Drug quotes

Drug

1.9K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

1.9K quotes

Explore further

Browse quotes that often appear alongside drug — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.

People 100.4K quotes Alcohol 794 quotes Thinking 95.1K quotes War 17K quotes Addiction 635 quotes Marijuana 634 quotes

Quote collection

Drug quotes (page 16 of 96)

Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.

Paul McCartney Musician, Singer-songwriter
Drug

"I tried heroin just the once. Even then, I didn't realize I'd taken it. I was just handed something, smoked it, then found out what it was. It didn't do anything for me, which was lucky because I wouldn't have fancied heading down that road."

Taken Drug Lucky
Read quote 4 likes
Bill Hicks Comedian, Writer
Drug

"....All drugs should be legal. War is wrong. The rich get richer. The poor get poorer. Thank you. I'll be here all week."

War Drug Rich
Read quote 4 likes
Andrew Weil Author
Drug

"I am not against all forms of high-tech medicine. Drugs and surgeries have a secure place in the treatment of serious health conditions. But modern American medicine treats almost every health condition as if it were an emergency."

Drug Medicine Emergencies
Read quote 4 likes
Drug

"The whole drug war is nothing but a pretext to increase police power and personnel, and that, of course, is dead wrong. So many created imagined drug offenses."

War Drug Police
Read quote 4 likes
Terence McKenna Ethnobotanist, Philosopher, Writer
Drug

"In 1948, television was introduced, and millions and millions of people lead larval, low-awareness, warehoused lives mainlining an electronic drug straight into their brains."

People Brain Drug
Read quote 4 likes
Ray Stevens Singer-Songwriter
Drug

"Take the wonder drug that cures all your ills, take Jeremiah Peabody's polyunsaturated, quick dissolving, fast acting, pleasant tasting, green and purple pills."

Reality Drug Purple
Read quote 4 likes
Richard Bach Author
Drug

"I'm not approachable by someone who says, "Let's try some drugs," or something like that. I'm absolutely close-minded about that kind of thing. But I'm wide open to anyone who says, "I've been wondering why we're here and where we're going, and I've got a few answers, but I wondered if anything ever happened to you that suggests..." Then they have me, and I become a chatterbox and can just talk away literally for days."

Trying Answers Drug
Read quote 4 likes
Ringo Starr Musician, Songwriter
Drug

"This was the point of our lives when we found pills, uppers. That's the only way we could continue playing for so long. They were called Preludin, and you could buy them over the counter. We never thought we were doing anything wrong, but we'd get really wired and go on for days. So with beer and Preludin, that's how we survived."

Long Drug Beer
Read quote 4 likes
Robin Williams Actor, Comedian
Drug

"I couldn't imagine living the way I used to live. Now people come up to me from the drug days and go, 'Hi, remember me?' And I'm going, 'No, did I have sex with you? Did I take a dump in your tool box?'"

People Sex Drug
Read quote 4 likes
Robin Williams Actor, Comedian
Drug

"In truth I never really liked any of the heavy drugs, because normally my energy is up when I'm performing, and that's about it. Cocaine is nothing new. It's the pressure, I think. People use it to relieve that, and for me it is about getting numb and forgetting. I have a reverse metabolic reaction to the stuff."

People Thinking Drug
Read quote 4 likes