Quotes About Sado

#1. It was a kind of sado-masochism. I would take the things that were painful to me and elevate them and, through the mantra of music, make them into a release.

Michael Gira

#2. I think I've still got a bit of a sado-masochistic streak in me, because if I'm not going to be restricted by corsets and covered in lace, then I still wind up wearing an ape-mask over my face. I do wonder how I get myself in these situations!

Helena Bonham Carter

#3. Whipping, caning, chains, restraints, the cat-o'-nine tails and many other devices beloved of the Marquis de Sade are employed in more extreme sado-masochistic relationships. A spanking, though, s every girl knows, is more about pleasure than pain.

Chloe Thurlow

#4. There is a perversion, much practised in Hollywood movies, that might be called sado-paternalism, whereby a surrogate father treats a gifted but difficult pupil with derision and constant punishment. The aim is to bring out the best in the victim and to make him into a he-man or he-woman.

Philip French

#5. Sex is like an atom bomb. A potent weapon which fascinates and frightens. We're afraid to let it loose, yet we all have our finger on the button.
Zeena Schreck, Cuir Underground: Sado-Magic for Satan Interview, 1998

Zeena Schreck

#6. Asked. "Here he comes, he'll tell you for himself much better than I can pretend to." Jasper Nettlepoint at that moment joined us, dressed in white flannel and carrying a large fan. "Well, my dear, have you decided?" his

Henry James

#7. I do a lot of yoga, and when I'm in L.A., I have an outdoorsy sort of lifestyle. It's sort of comfortable, West Coast, yoga chic.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

#8. Everything about starting out in comedy is pride-swallowing, from handing out fliers to bombing in front of audiences.

Mike Birbiglia

#9. You can when you mean to,' said Maurice gently. 'You can do anything once you know what it is.

E. M. Forster

#10. I'm not slim. I'm a curvy girl: I've got thighs and a bum. I don't mind baring the fact that I've got a bit of cellulite because everybody has. I find it off-putting when everybody on telly is the same size or looks the same build. For me, it's important for people to watch someone normal.

Vicky McClure

#11. All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone; to show that you can make mistakes - I do all the time - but it doesn't matter.

Jamie Oliver

#12. Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.

H.L. Mencken

#13. I hit something...alright.

Tite Kubo

#14. It's entirely possible that there won't be a standing ovation at the end of your journey. That's okay. At least you lived.

Seth Godin

#15. I won't argue. It's different for everyone, isn't it? Love, magick, and how we see and deal. And in each, the choices we make.

Nora Roberts

#16. Goals want to be realized as soon as they're created.

Zoltan Andrejkovics

#17. A princess and a tiger, huh? Such excessive names! Our names mean 'monkey' and 'lewd!' I'm so jealous!

Tite Kubo

#18. You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Barack Obama