Thaum Quotes & Sayings

So, if we must give a general formula applicable to all kinds of soul, we must describe it as the first actuality [entelechy] of anatural organized body. — Aristotle.

Every day, every hour, offered the opportunity to make a decision, a decision which determined whether you would or would not submit to those powers which threatened to rob you of your very self, your inner freedom; which determined whether or not you would become the plaything of circumstance, renouncing freedom and dignity to become molded into the form of the typical inmate. — Viktor E. Frankl

Your priority has to be the creativity - and build a brand. That's what everybody did - Balenciaga, Dior, Saint Laurent. That's the smart thing to do. — Nicolas Ghesquiere

The more you establish quiet time and mediation as part of your daily discipline, the more you go through the rotation into mirror (dream) worlds. — Stuart Wilde

If you don't know anything about computers, just remember that they are machines that do exactly what you tell them but often surprise you in the result. — Richard Dawkins

How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness, and how thin human imagination became trying to achieve it. — Toni Morrison

I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way.
Whoever brought me here will have to take me home. — Rumi

A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as the amount of magic needed to create one small white pigeon or three normal-sized billiard balls. — Terry Pratchett

I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership. — Octavia Butler

What's going on down there, Katniss? Have they all joined hands? Taken a vow of nonviolence? Tossed the weapons in the sea in defiance of the Capitol?' Finnick asks.
No,' I say.
No,' Finnick repeats. 'Because whatever happened in the past is in the past. And no one in this arena was a victor by chance.' He eyes Peeta for a moment. 'Except maybe Peeta. — Suzanne Collins

The advantage of the free market system is that people invest their capital, they create jobs by investing their capital, and hopefully they get a return on that investment. I don't think there's anything wrong with good old American capitalism. — Steve Stivers

Lightness of movement is the cardinal demand one has to make on a dancer. — Frank Thiess

Sometimes it's easier to block out our feelings toward someone because the alternative is to feel the pain. — Angela Peach

The target audience goes back to conception. That means pre-natal care, safe delivery, post-natal screening, and the ordinary stuff you do in pediatrics. — C. Everett Koop

It was here that the thaum, hitherto believed to be the smallest possible particle of magic, was succesfully demonstrated to be made up of /resons/ (Lit.: 'Thing-ies') or reality fragments. Currently research indicates that each reson is itself made up of a combination of at least five 'flavours', known as 'up', 'down', 'sideways', 'sex appeal' and 'peppermint'. — Terry Pratchett