Drugs Quotes

"In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle"

Lou Reed, Musician

"I tried to give up drugs by drinking"

Lou Reed, Musician

"Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort"

Jean Cocteau, Director

"Everyone reaches their point in time where either they die or they get sick of doing drugs. It started getting debilitating. I enjoy my music a lot better than my drugs"

Al Jourgensen, Musician

"I bought a gun and chose drugs instead"

Kurt Cobain, Musician

"Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all"

Kurt Cobain, Musician

"A lot of good has come from drugs. I think 'Penny Lane' is worth 10 dead kids. Dark Side of the Moon is worth 100 dead kids. Because a lot of kids wouldn't even be born if it weren't for that album, so it evens out"

Bill Maher, Comedian

"It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs"

Kanye West, Musician

"These are busy times for the Border Patrol, the customs agents, immigration folks; but if we are going to send these agencies to fight a war on drugs, to fight a war against illegal behavior, we have to send them the proper tools"

Bob Filner, Politician

"Aaron Sorkin was completely unable to understand the actual psychology of Mark or of Facebook. He can't conceive of a world where social status or getting laid or, for that matter, doing drugs, is not the most important thing"

Marc Andreessen, Businessman

"I was a gang leader. Although, it was a gang for defensive purposes. It was not a gang to sell drugs"

Jack Bowman, Actor

"No one wants to go back to a situation where, if you have a pre-existing medical condition, you, you can be deprived of coverage. No one wants to go back to a situation where, if you get seriously ill, you can get thrown off your insurance. Seniors don't want to go back to paying more for their prescription drugs"

David Axelrod, Public Servant

"When you look at where the real problems are among minorities in our society, particularly blacks, it's at the bottom. It's the people who are in school systems that don't educate, neighborhoods where there is a lot of crime, drugs, the whole bit"

Clarence Thomas, Judge

"My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness - it is all that I have - and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well"

Franz Kafka, Novelist

"It was a wonderful time to be young. The 1960s didn't end until about 1976. We all believed in Make Love, Not War. We were idealistic innocents, despite the drugs and sex"

Margot Kidder, Actress

"I don't take part in it the way I used to-the bimbos, the free beers, free drugs, all that. That's still there if you want it, but I don't really seek that out any more"

Layne Staley, Musician

"Young people can get very discouraged and get hooked on drugs or on alcohol because of problems they perceive as insurmountable. It is important that they realize a mistake need not ruin their future, but they must also know that not everything in life is a bed of roses"

Maureen Forrester, Musician

"Caring for our children and making sure they do not get addicted to drugs is all of our responsibility"

Joe Baca, Politician

"Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On Drugs, where every teenager knew who the bootleggers were"

Tony Hillerman, Author

"Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not"

Layne Staley, Musician

"I felt guilty throughout the whole time, but I was seduced. The power of these drugs, sex, power, and money, was extremely strong for me"

John Perkins, Economist

"I think it talks about that there needs to be some proactive attack against drugs infiltrating our culture"

Joe Morton, Actor

"I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful"

Jim Carrey, Comedian

"I was never a rah-rah person. I never sold drugs or did anything crazy"

Slick Rick, Musician

"The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people"

Noam Chomsky, Activist

"It's beyond belief that any Australian could be so stupid as to carry drugs into any country in Asia"

John Howard, Statesman

"We must take action now, by permitting re-importation, to ensure that health care and prescription drugs remain accessible and affordable for everyone"

Michael K. Simpson, Politician

"As I travel around Idaho and visit with seniors, I hear almost universal concern about the rising cost of health care, particularly the cost of prescription drugs"

Michael K. Simpson, Politician

"If you support the war on drugs in its present form, then you're only paying lip-service to the defense of freedom, and you don't really grasp the concept of the sovereign individual human being"

Neal Boortz, Journalist

"I don't need drugs to make my life tragic"

Eddie Vedder, Musician

"There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use"

Layne Staley, Musician

"Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life, they lead to suffering"

Layne Staley, Musician

"Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that"

Layne Staley, Musician

"There is no disputing the fact that American consumers pay 30 to 300 percent more for the same prescription drugs as our counterparts in Canada, Europe, and the rest of the world"

Michael K. Simpson, Politician

"There were a lot of drugs. We kinda just passed the time that way. For a couple of years we were all doin' anything we could get our hands on"

Layne Staley, Musician

"Madam Speaker, it is time to halt illegal entry into this country. It is time to halt the flow of illegal drugs and weapons into this great Nation, and it is time to secure our borders"

Marsha Blackburn, Politician

"When the National Security Agency recruited me, they put me through a day of lie detector tests. They found out all my weaknesses and immediately seduced me. They used the strongest drugs in our culture, sex, power and money, to win me over"

John Perkins, Economist

"While American taxes pay for much of the research and development that goes into creating the new, life-saving drugs, American consumers continue to subsidize the cost of the drugs for consumers across the world"

Michael K. Simpson, Politician

"The goal of re-importation is to provide American consumers with access to drugs at the world market price - not the inflated price now paid only by Americans"

Michael K. Simpson, Politician

"I don't know if people really want to know how I feel about drugs. I'm not such a stickler. I believe you can choose to live your life any way you want"

Kate Hudson, Actress

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