… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Nobody can become a drug addict if they're hip. Because it's obvious that if you're hip then you've got to make it. The buzz… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
