Quotes by Addiction All addictions have one thing in common - they numb you out to what is happening in the moment. Barbara De Angelis addiction moments common By the Reagan era, the 'culture of poverty' had become a cornerstone of conservative ideology: poverty was caused not by low wages or a lack of jobs but by bad attitudes and faulty lifestyles. The poor were dissolute, promiscuous, prone to addiction and crime, unable to 'defer gratification' or possibly even set an alarm clock. The last thing they could be trusted with was money. Barbara Ehrenreich addiction attitude jobs There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism. Bell Hooks abuse addiction children I started producing work with an ecstatic addiction. Ben Nicholson ecstatic addiction If you can quit for a day, you can quit for a lifetime. Benjamin Alire Saenz recovery quitting addiction To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed. Bernard Emond addiction tests motivational So to me, what the drugs and addiction are saying is that I deserve to feel good, I'm allowed to take this because look how I was treated as a child. Our authority figures, particularly our parents are hypnotic. Their words are hypnotic literally to small children because of brain wave patterns. Bernie Siegel addiction feel-good children I don't drink or do any drugs. I never have and I never will. I don't need them. I'm a black woman from the land of the free, home of the brave, and I figure I don't need another illusion. Bertice Berry addiction land home 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 progress addiction philosophy We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life. Bertrand Russell income addiction habit I am convinced now that virtually every destructive behavior and addiction I battled off and on for years was rooted in my (well-earned) insecurity. Beth Moore insecurity addiction years I have an addiction to caffeine. Bill Ayers caffeine addiction Heroin may be bad, but it sure as hell hasn't hurt my CD collection. Bill Maher cds addiction hurt The Drug War is an addiction, really. Bill Maher addiction drug war There's 1,000 ways into addiction 1,000 ways out. Bill Moyers addiction way I think the original, 'They're the next Jane's Addiction' things that people said about us in the beginning have been pretty much wiped out. Billy Corgan addiction people thinking We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything. Blaise Pascal addiction limits wisdom When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself. Bob Marley marijuana addiction weed At a time of record energy prices, when we are trying to break the very addiction the president talked about in his speech, it does not make any sense to cut funding for energy efficiency programs and research. Bob Menendez addiction cutting trying Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide. Boyd K. Packer addiction moral agency «1234567891011»
