“The talk shows are stuffed full of sufferers who have regained their health--congressmen who suffered through a serious spell of boozing and skirt-chasing, White House aides who were stricken cruelly with overweening ambition, movie stars and baseball players who came down with acute cases of wanting to trash hotel rooms while under the influence of recreational drugs. Most of them have found God, or at least a publisher.” ShowsFoundHouseStarsWhiteRoomsCasesPlayerInfluenceSeriousDrugAmbitionBaseballHotelWhite HouseSpellsPublishersChasingMovie StarTrashSkirtsBaseball PlayerCongressmanTalk ShowsHotel RoomsSufferersRecreational Drugs Author:Calvin Trillin
“Luxury, that alluring pest with fair forehead, which, yielding always to the will of the body, throws a deadening influence over the senses, and weakens the limbs more than the drugs of Circe's cup.” BodyInfluenceDrugFairsSensesCupsLuxuryLimbsForeheadsAlluringPests Author:Claudius Claudianus
“People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical behaviour for both includes draining bank accounts, neglecting children, destroying relations with family and losing interest in anything except the drug or cult.” PeopleChildrenInterestInfluenceDrugLosingAccountsRelationNeglectDestroyingBehaviourTypicalCultAddictBank AccountsDrainingLosing Interest Author:Keith Henson
“In my experience, I have found that creativity demands a vigilant mind, which is weakened by the influence of drugs.” MindFoundCreativityInfluenceDrugDemandVigilant Author:Ernst Junger
“These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I'm not downplaying that.” PeopleMayChildrenMightAbleParentTechnologySupportGroupsInfluenceInformationBirthEasierDrugMedicalDefectsSupport GroupsBirth Defects Author:Steve Jobs
“India went through a dramatic revolution after the '90s when our economy started opening up for the first time and Indians were now experiencing the Western life, if you will. Drugs and sex and a lot of those influences came in as the economy stabilized, and we were growing up and experiencing that. The Indian writing market was very small at that time. Our literature was very attuned to what Western audiences were interested in, so everybody was writing about the slums in India and magic realism or stories about Hindus and Muslims and partition.” IfsWritingFirstsStoriesLiteratureSexAudienceEconomyGrowing UpGrowingMagicInfluenceRevolutionDrugFirst TimeIndiaWesternOpeningIndianDramaticRealismOpening UpSlumsPartitionMagic Realism Author:Karan Bajaj
“There's a very complex connection between crime and addiction, because a lot of people are committing crime to either fuel their drug habit, which they're going to do anyway, whether it's legal or not, or under the influence of drugs, which they're going to do more, if it's legal.” PeopleIfsInfluenceCrimeHabitDrugConnectionsComplexesAddictionFuelCommitting Crimes Author:Kevin Sabet
“Escuela Caribe preyed upon parents' fears of secular culture to recruit students. Parents could send their kids to a place where they'd be sheltered from evil secular influences - sex, drugs, alcohol, and a questioning mentality. A place where children would be forced to become good little clones of their parents.” ChildrenKidsCultureEvilParentInfluenceStudentsDrugAlcoholMentalityQuestioningSecular Author:Julia Scheeres
“Some of the best times in my life happened under the influence of drugs... I'd still be doing it if I could make good judgement calls. I'd still be doing it if I didn't blow up to the size of an aircraft hangar, because it was a great time.” IfsStillsHappenedInfluenceDrugSizeBlowJudgementIf I CouldGreat TimesBest TimesAircraftGood Judgement Author:Robbie Williams
“Anyone who doubts that caffeine is a drug should read some of the prose composed under its influence.” ShouldDoubtInfluenceDrugProseCaffeine Book:At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays Source: At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays