“There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.”
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William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008) American conservative author and commentator
The War On Drugs Is Lost (1995)
Context: More people die every year as a result of the war against drugs than die from what we call, generically, overdosing. These fatalities include, perhaps most prominently, drug merchants who compete for commercial territory, but include also people who are robbed and killed by those desperate for money to buy the drug to which they have become addicted.
This is perhaps the moment to note that the pharmaceutical cost of cocaine and heroin is approximately 2 per cent of the street price of those drugs. Since a cocaine addict can spend as much as $1,000 per week to sustain his habit, he would need to come up with that $1,000. The approximate fencing cost of stolen goods is 80 per cent, so that to come up with $1,000 can require stealing $5,000 worth of jewels, cars, whatever. We can see that at free-market rates, $20 per week would provide the addict with the cocaine which, in this wartime drug situation, requires of him $1,000.
“When I die I'm going to dance first in all the galaxies… I'm gonna play and dance and sing.”
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926–2004) American psychiatrist
Georges Bataille (1897–1962) French intellectual and literary figure
Source: On Nietzsche (1945), p. xx
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960) Former Prime Minister of Spain
Said to the presenter of 'Cuatro', Iñaki Gabilondo, at the end of an interview, and referring to the 2008 general election. His words were captured by microphones when Zapatero presumed that he was no longer on air. <br class="br">As President, 2008 <br class="br">Source: "A partir de este fin de semana, voy a dramatizar un poco" http://www.publico.es/048875/a/partir/semana/dramatizar/poco:
Saul Bass (1920–1996) American graphic designer and filmmaker
"Art Directors Club biography & images of work" http://www.adcglobal.org/archive/hof/1977/?id=275. adcglobal.org. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
Louis Riel (1844–1885) Canadian politician
Address to Grand Jury (1885)
Context: Even if I was going to be sentenced by you, Gentlemen of the Jury, I have this satisfaction that if I die, I will not be reputed by all men as insane, as a lunatic. A good deal has been said by the two Revd Fathers André and Fourmond. I cannot call them my friends, but they made no false testimony. I know that a long time ago they believed me more or less insane. Father Fourmond said that I would pass from a great passion to great calmness, that shows great control under contradiction and according to my opinion and with the help of God, I have that control.