#narcotic

Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#even #fatal #hospital #inevitably #infinitely

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. ↗

— Carl Jung

#alcohol #bad #every #form #idealism

There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man. ↗

— Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

#brain #brain damage #causes #damage #fact

Do we really want to be rid of our resentments, our anger, our fear? Many of us cling to our fears, doubts, self-loathing or hatred because there is a certain distorted security in familiar pain. It seems safer to embrace what we know than to let go of it for fear of the unknown. (Narcotics Anonymous Book/page 33) ↗

— Narcotics Anonymous

#fear-of-unknown #narcotics-anonymous #resentment #anger

Self-pity is the most destructive of all narcotics. ↗

— Sebastian Horsley

#narcotics #self-esteem #self-pity #self-esteem

Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don't stop at a nation's borders. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#borders #crime #degradation #movements #narcotics

Work is the best of narcotics, providing the patient be strong enough to take it. I dread idleness as if it were Hell. ↗

— Beatrice Webb

#best #dread #enough #hell #i

The simple fact is that the drug cartels are coming in through Arizona. Arizona is the gateway for all the narcotics and the crime that is connected with it. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#coming #connected #crime #fact #gateway

A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

#cannot #doctor #his #inversely #man

I've been using narcotics for 20 years. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#i #narcotics #using #years