Tomaz Quotes & Sayings

Something is infinite if, taking it quantity by quantity, we can always take something outside. — Aristotle.

He (Tomaz Humar) doesn't conform to existing standards; he creates them. — Bernadette McDonald

And all we feared inside the night / shows true in morning's biased light. — Garth Von Buchholz

I tilted my head back against his shoulder, wondering how he'd gone from douchebag extraordinaire to this.. this guy who still infuriated me but also constantly surprised and amazed me.
To this guy Id fallen madly in love with. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

The presidency is not merely an administrative office ... It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

One of the things you have to do when you edit your work is make sure that when you use the first person, it's about more than you. We need the story of us. — Barry Lopez

We, this nation of ours, could be the richest nation in the world. We could be the freest nation in the world - but only if the arts are alive and flourishing can we experience the true meaning of our freedom, and know the full glory of the human spirit. — Richard M. Nixon

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do. — Stephen Spender

Amy King is a true bard. — Tomaz Salamun

21And the Lord said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the marvels that I have put within your power. I, however, will stiffen his heart so that he will not let the people go. 22Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord: Israel is My first-born son. 23I have said to you, "Let My son go, that he may worship Me," yet you refuse to let him go. Now I will slay your first-born son.'" 24At a night encampment on the way, the Lord encountered him and sought to kill him. 25* So Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin, and touched his legs with it, saying, "You are truly a bridegroom of blood to me!" 26And when He let him alone, she added, "A bridegroom of blood because of the circumcision. — Adele Berlin

Whatever road I take, the guiding star is within me; the guiding star and the loadstone which point the way. They point in but one direction. They point to me. — Ayn Rand

I am not sure,' Mordecai told Thomas, 'whether omens can be trusted.'
'Of course they can.'
'I should like to hear your reasons. But show me your urine first.'
'You said I was cured,' Thomas protested. 'Eternal vigilance, dear Thomas, is the price of health. Piss for me. — Bernard Cornwell

My mind is a sacred cow / bleeding in the ellipsis. — Tomaz Salamun

It's a question of dropping the armor and getting up and doing the work you want to do. And film at first is frightening because you are like, 'What's that camera doing?' But then it becomes family and therefore a really wonderful experience. — Ann Dowd

This last year she has been in danger of becoming an eccentric or else one of those persons who does not bother to put a saucer under her cup. — Carol Shields

I demand unconditional love and complete freedom. That is why I am terrible. — Tomaz Salamun

And I'm in favor of that because I have a gay son, who's a very successful theater designer. — Robert MacNeil

It ain't no fun once the rabbit has got the gun. — M.G. Hardie

The american climber Mark Twight, mentor of the Grivel climbing team, commented, "Now every ill-prepared sad sack whose ability falls short of his Himalayan ambitions can get on the radio, call for help, and expect the cavalry to save the day"
- on Tomaz Humar's rescue from Rupal Face of Nanga Parvat. — Bernadette McDonald

Every true poet is a monster.
He destroys people and their speech.
His singing elevates a technique that wipes out
the earth so we are not eaten by worms.
The drunk sells his coat.
The thief sells his mother.
Only the poet sells his soul to separate it
from the body that he loves. — Tomaz Salamun