Drugs Quotes

"Drugs scared me"

"Big Brother is on the march. A plan to subject all children to mental health screening is underway, and the pharmaceuticals are gearing up for bigger sales of psychotropic drugs"

Phyllis Schlafly, Activist

"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 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

"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

"Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence"

Natalie Portman, Actress

"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

"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

"Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future"

Bob Riley, Politician

"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

"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

"Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol; that's part of society"

Jamie Lee Curtis, Actress

"There needs to be more pressure on the Mexican government to stop the drugs and illegal immigrants on their side of the border instead of exporting them to the U.S"

Timothy Murphy, Soldier

"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

"In recent years, the choice of drugs on these reservations and throughout my district has been methamphetamines. It has destroyed the rule of law among the reservation people. It is killing our tribal youth in this country"

Rick Renzi, Politician

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

Jim Carrey, Comedian

"I said, to hell with the whole thing, to hell with show business. I'm gonna make a new life for myself, and I got off drugs, completely kicked all that stuff"

Tommy Kirk, Actor

"Our border patrol does a great job under these very dangerous conditions. They use very sophisticated equipment, including gamma rays, to detect drugs and illegal immigrants as they enter the U.S"

Timothy Murphy, Soldier

"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

"Illegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potential terrorists to enter our country. It is straining our economy, adding costs to our judicial, healthcare, and education systems"

Timothy Murphy, Soldier

"Johnny Cash was plenty good enough to fool his fans. They believed he felt it in his soul when he sang the Gospel while stoned on drugs"

Suzanne Fields

"Chasing the sensation. Whether it was drugs or sex or whatever. Those things had become my main focus in life"

Rick Allen, Musician

"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

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