Substance Misuse Quotes & Sayings

Never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant. I do not remember to have ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it than planting-time, harvesttime, cherry-time, spring-time, or fall-time. A — Frederick Douglass

I like to find what's not found at once, but lies within something of another nature, in repose, distinct. — Denise Levertov

I've become a lantern bearer, lighting the path this country will take. — Nahoko Uehashi

Increased spending, growing government debt and overreaching regulations are stifling job creation and economic growth. — Joe Craft

To die for the sake of dying - I prefer to die of passion than to die of boredom! — Vincent Van Gogh

The pharisees minded what God spoke, but not what He intended. They were busy in the outward work of the hand, but incurious of the affections and choice of the heart. So God was served in the letter, they did not much inquire into His purpose; and therefore they were curious to wash their hands, but cared not to purify their hearts. — Jeremy Taylor

I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind & my eyes, refusing to be stamped & stereotyped. The thing is to free ones self; to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded. (Diary 4: 187) — Thomas C. Caramagno

Everything in life is either science or poetry... And sometimes, just sometimes, a thing is both. — Katandra Jackson Nunnally

I was never class clown in school,' said Lint in 1971. 'But I did have one of those "downward mouths". — Steve Aylett

I think the main thing that affected my comedy was that my dad slept in a nightgown for most of my childhood. And it was just very funny every single night and made me realize that laughter is fun and nightgowns are cool. — Jenny Slate

The cool, grey city of love. — George Sterling