“I am a physician. I keep a drug-shop of lies. I give relief, consolation. Can one console and relieve without lying? ... Only women and doctors know how necessary and how helpful lies are to men.” KnowsMenGivingScienceLyingKnowledgeKnow HowDrugDoctorsShopsReliefHelpfulPhysiciansConsolationConsole Author:Anatole France
“I work closely with a number of charities from food pantries to drug rehabilitation to natural disaster relief to preventing sexual exploitation of young girls. It is one of the most rewarding things I do.” YoungGirlNaturalNumbersDrugCharityDisasterReliefExploitationPreventingRehabilitationNatural DisasterPantryDisaster Relief Author:Beyonce Knowles
“The private and serious drama of guilt is not often a useful one for fiction today and its disappearance, following perhaps the disappearance from life, appears as a natural, almost unnoticed relief, like some of the challenging illnesses wiped out by drug and vaccines.” TodayNaturalChallengesFictionSeriousDramaDrugGuiltIllnessFollowingReliefVaccinesUnnoticedDisappearance Book:Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other Essays Source: Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other Essays
“When we think carefully, we see that the brief elation we experience when appeasing sensual impulses may not be very different from what the drug addict feels when indulging his or her habit. Temporary relief is soon followed by a craving for more. And in just the same way that taking drugs in the end only causes trouble, so, too, does much of what we undertake to fulfill our immediate sensory desires.” ThinkingWayFeelsMayDoeDifferentEndsDesireCausesTroubleHabitDrugSensualImpulseReliefTemporaryAddictCravingSensoryDrug AddictForbearanceElationTemporary Relief Book:Ancient Wisdom, Modern World: Ethics for the New Millennium Source: Ancient Wisdom, Modern World: Ethics for the New Millennium
“Consider the oddity of those drug commercials on television. Fifteen seconds of the purported therapeutic effort, followed by about 45 seconds of a rapidly muttered list of horrific possible side effects. When the ad is over, I can't remember a thing about what the pill is supposed to do, except perhaps cause nausea, liver damage, projectile vomiting, a nasty rash, a four-hour erection, and sudden death. Sudden death is my favorite because there is something comical about it being a side effect. What exactly is the main effect in that case? Relief from abdominal bloating?” I CanRememberCausesSidesHoursEffortCasesFourEffectsTelevisionDrugMy FavoriteListsDamageReliefSecondsAdsFifteenNastyPillsLiverTherapeuticHorrificSide EffectsComicalNauseaOdditiesVomitingSudden DeathExactly IsProjectileAbdominals Author:Charles Krauthammer