Marijuana Quotes From the Rich and/or Famous

Posted on: June 1, 2009

Every now and then someone says something extremely profound, inspiring or just plain stupid. But when you’re stoned out of your mind, even the dumbest comments sound like an inspirational quote that came from mouth of Jesus himself. Weed is awesome! Right now we only have 26 but if you know anymore let us know in the comments and we’ll add it to the list. Read on for more quotes by well known people.

Albert Einstein"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this." -Albert Einstein
Andy Warhol"I think pot should be legal. I don't smoke it, but I like the smell of it." -Andy Warhol
Arnold Schwarzenegger"That is not a drug. It’s a leaf!" -Arnold Schwarzenegger
Art Garfunkel"If John Lennon is deported, I'm leaving too...with my musicians..and my marijuana." -Art Garfunkel
Barack Obama"When I was a kid I inhaled frequently. That was the point." -Barack Obama
Bill Clinton"When I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn't like it, and I didn't inhale, and I never tried again." -Bill Clinton
Bill Hicks“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?” &

“They lie about marijuana. Tell you pot-smoking makes you unmotivated. Lie! When you're high, you can do everything you normally do, just as well. You just realize that it's not worth the fucking effort. There is a difference.” -Bill Hicks
Carl Sagan"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
George Washington"Make the most you can of the Indian Hemp seed and sow it everywhere." -George Washington
Henry Ford"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
Jay Leno"Forty million Americans smoked marijuana; the only ones who didn't like it were Judge Ginsberg, Clarence Thomas and Bill Clinton." -Jay Leno
Jean Chretien"I don't know what is marijuana. Perhaps I will try it when it will no longer be criminal. I will have my money for my fine and a joint in the other hand."- Jean Chretien
Jennifer Aniston"I enjoy smoking cannabis and see no harm in it." -Jennifer Aniston
Jimmy Carter"Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana in private for personal use... Therefore, I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce of marihuana." -Jimmy Carter
John Adams"We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our own consumption." -John Adams
John Wayne"There's been no top authority saying what marijuana does to you. I really don't know that much about it. I tried it once but it didn't do anything to me." -John Wayne
Louis Armstrong"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
Marilyn Manso“I talked to Snoop doggy dogg today. Well I'm not sure if you could really call it "talked" because I could hardly understand what he was saying. But i think what he was trying to communicate was that he wanted to work with me in some sort of capacity and something involving marijuana.” -Marilyn Manson
Milton Friedman"When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down; when a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. Isn’t that exactly what’s been happening with drugs?" -Milton Friedman
Ronald Reagan“I now have absolute proof that smoking even one marijuana cigarette is equal in brain damage to being on Bikini Island during an H-bomb blast.” -Ronal Reagan
Snoop Dogg“So what if I'm smokin' 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
Steve Martin"I used to smoke marijuana. But I'll tell you something: I would only smoke it in the late evening. Oh, occasionally the early evening, but usually the late evening - or the mid-evening. Just the early evening, mid-evening and late evening. Occasionally, early afternoon, early mid-afternoon, or perhaps the late-mid-afternoon. Oh, sometimes the early-mid-late-early morning. . . . ...But never at dusk." -Steve Martin
Terence McKenna"If the words "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on." -Terence McKenna
Thomas Jefferson"Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country." -Thomas Jefferson
William F. Buckley Jr."Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could." -William F. Buckley Jr.
Willie Nelson“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

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