ssBut I will say that the drugs are much more ferocious then they used to be. There are people wrecking their lives with addiction, which seems much more severe. Armistead Maupin

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. Carl Jung

Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values. Christopher Lasch

I really love to act; I love everything about it. I've never had this addiction to being known. I mean, sure, if you go into acting, there's part of you that is saying, 'I want attention' but I was brought up to work to deserve attention, and it is the work, not the trappings that are important. Christopher Meloni

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health. Clarence Day

But actually, my drug addiction thing, I was so stubborn. Elton John

I know in my soul when something feels like a sell out and I think for me, I knew that if I did the Jane's Addiction reunion thing, that I would feel like a sell out. That's how it would feel to me. Eric Avery

I have a bit of a traveling addiction, and, ah, yeah. I went to, ah, Bali this summer. Fisher Stevens

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction. Gene Tierney

I love making people laugh. It's an addiction and it's probably dysfunctional, but I am addicted to it and there's no greater pleasure for me than sitting in a theater and feeling a lot of people losing control of themselves. Jay Roach

Despite the previous efforts of Congresses, our addiction to foreign oil, as the President stated, is greater today than ever before. That dependency is a threat to our national security, and we must address that threat. Jim Costa

As we celebrate Recovery Month, it is time for Congress to knock down the barriers to treatment and recovery for 26 million Americans suffering the ravages of alcohol and drug addiction. Jim Ramstad

Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize that it's gross? I understand it's an addiction, but it still pains me to see my friends do it. Kirsten Dunst

For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas. Lee H. Hamilton

Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users. Ralph Nader

Alcohol and drug addiction are problems, and we should use outside agencies that know the business. They do business all over the country. Why don't we contract them to do it? See, we should be in certain businesses. Richard M. Daley

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived. Robert Trout

I had always turned it down-to me, smoking pot was absolutely the worst thing in the world. I thought of it as an addiction, and all my friends who smoked it, I felt they really needed help. Tommy Rettig

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation. W. H. Auden

I had not taken a bath in a year nor changed my clothes or removed them except to stick a needle every hour in the fibrous grey wooden flesh of heroin addiction. I did absolutely nothing. William S. Burroughs

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. Erica Jong, How to Save Your Own Life, 1977

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it. Gordon R. Dickson

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him. Henry Wheeler Shaw, a.k.a. Josh Billings

The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice. Author Unknown

It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. William Shakespeare

Old men are fond of giving good advice, to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples. François La Rochefoucauld

When we ask advice we are usually looking for an accomplice. Charles Varlet de La Grange, Pensées, 1872

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others. Author Unknown

Few take advice, or physic, without wry faces at it. Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827

We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves. Author Unknown

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. Hannah Whitall Smith

It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves. François Duc de La Rochefoucauld

In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend. Solon

No one wants advice - only corroboration. John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine. Josh Billings

Sometimes I give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it. Mary Wortley Montagu

I always pass on good advice. It's the only thing to do with it. It is never any use to oneself. Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband, 1895

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. Edgar Watson Howe, Country Town Sayings, 1911

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. Cicero

Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF. Woody Allen