Top 9 Opium Quotes - Quoted Daily

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Marxism, Opium

Edmund Wilson, Edward J.N. Wilson (1983). “The Forties: From Notebooks and Diaries of the Period”

Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged.

Charity, Philanthropy, Opium

Religion is the opium of the poor.

Poor, Opium

Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.7764, Simon and Schuster

It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.

People, Revolution, Opium

Simone Weil (2013). “The Notebooks of Simone Weil”, p.596, Routledge

Only the opium eater truly understands the pain of death.

Pain, Opium

John Cheever (2010). “Falconer”, p.45, Vintage

Revolution is the opium of the intellectuals.

Politics, Revolution, Opium

"Fictional character: Michael Arnold Travis". O Lucky Man!, www.imdb.com. 1973.

Attention is the opium of the people

People, Attention, Opium

Babies laughing is like opium.

Baby, Laughing, Opium

Neil Patrick Harris‏ @ActuallyNPH, twitter.com. January 28, 2011.

The thing about opium is that it makes pain or difficulty unimaginable.

Pain, Difficulty, Opium

Sebastian Faulks (2007). “Engleby: A Novel”, Doubleday Books

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