Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bonnie Raitt

When they were putting oil rigs up and down the California coast, the whole issue of safe energy and the addiction to fossil fuels really came into focus.

Dennis Miller

In the late twentieth century, staying sober has become just as much an addiction as getting wasted.

Ayn Rand

The desire not to be anything is the desire not to be.

Bertrand Russell

We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.

Craig David

Once you've been overweight you never want to be overweight again, so you keep going, keep going, like for any addiction. Health can be an addiction, it doesn't have to be drugs or alcohol.

Armistead Maupin

But 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.

Nikki Sixx

When the addict gets recovery, his family gets recovery, right?

Nikki Sixx

I do believe that when I'm writing music, I get addicted to the music of the concept of what the outcome of the song is, or the passion behind the lyrics.

Nouriel Roubini

Among the social media - I've tried them all - Facebook is a bit of a game, but Twitter is a productivity tool. I use it regularly and I'm addicted to it.

Camille Paglia

I don't like reality shows and have never watched them, but I'm addicted to 'Real Housewives' because it's authentic old-time soap opera reborn!

Trip Adler

Just as it can be addictive to be in a real world bookstore or library, it's the same on the Web.

Aldous Huxley

Addiction is an increasing desire for an act that gives less and less satisfaction

Allan Gurganus

Collections collect collectors. It doesn't work the other way around. A certain object misses its own kind and communicates that to some person who surrounds it with rhyming items; these become at first a quorum, then a selective, addictive madness.

Andie MacDowell

I'm really addicted to water. I carry a bottle of water everywhere I go. I know people think I'm a nut.

Summer Sanders

I am addicted to cereal. I am one of those people who just loves their cereal morning, noon and night. Kellogg's message is what I tell my kids every single day, which is: You've gotta start off your day right with a good, healthy breakfast to give yourself the potential for greatness.

Shakira

I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.

Tasha Smith

Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't want anything to get in the way of. Whether it's a man's golf game, whether it's a woman's cooking. I have a friend who has to clean. She's addicted to cleaning.

Tasha Smith

I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.

Tasha Smith

I'm as addicted to 'Power' as I am 'Empire.' I'm just grateful. We get a chance to have two phenomenal shows that we can enjoy. So when 'Empire' is over, 'Power' starts. When 'Power' is over, 'Empire' starts.

Aaron Neville

Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did.

Diana Quick

I'm a complete addict of The 'X Factor,' so I can see why everyone gets so inspired. But there's a downside to celebrity: your life is up for grabs, your career is much more disposable, and you are therefore vulnerable. It's a high price to pay.

Dave Gahan

I have a very addictive personality, so I'm even careful about wanting more of anything than I need - even chocolate.

I grew up addicted to 'Star Trek' and 'Mission: Impossible.' Now I switch between 'South Park' and 'C-Span.'

Matt Kemp

When I spend money on myself, it's almost always on shoes and clothes. I'm addicted to shoes. I always have been, since I was a kid. When I was young, I could never get the shoes I really wanted.

Allen Ginsberg

When it snows in your nose, you catch cold in your brain.

Allan Bloom

Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music.

Robert Scoble

Highlight just hasn't proven to be very addictive to either me or my friends. We talk about it often. I keep running it.

Quincy Jones

Working with kids in Soweto in South Africa, it's rough out there. But the bottom line is you've got to go to know. In Cambodia, there are 10,000 landmines. Same in Afghanistan, same in Colombia. I'm totally addicted to traveling.

Sarah Shahi

My father left when I was really young, but he's still living. There are things I wish I'd said that I didn't and I don't think I'll ever get the opportunity to say. He's battled addiction problems his entire life. I wish things were different. I wish there were a way my son could know him, know the good parts of him.

The defendant had something else, though, a secret. He had an addiction to prescription drugs.

The Democratic Party is like an addict. They're addicted to failure.

Lauren Weisberger

I'm addicted to 'Lonely Planet' guides. Naturally, I'll buy one whenever I take a trip somewhere, but it goes beyond that: I've begun buying them for cities and countries I just hope to visit one day.

Jane Green

I have spent many a night in an Internet chat room, but not since I've been married. I don't do the chat rooms anymore, but I have become completely addicted to Ebay.