Tapama Quotes & Sayings

Virtually every beginning poet hurts himself by an addiction to adjectives. Verbs are by far the most important things for poems-especially wonderful tough monosyllables like "gasp" and "cry." Nouns are the next most important. Adjectives tend to be useless. — Donald Hall

The 'Crue' is not the hardest band to cover. There are no harmonies like the Eagles. — Brian Miller

A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state. But no matter how well he cares for his household, he is not a good citizen unless he also takes thought of the state. In the same way, a great nation must think of its own internal affairs; and yet it cannot substantiate its claim to be a great nation unless it also thinks of its position in the world at large. — Theodore Roosevelt

The third principle is that any philosophic knowledge is only valuable if it is true or if it works. — L. Ron Hubbard

he promoted them two grades and decorated them with the medal of loyalty, but then he had them shot without honors as common criminals because there were orders that can be given but which cannot be carried out, God damn it, — Anonymous

I sold my first short story while I was home on maternity leave, then began working on novels. Since I was reading and enjoying romance novels at the time, the first two unpublished manuscripts I wrote were both romances. I sold my third novel, 'Call After Midnight,' to Harlequin Intrigue after submitting it unagented. — Tess Gerritsen

For me, music has been, in a sense, my religion, and it is what brings me closest to God or truth or whatever you want to call it. — Joshua Bell

Most courage comes from being too tired and hungry to be afraid anymore. — Ysabeau S. Wilce