S. O' Sade Quotes

Is it not a strange blindness on our part to teach publicly the techniques of warfare and to reward with medals those who prove to be the most adroit killers?

The primary and most beautiful of Nature's qualities is motion, which agitates her at all times, but this motion is simply a perpetual consequence of crimes, she conserves it by means of crimes only.

I don't get easily bored. I'm not that kind of person.

I'm a bit of a thrill-seeker. I used to race mountain bikes when I was a kid. I did the national circuit for two years.

Happiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.

It is not the opinions or the vices of private individuals that are harmful to the State, but rather the behavior of public figures.

You are afraid of the people unrestrained-how ridiculous!

The impossibility of outraging nature is the greatest anguish man can know.

Certain souls may seem harsh to others, but it is just a way, beknownst only to them, of caring and feeling more deeply.

Crime is to the passions what nervous fluid is to life: it sustains them, it supplies their strength.

My father was a very difficult man.

I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.

If you're only making an album every 10 years, it better be good.

When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.

I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.

I love writing songs.

Coming from Australia and playing rugby, you just think that soccer is a bit soft, but I'll tell you what, it's not. It's rough as guts.

Truth titillates the imagination far less than fiction.

Any enjoyment is weakened when shared.

My musical career was an accident.

I'm not over the top; I'm not wacky. I'm fairly understated, and that reflects in the way I sing.

I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention.

I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers.

When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.

I've got absolutely no real perception, properly, of time.

Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.

People are so used to having their lives filmed, they're not even conscious of having cameras around. I still have that sort of suspicion when a camera comes out. I view it as a thing to fear.

There isn't a class structure in Nigeria, there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned.

Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.

My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.

London was a really multi-racial city ... It's incredible how comfortable people are with race there.

I look a lot like my father and his mother.

I grew up spear-fishing, so I've always had a breath hold.

Every audition, I still get nervous. I still get sweaty palms. I don't think that ever goes away. You just get accustomed to it.

You're dealing immense, acute amounts of fear, which makes the rest of life a little bit easier. You don't sweat the small stuff so much.

Free-diving is all about dealing with anxiety. I've blacked out a few times. I've had big black-outs.

I think actors should stay grounded and humble and open.

One of the gifts of being an actor is that you get to learn new things see the world through different eyes.

Acting has always been my passion. It's always been my love, and I've always done it, since I was a kid.

Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold.

My strength is my distance. I can swim two-and-a-half soccer fields on one breath.

When you're an actor, you're mollycoddled and you're treated with kid gloves.

Oh! my friend, never seek to corrupt the person whom you love, it can go further than you think...

‎"...θα πρέπει να αντιληφθείς, αγαπητή Τερέζα, ότι τα αντικείμενα δεν έχουν, κατά την άποψη μας, άλλη αξία από εκείνη που τους δίνει η φαντασία μας

What are books but tangible dreams? What is reading if it is not dreaming? The best books cause us to dream the rest are not worth reading.

Generals, on the average, are far less bellicose than journalists or patriotic housewives: They know the horrors of a war and they dislike any break in the routine

Let us give ourselves indiscriminately to everything our passions suggest, and we will always be happy…Conscience is not the voice of Nature but only the voice of prejudice.

Oh! It’s Friday again. Share the love that was missing during the week, In a worthy moment of peace and bliss.

Tell me every terrible thing you ever did, and let me love you anyway.

I said I love youwhen what I meant to say was"I’m afraid of being alone."I said I need youwhen what I meant to say was"I need to learn how to love myself.