#addiction

In the beginning war looks and feels like love. But unlike love it gives nothing in return but an ever-deepening dependence, like all narcotics, on the road to self-destruction. It does not affirm but places upon us greater and greater demands. It destroys the outside world until it is hard to live outside war's grip. It takes a higher and higher dose to achieve any thrill. Finally, one ingests war only to remain numb. ↗

— Chris Hedges

#narcotic #war #love

Social media is addictive precisely because it gives us something which the real world lacks: it gives us immediacy, direction, a sense of clarity and value as an individual. ↗

— David Amerland

#social-media-addiction #social-media-qualities #social-network-tropes #business

We love the things that destroy us, because in that destruction we truly feel alive. ↗

— Robert Pobi

#destruction #life #love #love

No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#afflicts #ages #classes #immune #people

For a while, I had this uncontrollable urge - this addiction to danger. Now I look back and I think, 'Gee, what an idiot. I was risking my life just for the sensation of it.' ↗

— Steven Seagal

#back #danger #gee #had #i

I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on the show. But I think it's a little edgy for Saturday night. ↗

— Fisher Stevens

#addiction #chuck #edgy #episode #gambling

I have a bit of a traveling addiction, and, ah, yeah. I went to, ah, Bali this summer. ↗

— Fisher Stevens

#ah #bali #bit #i #summer

People who have never had an addiction don't understand how hard it can be. ↗

— Payne Stewart

#had #hard #how #never #people

We humans have become dependent on plastic for a range of uses, from packaging to products. Reducing our use of plastic bags is an easy place to start getting our addiction under control. ↗

— David Suzuki

#bags #become #control #dependent #easy

Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction. ↗

— Edward Teller

#addiction #becomes #once #secrecy