Pills quotes
146 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Browse quotes that often appear alongside pills — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"There is only one healing force, and that is nature; in pills and ointments there is none. At most they can give the healing force of nature a hint about where there is something for it to do."
"Life is a pill which none of us can bear to swallow without gilding."
"If there was a pill that allowed you to drink and not get drunk, an alcoholic would go "What happens if you take two?""
"I have taken a pill to kill The thin Papery feeling."
"We are totally opposed to abortion under any circumstances. We are also opposed to abortifacient drugs and chemicals like the pill and the IUD, and we are also opposed to all forms of birth control with the exception of natural family planning (the rhythm method)"
"Any ad consciously attended to is comical. Ads are not meant for conscious consumption. They are intended as subliminal pills for the subconsious in order to exercise an hypnotic spell, especially on sociologists."
"When I took the pills, I wanted to kill someone I hated. I didn't know that other Veronikas existed inside me, Veronikas that I could love."
"The world exists for its own sake, not for ours. Swallow *that* pill!"
"I am in the Matrix and I just took the blue pill."
"I realized I could really become hooked on these happy pills. They gave me a glorious feeling of general well-being and didn't make me fat, like alcohol. I wondered if there was any harm in being addicted to only these."
"When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring."
"Every procedure for getting a cat to take a pill works fine - once. Like the Borg, they learn."
"Don't they give you happy pills in this place?"
"I'm doped and thick from my last sleeping pill."
