Thomas Odem Quotes & Sayings

I was trying to break out of the suburbs, and when I did break out, I don't think I took my whole self with me - I think I played a role of being too cool and hip. — Liz Phair

Why did you make your people lambs, when the world is full of wolves. — George R R Martin

Pustular berk with the charisma of a plimsole — Julian Barnes

Erik Satie does not say the opposite of Debussy; he says the same thing only the other way round. — Jose Bergamin

Fashion is a social agreement. the result of a consensus of a large group of people. — Stella Blum

Cubism had been an analysis of the object and an attempt to put it before us in its totality; both as analysis and as synthesis, it was a criticism of appearance. Surrealism transmuted the object, and suddenly a canvas became an apparition: a new figuration, a real transfiguration. — Octavio Paz

Man is indeed the Absolute Supreme Soul (Parmatma); it is possible for infinite divinity to arise within. The moment he has a desire, he becomes a human! Otherwise, he can acquire whatever he wants, but he is unable to do so because of impediments (antray). — Dada Bhagwan

In most gardens", the Tiger-lily said, "they make the beds too soft-so that the flowers are always asleep. — Lewis Carroll

I think the closest thing I can come to defining what that vital thing is for me - is that there's a sort of soul-quality in writing, if it's any good. It has a spirit or an energy to it that is very integral to who the writer is on a deep level. It's almost a cellular thing. It takes place in the cells of the writing, and it is what makes it alive or not. — Mary Gaitskill

Mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous; and if one holds his state based on these arms, he will stand neither firm nor safe; for they are disunited, ambitious, and without discipline, unfaithful, valiant before friends, cowardly before enemies; they have neither the fear of God nor fidelity to men, and destruction is deferred only so long as the attack is; for in peace one is robbed by them, and in war by the enemy. — Niccolo Machiavelli

If this is about working through your pain with me, I gave what I'm gonna give to that. If this is about something else, then I'll be spending the night. — Kristen Ashley

Never follow the crowd. — Bernard M. Baruch

There are no cartoons about happy marriages. — Robert Mankoff