Quotes About Dependency

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

Without economic security, the love of servitude cannot possibly come into existence

Leaving you defenceless against the full consciousness of the fact that you can't do without your fellow humans, and that, when you're with them, they make you sick.

Oh Ford, oh Ford!

Don't think of him.' 'I can't help it.' 'Take soma, then.' 'I do.' 'Well, go on.' 'But in the intervals I still like him. I shall always like him.

He knew that he was hated, abhorred by the mass of the people, and this knowledge made him react against the external world, and at the same time increased the satisfaction and pleasure he found in the servility, solicitude, and adulation of his dependents, who had consolidated his interests and prosperity and extended to the utmost a sovereignty quite unsupported by legality and constitution.

AÅŸk kördür, kendine güveni yoktur ve herhangi bir dayanak buldu mu, hemen sar?l?r ona.

Many people only go to see other people when they want to ask for some favour.

there was any number of men like that, waiting for an attractive girl that they could latch on to and whose life they could slowly destroy.

There lies the cause of the rapid decline of our nobility: the grandfather was rich, the son is in need, the grandson goes begging.

It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.

the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.

What good is a truck?" the man went on. "Can it forage for its own fuel? Can it go where a camel goes? Can it repair its own wounds? Can it sire more trucks? Machines are no good here in the Emptiness!

So whether the psychological dependency is related to a desire to unwind, go faster, have more fun, or feel love . . . these high-histamine beverages are artificial means to legitimate goals. There are natural methods to achieve all of these goals, as we'll explore in the next chapters. And with natural methods, the pleasurable feelings stay with you.

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse.

None of you [men] ask for anything—except everything, but just for so long as you need it.

A man couldn't live alone; he needed friends. He needed a woman, a real woman. Like Brub and Sylvia. Like that stupid Cary had that stupid Maude. Better than being alone.

He just hijacks me. I love him. And I won't be able to give anyone a real chance until that's over.

Drug abuse is a medical disease that requires medical professionals.

Cell phones are not a sign of power, they're a sign of subservience.

since you're awake and dressed, why isn't your phone on?" She asked the question as if it was one of the deepest mysteries of the cosmos. As if the idea of not having a phone on and by one's side every waking instant was inconceivable.

Computers, algorithms, the Internet—they're not just the biggest component of our lives and economy. They've become our lives and economy.

Technology . . . is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other." ?—Carrie Snow