Fadia Sadek Quotes & Sayings

We go through life in our little boxes until we find ourselves in the last one, buried in the ground. — Robert J. Crane

To be able to do one thing at a time is the whole art of life. — Sangharakshita

Speak to me of the dark gifts. I use them. I'm gentleman death in silk and lace, come to put out the candle. — Anne Rice

A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among the remaining citizens equally, usually by lot. — Plato

I haven't the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something of which you have to prove. — Wayne Thiebaud

Q. But it seems to me there are circumstances that simply induce one to have negative emotions!
A. This is one of the worst illusions we have. We think that negative emotions are produced by circumstances, whereas all negative emotions are in us, inside us. This is a very important point. We always think our negative emotions are produced by the fault of other people or by the fault of circumstances. We always think that. Our negative emotions are in ourselves and are produced by ourselves. There is absolutely not a single unavoidable reason why somebody else's action or some circumstance should produce a negative emotion in me. It is only my weakness. No negative emotion can be produced by external causes if we do not want it. We have negative emotions because we permit them, justify them, explain them by external causes, and in this way we do not struggle with them. — P.D. Ouspensky

AS I EXPECTED, I was treated by Scipio's conquerors as a harmless old fool with wisdom. The criminals called me "The Preacher" or "The Professor," just as they had on the other side.
I saw that many of them had tied ribbons around their upper arms as a sort of uniform. So when I came across a man who wasn't wearing a ribbon, I asked him jokingly, "Where's your uniform, Soldier?"
"Preacher," he said, referring to his skin, "I was born in a uniform. — Kurt Vonnegut

We humans are more concerned with having than with being. — Morgan Freeman

I'll be setting off just after the Angelus bell- at noon, I mean - should that suit your honors. — Diana Gabaldon

Too many people in Washington care about power institutions, not caring about changing the lives of everyday Americans. — Kevin McCarthy

Their musical ability and performance seems to derive from the past collective experience and presents itself in the individual unconscious today. Through it we tap into something eternal and it is apparent even in how they approach their playing. Perhaps we relate to it because, of any other instrument, the cello has a range that matches the human voice. — Kytka Hilmar-Jezek

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive. — James Baldwin

Celtic supporters want to be proud of their Club. That's all they want. It is what they deserve. — Fergus McCann

I've worked with Jack Warner and Jimmy Stewart - and Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Johnny Depp twice. I've had dinners with Fred Astaire and Cary Grant. — Peter Guber

We didn't used to be so precious about women in comedy back in the old days. — Paul Feig