"I do smoke, but I don’t go through all this trouble just because I want to make my drug of choice legal. It’s about personal freedom. We should have the right in this country to do what we want, if we don’t hurt anybody."
- Bob Marley
Responsibility
"Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit unnatural?"
- Bill Hicks
Awareness
"When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself."
- Bob Marley
Awareness
"The biggest killer on the planet is stress, and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis."
- Willie Nelson
Health
"The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity, and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world."
- Carl Sagan
Awareness
"As an artist, there’s a sweet jump-starting quality for me. So if ever I need some clarity, I smoke a joint."
- Lady Gaga
Creativity
"Marijuana saved my life. I have no doubts at all about that. It saved my life and gave me a life."
- Tommy Chong
Healing
"Marijuana enhances our mind in a way that enables us to take a different perspective from 'high up,' to see and evaluate our own lives and the lives of others in a privileged way. Maybe this euphoric and elevating feeling of the ability to step outside the box and to look at life's patterns from this high perspective is the inspiration behind the slang term 'high' itself."
- Sebastian Marincolo
Insight
"I don’t think pot is more dangerous than alcohol."
- Barack Obama
Awareness
"I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still think of it as a basic staple of life, along with beer and ice and grapefruits — and millions of Americans agree with me."
- Hunter S. Thompson
Belief
"Cannabis will one day be seen as a wonder drug, as was penicillin in the 1940s. Like penicillin, herbal marijuana is remarkably nontoxic, has a wide range of therapeutic applications and would be quite inexpensive if it were legal."
- Lester Grinspoon
Health
"I don’t do drugs, though. Just weed."
- Dave Chapelle
Belief
"The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world."
- Carl Sagan
Awareness
"I think America’s view on weed is ridiculous. If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place."
- Kirsten Dunst
Optimism
"I think that marijuana should not only be legal, I think it should be a cottage industry. It would be wonderful for the state of Maine. There’s some pretty good homegrown dope. I’m sure it would be even better if you could grow it with fertilizers and have greenhouses."
- Stephen King
Ambition
"Weed is from the earth. God put this here for me and you. Take advantage, man, take advantage."
- Smokey (Chris Tucker)
Connection to Earth
"Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction."
- Bob Marley
Health
"So what if I’m smoking weed onstage and doing what I gotta do? It’s not me shooting nobody, stabbing nobody, killing nobody. It’s a peaceful gesture and they have to respect that and appreciate that."
- Snoop Dogg
Peace
"Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit… unnatural?"
- Bill Hicks
Awareness
"People say you can abuse marijuana. Well shit, you can abuse cheeseburgers too, you know? You don’t go around closing Burger King because you can abuse something."
- Joe Rogan
Awareness
"Pot makes you feel fine with being bored, and it's when you're bored that you should be learning some new skill or discovering some new science or being creative."
- Stan Marsh
Inspiration
"Stop killing each other, man. Let’s just smoke a blunt."
- Tupac
Peace
"The good thing about weed is that it makes it so that your problems don't bother you. The bad thing about weed is that it makes it so that your problems don't bother you."
- Vlad Ly
Reflection
"I don’t think [pot] is more dangerous than alcohol."
- Barack Obama
Awareness
"I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still think of it as a basic staple of life, along with beer and ice and grapefruits - and millions of Americans agree with me."
- Hunter S. Thompson
Joy
"A marijuana high can enhance core human mental abilities."
- Sebastian Marincolo
Awareness
"I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?"
- Willie Nelson
Belief
"The drug war is a total scam, so much money involved and the government loves it. You know, they can imprison people for marijuana - which never killed anybody - and yet people are walking around killing themselves with alcohol every day. It's insane!"
- Wiz Khalifa
Responsibility
"I'm not a great pothead or anything like that... but weed is much, much less dangerous than alcohol."
- Bill Maher
Health
"It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics… dope and all that crap. It’s a thousand times better than whiskey — it’s an assistant — a friend."
- Louis Armstrong
Belief
"There was a point I was embarrassed at how much thought I put into weed. But I’ve embraced it."
- Seth Rogen
Self-awareness
"I smoke weed all day. I’m a very successful addict. And a smart one. And a very charismatic one."
- Lil Wayne
Self-confidence
"I enjoy smoking cannabis and see no harm in it."
