Quotes for All
The pleasure in complete domination over another person (or other animate creature) is the very essence of the sadistic drive. Another way of formulating the same thought is to say that the aim of sadism is to transform man into a thing, something animate into something inanimate, since by complete and absolute control the living … Read more
The sadistic person is as dependent on the submissive person as the latter is on the former; neither can live without the other. The difference is only that the sadistic person commands, exploits, hurts, humiliates, and that the masochistic person is commanded, exploited, hurt, humiliated. This is a considerable difference in a realistic sense; in … Read more
Even the most sadistic and destructive man is human, as human as the saint. Erich Fromm
Black Mask is new money. He’s rich. He’s very, very powerful. He’s made it. He’s known for being brutal and sadistic. And particularly at this point in the Arkham franchise he has enormous resources. He is the number one gang leader in Gotham. And has easily the most power in the city. Eric Holmes
Look at me!’ I screeched. ‘Look at me, Amadeus von Linden, you sadistic hypocrite, and watch this time! You’re not questioning me now, this isn’t your work, I’m not an enemy agent spewing wireless code! I’m just a minging Scots slag screaming insults at your daughter! So enjoy yourself and watch! Think of Isolde! Think … Read more
I don’t want people to feel: \”Why am I watching this? It’s sick and sadistic.\” I want people to watch and think it’s scary but they can’t wait to see what happens next. I also wanted to make a movie that was watchable. Eli Roth
The torture and other sadistic abuses of prisoners in Iraq have done immense damage already to America’s reputation in the world, and the worst may be yet to come. Shamefully, we now learn that Saddam’s torture chambers reopened under new management: U.S. management. Edward Kennedy
Juvenile delinquency serves many purposes, including that of providing sadistic adults with fantasies suited to their special tastes. Edgar Friedenberg
I cannot be with someone who takes pleasure in inflicting pain on me, someone who can’t love me E. L. James
Even the sadistic misogyny of Buddha and Christ was nothing but an attempt to gain the better of a vastly superior opponent. Fumiko Enchi