“For a decade Americans have been steeped in the rhetoric of "zero tolerance" and the faith that virtually all problems from drug addiction to lousy teaching can be solved by pouring on the punishment. Even without a Commander in Chief who pledges to rid the world of evildoers, smoke them out of their holes and the like, we would be vulnerable to the temptation to brush aside frustrating complexities and relieve intolerable fear (at least for the moment) by settling on one or more scapegoats to crush. To imagine that trauma casts out fantasy is a dangerous mistake.” WorldHas BeensMomentsProblemWould BeMistakeFantasyImagineTeachingDangerousDrugAddictionCastsTraumaDecadesTolerancePunishmentHolesTemptationVulnerableChiefsSmokeSettlingComplexityCrushZeroImagine ThatRhetoricBrushesFrustratingCommandersPledgePouringDrug AddictionDrug AddictCommander In ChiefScapegoatZero Tolerance Author:Ellen Willis
“We're already going down that path with illegal drug use and incarceration. I can't imagine it getting any worse.” I CanUsePathImagineDrugIllegalIncarcerationDrug UseIllegal Drugs Author:Greg Gutfeld
“There are moments when you act that you actually disappear from your body, and that's amazing. That's better than any drug, I would imagine. People take drugs to disappear from themself, and that's what it feels like when you hit that moment.” PeopleFeelsMomentsBodyImagineDrugDisappearYour BodyThat Moment Author:Rose McGowan
“Not all Americans are living the American dream by a long shot. Many can't even imagine it. There are impoverished Americans, the poor and the homeless, the hungry and the hopeless, many unable to read and write. There are Americans gone astray, the kids dragged down by drugs, the shattered families, the teenage mothers struggling to cope. Then there are Americans uneasy, troubled and bewildered by the dizzying pace of change.” WritingLongDreamKidsMotherPoorStruggleGoneImagineDrugShotsHungryHopelessPaceAmerican DreamHomelessTeenageShatteredUneasyBewilderedLong ShotsPace Of ChangeLiving The American Dream Author:George H. W. Bush
“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?'” PeopleWayRememberUsedSexImagineDrugToolsCome UpBoxesDumpRemember MeTool Boxes Author:Robin Williams
“It's very humbling to imagine somebody else's really life and their pain ... It's my drug.” PainImagineDrugHumbling Author:Meryl Streep
“Imagine someone telling you that by taking a certain drug you could win a single event and be three times richer, famous for life in your country-and it won't hurt anyone. What would you say? There's a wide range of ethics among the riders.” CountryCertainThreeWinningHurtImagineEventsDrugEthicsWideRangeThree TimesRiders Author:Ned Overend
“When you think of the costs of cancer care, one can imagine that drugs like checkpoint blockers or transfer of these T lymphocytes are actually cost-saving, just as treatments for hepatitis C, while expensive, overall save money by preventing hepatitis and hep - hepatocarcinoma in patients.” ThinkingCareImagineCostDrugPatientCancerSavingExpensiveTreatmentImagine ThatTransfersSaving MoneyPreventingCheckpointsHepatitisHepatitis C Author:Laurie Glimcher
“Trying to film a movie on a diet is hard enough, I can't imagine how it would be on drugs.” TryingI CanHardEnoughWould BeFilmImagineDrugDiets Author:Amber Heard
“What the hell is social justice? What sort of fool can imagine income equality as dictated by bureaucrats and government thugs? I dare anyone to attempt to explain those drug-inspired fantasies in meaningful terms.” GovernmentSocialTermJusticeFantasyHellImagineFoolDrugSocial JusticeInspiredDareMeaningfulIncomeBureaucratsThug Author:Ted Nugent
“It’s actually a smarter crime because imagine if you rob a bank, or you’re dealing drugs. If you get caught you’re going to spend a lot of time in custody. But with hacking, it’s much easier to commit the crime and the risk of punishment is slim to none.” IfsImagineRiskCrimeEasierDrugCaughtPunishmentCommitSmarterHackingSlimCustodyJoint Custody Author:Kevin Mitnick
“I haven't found a drug yet that can get you anywhere near as high as a sitting at a desk writing, trying to imagine a story no matter how bizarre it is, [or] going out and getting into the weirdness of reality and doing a little time on the Proud Highway.” WritingTryingLittlesMatterStoriesRealityFoundImagineHavensProudDrugSittingGoing OutDesksBizarreHighwaysLittle TimeWeirdness Book:Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson Source: Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson
“Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy, then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness. Science fiction? It is already happening to some extent in our own society... Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs. In effect, antidepressants are a means of modifying an individual's internal state in such a way as to enable him to tolerate social conditions that he would otherwise find intolerable.” PeopleWayGivingMeanStatesHappensIndividualSocialFictionImagineSocietyModernConditionsSubjectsEffectsDrugDepressionHappeningsScience FictionToleranceTerroristUnhappyInternalsRemoveUnhappinessIntoleranceTolerateDepressingMathematicianAnarchistNot HappyModern SocietySocial ConditionsUnhappy PeopleAntidepressantsModifying Author:Theodore Kaczynski