
Women have come
a long way
over the past 20 years,
but in substance abuse
and addiction,
women have come
the wrong way.
Joseph Califano
Education, and Welfare)

I got addicted.
News, particularly daily news,
is more addictive
than crack cocaine,
more addictive
than heroin,
more addictive
than cigarettes.
Dan Rather
The effect
of the mass media
is not to elicit belief
but to maintain
the apparatus of addiction.
Christopher Lasch
There was a lot
of tabloid journalism
about my supposed sex addiction.
Bullshit.
It’s all bullshit.
I mean, come on,
I never pretended to be a saint.
But give me a break.
Michael Douglas
If you believe
our president,
a former oil businessman,
is going to end
our addiction to oil,
shame on all of us.
Dan Seals
Why is it
that drug addicts
and computer aficionados
are both called users?
Clifford Stoll
to capture a notorious KGB hacker)
Whether talking
about addiction,
taxation [on cigarettes]
or education [about smoking],
there is always
at the center
of the conversation
an essential conundrum:
How come
we’re selling
this deadly stuff anyway?
Anna Quindlen