Quotes about "poison"

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Definitions and meanings of word "poison"

• Noun: any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

• Noun: anything that harms or destroys; example: "the poison of fascism"

• Verb: spoil as if by poison; examples: "poison someone's mind", "poison the atmosphere in the office"

• Verb: kill by its poison; example: "This mushrooms can poison"

• Verb: kill with poison; example: "She poisoned her husband"

• Verb: add poison to; example: "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"

• Verb: administer poison to; example: "She poisoned her husband but he did not die"

Featured authors with quotes containing word "poison"

Paracelsus
2 quotes about poison
Swiss Scientist
Saturday 11 November 1493 - Wednesday 24 September 1541
Paul Goodman
one quote about poison
American Writer
Monday 11 September 1911 - Wednesday 2 August 1972
Otto Hahn
2 quotes about poison
German Scientist
Saturday 8 March 1879 - Sunday 28 July 1968
Aeschylus
2 quotes about poison
Greek Poet
525 B.C. - 456 B.C.
Derrick Jensen
one quote about poison
American Author, Activist
Born Monday 19 December 1960
Orson Scott Card
one quote about poison
American Writer, Critic, Author, Activist, Speaker
Born Friday 24 August 1951
Saskya Pandita
one quote about poison
Tibetan Leader
1182 - 1251
Simone Weil
2 quotes about poison
French Philosopher, Activist
Wednesday 3 February 1909 - Tuesday 24 August 1943
Christopher Hitchens
2 quotes about poison
American Statesman, Critic, Author, Journalist
Wednesday 13 April 1949 - Thursday 15 December 2011
William Empson
2 quotes about poison
English Critic, Poet
Thursday 27 September 1906 - Sunday 15 April 1984
George Ade
one quote about poison
American Writer, Playwright
Friday 9 February 1866 - Tuesday 16 May 1944
Henry B. Adams
one quote about poison
American Historian
Friday 16 February 1838 - Wednesday 27 March 1918

There is such a thing as food and such a thing as poison. But the damage done by those who pass off poison as food is far less than that done by those who generation after generation convince people that food is poison.

Paul Goodman

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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.

Paul Goodman

Words: poison, thing, dosage, makes, either, remedy
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I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects of the poison began to be felt.

Paul Goodman

Words: especially, grateful, however, known, fifties, before, began, poison, own, civilization, least, effects, felt
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It may be doubtful, at first, whether a person is an enemy or friend. Meat, if not properly digested, becomes poison; But poison, if used rightly, may turn medicinal.

Paul Goodman

Words: may, doubtful, first, person, enemy, friend, meat, properly, digested, becomes, poison, used, rightly, turn, medicinal
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No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in the history of the planet.

Paul Goodman

Words: matter, call, poison, still, death, industrial, civilization, causing, greatest, mass, extinction, history, planet
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One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.

Paul Goodman

Words: one, mans, poison, Ivy, another, spinach
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Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

Paul Goodman

Words: power, poison, effect, presidents, tragic
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What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.

Paul Goodman

Words: food, one, man, bitter, poison
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Ah, no, far be from me a thought which I loathe like poison.

Paul Goodman

Words: far, thought, loathe, poison
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A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books.

Paul Goodman

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No faction is better or worse than any other. All come from the same mould; they are all products of capitalist influence in the working class movement. And they are a poison that destroys our Party and the working class movement in Korea.

Paul Goodman

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I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition.

Paul Goodman

Words: knew, convention, prohibited, use, poison, war, know, details, terms, did, prohibition
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At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did.

Paul Goodman

Words: first, English, very, surprised, disregarding, convention, onward, used, least, poison, did
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Politeness is the poison of collaboration.

Paul Goodman

Words: politeness, poison, collaboration
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If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?

Paul Goodman

Words: prick, bleed, tickle, laugh, poison, die, wrong, revenge
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The dose makes the poison.

Paul Goodman

Words: dose, makes, poison
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Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.

Paul Goodman

Words: good, humor, health, soul, sadness, poison
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I look at ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge) as a poison pill in the energy bill.

Paul Goodman

Words: look, national, wildlife, refuge, poison, pill, energy, bill
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Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.

Paul Goodman

Words: dependency, death, initiative, opportunity, time, stop, spread, government, fight, poison
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For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.

Paul Goodman

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