quotes about Sadism

“There is no place where espionage is not possible.”

“The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.”

“Thinking without constructive action becomes a disease.”

“Here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed.”

“Waiting is a state of mind. Basically, it means that you want the future; you don't want the present. You don't want what you've got, and you want what you haven't got. With every kind of waiting, you unconsciously create inner conflict between your here and now, where you don't want to be, and the projected future, where you want to be. This greatly reduces the quality of your life by making you lose the present.”

“Government that's not particularly caring and is hands off is not particularly inspiring.”

“I would like to get back to making people laugh. Before drama school, I did nothing but comedy.”

Source : "Andrew Buchan: 'I have a well of darkness in me'". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. July 2, 2014.

“The sad news is, nobody owes you a career. Your career is literally your business. You own it as a sole proprietor. You have one employee: yourself. You need to accept ownership of your career, your skills and the timing of your moves.”

“In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime.”

“It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life’s story will develop.”