Opposite Of Addiction Is Connection Quotes & Sayings

Interest yourself in public affairs as a duty of citizenship, but do not surrender your faith to those who discredit and debase politics by scoffing at sentiment and principle, and whose political activity consists in attempts to gain popular support by cunning devices and shrewd manipulation. — Grover Cleveland

President Bush insisted today that he was not caving in to big money contributors, big-time lobbyists, and overall industry pressure when he broke a campaign promise to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. But the air was thick today with accusations from people who believe that's exactly what happened. — Dan Rather

I'd like to be a song and dance man. — Walter Cronkite

Affectionate violence. For when a hug just won't do. That's a Hallmark card for you. — Lauren Beukes

If you have an old habit of competing and comparing yourself with others, then you are still living your life like a sperm. GROW UP!! — Saurabh Sharma

So the opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection. — Johann Hari

I think a lot of people have unreasonable expectations because they never stop to consider what life actually has to offer them. They're always looking for some great epiphany from the skies. They never stop to consider the fact which human beings find hardest to recognize: Maybe I'm not worthy of an epiphany. — Robertson Davies

All people deserve respect, but not all ideas do. — Johann Hari

The opposite of addiction is human connection. And I think that has massive implications for the war on drugs. The treatment of drug addicts almost everywhere in the world is much closer to Tent City than it is to anything in Portugal. Our laws are built around the belief that drug addicts need to be punished to stop them. But if pain and trauma and isolation cause addiction, then inflicting more pain and trauma and isolation is not going to solve that addiction. It's actually going to deepen it. — Johann Hari

The opposite of addiction isn't sobriety. It's connection. — Johann Hari

There's always going to be the circumstances you can't plan for. There's always the unexpected relevance and the serendipity. — Jason Silva

Being Captain of the Dodgers meant representing an organization committed to winning and trying to keep it going. We could have won every year if the breaks had gone right. — Pee Wee Reese

The arc of Ken Griffey Jr.'s swing has gotten bigger than when he hit line drives. Juan Gonzalez is a terrific power hitter, too. — Tony La Russa

Well, one can't get over the habit of being a liitle girl all at once. — L.M. Montgomery

Sweet is good. I'm not a fan of deep-fried things. — Mandy Moore

I don't think that art, if it's isolated and specialized, can really create culture. It needs a cult. — Ernst Fuchs