- Jennifer Aniston
Health
"Some of my finest hours have been spent on my back veranda, smoking hemp and observing as far as my eye can see."
- Thomas Jefferson
Reflection
"Is marijuana addictive? Yes, in the sense that most of the really pleasant things in life are worth endlessly repeating."
- Richard Neville
Belief
"I have no interest in smoking marijuana, but I can’t see any reason to keep someone of age from lighting up."
- Henry Rollins
Respect
"Even if one doesn’t smoke pot, one has to see the benefits of decriminalizing it!"
- Danny DeVito
Awareness
"That is not a drug, it’s a leaf."
- Arnold “the Governator” Schwarzenegger
Belief
"It is, like, the best medicine. Because it fixes everything. Jonah broke his elbow once. He just got high, and it still clicks, but I mean… he’s okay."
- Ben (Seth Rogen)
Healing
"When I was a kid, I inhaled frequently. That was the point."
- Barack Obama
Honesty
"I find it quite ironic that the most dangerous thing about weed is getting caught with it."
- Bill Murray
Awareness
"Smoke the marijuana and get high. Stay above the wicked and fly."
- Snoop Dogg
Motivation
"Never give up the ganja."
- Morgan Freeman
Persistence
"Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use."
- Richard Nixon
Responsibility
"Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes."
- Abraham Lincoln
Morality
"I find it quite ironic that the most dangerous thing about getting weed is getting caught with it."
- Bill Murray
Awareness
"If somebody gives me a joint, I might smoke it, but I don’t go after it."
- John Lennon
Choice
"I don't smoke marijuana, but I eat it."
- Bob Dylan
Originality
"I think pot should be legal. I don't smoke it, but I like the smell of it."
- Andy Warhol
Belief
"Why use up the forests, which were centuries in the making, and the mines which required ages to lay down if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?"
- Henry Ford
Environment
"I’ve always smoked while I’m working. This happens every night, whether the cameras are on or off. This is the lifestyle that people have to accept from me."
- 2Chainz
Self-awareness
"Sometimes you just gotta say ‘fuck it’ and smoke a big ass joint."
- Tommy Chong
Taking Risks
"Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me, my friend."
- Ben Harper
Connection to Earth
"Make the most you can of the Indian hemp seed and sow it everywhere."
- George Washington
Contribution
"It’s hard to be mean when you’re stoned."
- Bill Lee
Positivity
"Kush rolled, glass full. I prefer the better things!"
- Rihanna
Ambition
"Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope."
- Freewheelin Franklin
Motivation
"The drug is really quite a remarkably safe one for humans, although it is really quite a dangerous one for mice and they should not use it."
- J.W.D. Henderson
Health
"Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp and playing my Hohner harmonica."
- Abraham Lincoln
Contentment
"I got high, and forgot I wasn’t supposed to get high."
- Ricky Williams
Facing Fears
"I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints. And then I smoke two more."
- Sublime
Ambition
"Struggle is the enemy, but weed is the remedy."
Overcoming Obstacles
"Don’t judge someone until you have shared a joint with them."
Compassion
"Sativa to change the things I can, indica to accept the things I can’t."
Balance
"It’s CANnabis, not CAN’Tabis."
Awareness
"Breathe in, hold it, puff out, and grin."
Joy
"I never joined high school, I joined school high."
Originality
"A puff a day keeps the debauched attitude away."
Balance
"You either love weed, or you’re wrong."
Belief in Self
"If we all had a bong, we’d all get along!"
Peace
"A friend with weed is a friend indeed, and a friend who shares is a friend who cares."
Connection to Earth
"It’s 420 somewhere."
Positivity
"Don’t worry. Don’t cry. Smoke weed and get high."
Positivity
"Can’t complain when you’ve got Mary Jane."
Contentment
"The first time I smoked, I didn't get high, but I did end up going to McDonald's."
Adversity
"Smoking weed doesn’t make you cool, but if you’re cool then you probably smoke weed."
Belief in Self
"Whatever I do, I do it better stoned."
Self-confidence
"Don’t kill my high because you’re low."
Respect
"It’s called CANnabis, not CAN’Tabis."
Originality
"If you ever miss 4:20, just wait until 4:22. Because 4:22 is 4:20, too."
Positivity
"Couples who blaze together, stay together."
Relationships
"Alcohol kills. Weed chills."
Health