All power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted.Frank Herbert
We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.Santosh Kalwar
I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.Jean-Michel Basquiat
A lot of people think that addiction is a choice. A lot of people think it's a matter of will. That has not been my experience. I don't find it to have anything to do with strength.Matthew Perry
Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.Thomas Aquinas
Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.Hilary Mantel
I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.George Bernard Shaw
The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.Carl Jung
The winners of any game are the people who are so addicted, that they continue playing even as the marginal utility from winning declines.Naval Ravikant