“Even if nonpolluting power were feasible and abundant, the use of energy on a massive scale acts on society like a drug that is physically harmless but psychically enslaving. A community can choose between Methadone and "cold turkey"-between maintaining its addiction to alien energy and kicking it in painful cramps-but no society can have a population that is hooked on progressively larger numbers of energy slaves and whose members are also autonomously active.” IfsUseEnergyCommunityNumbersColdDrugMembersSlaveAddictionPopulationPainfulActiveScalesAliensAlternativesMassiveTurkeysMaintainingKickingHookedCrampsKicking ItCold TurkeyMethadone Author:Ivan Illich
“I have taken on virtually every element of the big money establishment, whether it's the Koch brothers, and the big energy companies, whether it's the industrial complex, whether it's Wall Street... I have taken on the drug companies. I have taken on the insurance companies.” BigsEnergyCompanyTakenStreetsBrotherWallDrugElementsComplexesEstablishmentInsurance CompaniesDrug Companies Author:Bernie Sanders
“You let the energy go wherever it wants. I have such a rich spiritual life. Most people take drugs to experience that.” PeopleWantSpiritualEnergyRichDrugSpiritual Life Author:Shirley MacLaine
“If hemp could supply the energy needs of the United States, its value would be inestimable. Now that the drug czar is in final retreat, America has an opportunity to, once and for all, say farewell to the Exxon Valdez, Saddam Hussein and a prohibitively expensive brinkmanship in the desert sands of Saudi Arabia.” IfsNeedsStatesWould BeAmericaValuesOpportunityEnergyUnitedUnited StatesDrugFinalsDesertExpensiveSandRetreatSaddamFarewellHusseinArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisHempCzarsDesert Sand Author:Hugh Downs
“Power comes from doing meditation, leading a controlled life, being conservative, not wasting all your energy on drugs, alcohol and sex and other pastimes. The guideline for all experience is how you feel afterwards.” FeelsEnergySexMeditationDrugLosingConservativeAlcoholMysticismControlledHow You FeelPastimeGuidelinesDoing MeLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“I don't tell anyone what they should do (drugs). It's like this music is so full of power and energy you don't really need to take anything if you just open up and let the music take you.” IfsNeedsShouldEnergyDrugMusic Is Author:Paul van Dyk
“It's very frustrating [ to work under director's control], not just because you're getting rejected constantly, but also because you're at a time in your life where you have an enormous amount of creative energy, and there's no way to express it. That's why a lot of people get into drinking or drugs or whatever.” PeopleWayEnergyCreativeAmountDrugDirectorsDrinkingEnormousRejectedFrustratingCreative Energy Author:Matt Damon
“I'll smoke weed occasionally, on special occasions like a movie night or something. I like to drink beer but whenever it comes to hard drugs, I really believe that they hurt your body, deplete your energy.” BelieveHardBodyNightEnergyHurtSpecialDrinkDrugYour BodySmokeOccasionsBeerWeedSmoke WeedSpecial Occasion Author:Christofer Drew
“I thought cocaine was a fantastic drug. A wonder drug, like everybody else. It gave you [an] energy burst. You could stay awake for days on end, and it was just marvelous and I didn't think it was evil at all.” ThinkingEndsEvilEnergyWonderDrugFantasticAwakeMarvelousCocaine Author:George Jung
“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.” PeopleThinkingUseEnergyStuffForgetDrugPressureHeavyReactionsPerformingReverseCocaineNumbNothing New Author:Robin Williams