SebastiAn Quotes

Blink and you miss a sprint. The 10,000 meters is lap after lap of waiting. Theatrically, the mile is just the right length: beginning, middle, end, a story unfolding.

I became a great runner because if you're a kid in Leeds and your name is Sebastian you've got to become a great runner.

The army consists of the first infantry division and eight million replacements.

That's why it's called Sebastian Bach. I mean, it's a permanent band, pretty much, but if I jam with other people, it just makes a better album, I think.

You can't always say what you'd like to say.

You can't change the world without a certain amount of healthy willingness to break the rules.

I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.

Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not squander.

I might have to consider coaching- I'm getting too old to be a world class runner and my mind isn't gone enough to become an official.

People either hate me or dislike me - but I realized that people aren't against you, they are for themselves. We're all prejudiced in favor of ourselves.

On one of those rare occasions when Bach appraised his own life's work, he remarked: I worked hard.

I don't understand the mentality of a rock fan, being obsessed with two or three songs from 25 years ago. I'm not that kind of a fan.

People mainly fail because they fear failure.

I put everything in that last lap, it was very emotional when I crossed the line. It was all I had, I gave it all.

Well, you know, if you do 200 shows a year, they're not all going to be like Castle Donnington.

What is music for? It's to make you feel good.

Wouldn't it be good to forget everything even if it's just for tonight? Indulge in pleasure... breathe a sweet poison deep into your lungs.

Motorsport is very expensive. No one cares if you had a good season two years ago and then you have an injury. It is a very dodgy investment.

I have a fetish for damsels in distress.

One must commit acts of the highest treason only when dressed in the most resplendent finery.

Oh, the sweetness of giving in, of full surrender.

Have you ever been lonely? No, neither have I. Solitary, yes. Alone, certainly. But lonely means minding about being on your own. I've never minded about it.

Life can be lived at a remove. You trade in futures, and then you trade in derivatives of futures. Banks make more money trading derivatives than they do trading actual commodities.

The bottom line is what we do might not be the safest so there is always some risk but we are ready to take that into account because we love racing and we love motor sports and it is dangerous.

Maybe Ferrari's mirrors are excellent & have HD resolution

That's what opium does to suffering: makes it of hypothetical interest only.

I don't think I am a workaholic. I prefer to keep busy. It is better than the alternative.

The problem I've got is that I really, really like drugs. I love everything about them. It is horrific being sober all the time-utterly awful.

I got the whole band set up in the basement and we are jamming.

The Paralympians have lifted the cloud of limitation.

Generally I don't care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself. When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.

All journalists hope that their work will inspire a broader conversation. I think that's just what journalism is.

Nobody ever becomes an expert parent. But I think good parenting is about consistency. Its about being there at big moments, but its also just the consistency of decision making. And its routine.

It's weird, like, my life has always imitated art, and my art has always imitated life.

One of the many troubles of growing older is that it gets progressively harder to find a famous historical figure who hadn't yet amounted to anything by the time he was your age.

The human animal began as a mere wriggling thing in the ancient seas, struggling out onto land with many regrets. That is what brings us so full of longing to the sea.

After all the world is indeed beautiful and if we were any other creature than man we might be continuously happy in it.

Our success in Singapore was a Herculean effort by the whole team. Now I am determined to deliver on all we promised. I will be watching like a hawk.

We need to be confident. We need not to blink.

Whenever I have to do something, I try to minimise the time it takes me to do it. I just cannot wait.

Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did.

In 50 years, there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them.

My process is learn, decide, and do. I've never seen a problem that couldn't be solved this way.

I was surprised how open and unguarded the military was. I expected more scrutiny, more supervision from command.

Firemen don't talk about whether a burning warehouse is worth saving.

I have always watched the Race of Champions on TV every year and dreamed about participating one day. It's fantastic to be invited; I'm so happy.

Inside I never said I wanted to do theatre or be an actor.

You ever heard of a guy named Jeff Buckley? He's one of the best singers I've ever heard.

Nobody wants a fat lead singer.

I haven't really written my plays and books - I've heard them. The stories are there already, singing in your genes and in your blood.