“I was a straight arrow, a control freak. I didn't do drugs or drink, and this was the '70s. I didn't like the loss of control. Which isn't exactly right, because I didn't know what happened when you did drugs.” KnowsLossHappenedDrinkDrugFreakArrowsControl Freak Author:George Saunders
“You cannot see the Milky Way in New York City any more ... We risk the loss of our sensual perception. And if you lose those, naturally, you try to compensate by other stimulations, by very loud noises, or by bright lights or drugs.” IfsWayTryingLightLosesLossCitiesRiskNew YorkDrugPerceptionNoiseSensualLoudNew York CityStimulationMilky WayBright LightsLoud Noises Author:Rene Dubos
“We've got a recipe for disaster. It's huge -- this combination of body image issues and the drug's weight loss appeal.” BodyLossIssuesHugeDrugWeightDisasterAppealsCombinationRecipesBody ImageWeight Loss Author:Robert Hughes
“Psychedelic drugs cause paranoia, confusion, and total loss of reality in politicians that have never taken them.” RealityCausesLossTakenPoliticianDrugConfusionPsychedelicParanoiaPsychedelic Drugs Author:Timothy Leary
“You're not going to have the police force representing the black and brown community, if they've spent the last 30 years busting every son and daughter and father and mother for every piddling drug offense that they've ever done, thus creating a mistrust in the community. But at the same time, you should be able to talk about abuses of power, and you should be able to talk about police brutality and what, in some cases, is as far as I'm concerned, outright murder and outright loss of justice without the police organization targeting you in the way that they have done me.” IfsWayShouldYearsDoneAbleLastsMotherFatherForceBlackCommunityJusticeLossCasesSonDrugCreatingDaughterConcernedOrganizationAbuseMurderPoliceBrownOffensePolice BrutalityBrutalityRepresentingMistrustAbuse Of PowerSon And DaughterPolice ForceBusting Author:Quentin Tarantino
“Failure of government programs prompts more determined effort, while the loss of liberty is ignored or rationalized away...whether is it is the war on poverty, drugs, terrorism...or the current Hitler of the day, an appeal to patriotism is used to convince the people that a little sacrifice of liberty, here or there, is a small price to pay...The results, though, are frightening and will soon become even more so.” PeopleLittlesWarGovernmentUsedLossResultsEffortPayLibertyPovertySacrificeDrugProgramCurrentsTerrorismDeterminedAppealsConvinceFrighteningIgnoredPromptsGovernment ProgramsWar On Poverty Author:Ron Paul