Tom Ala Ferme Quotes

#1. The teeth on [the viperfish] are so long that if they closed inside the mouth of the fish, it would actually impale its own brain.

Edith Widder

#2. Styling is my form of painting. I can understand the process behind it, the being afraid to start, and the diving into it. I've learned not to be afraid of doing something that might not be right. If you don't try then you won't know.

Lori Goldstein

#3. Each superfluous line, each wrongly placed line, any color placed without veneration or care, can spoil everything, that is, the spiritual.

Theo Van Doesburg

#4. She snorted in amusement at my remark. "When are the guards going to start to notice?"
Keith peered into the distance. "Starting now,

Erica Sehyun Song

#5. You know so much about people from the second they open their mouths. Right away you might know that you might want to keep them out. That's part of the horror of speaking, of writing. There is nowhere to hide. When you try to hide, the spectacle can grow grotesque.

Maggie Nelson

#6. My childhood was surrounded by trouble, illness, and my dad's alcoholism, but as I said, we just didn't have the time to be impressed by all those misfortunes. I have an idea that the Irish possess a built-in don't-give-a-damn that helps them through all the stress.

James Cagney

#7. Soul drunk, body ruined, these two sit helpless in a wrecked wagon. Neither knows how to fix it.

Jalaluddin Rumi

#8. I would like to shove this stick up your whoo-hoo!

NII

#9. I learned how to pass when I was real young. That's one thing I always knew how to do was find the open man.

Kevin Durant

#10. People enquire as to the craft behind our art and we reply by making references to a patently childish notion.

Jay Sankey

#11. [On her father's death:] Gone was the person who had known me better than anyone else on earth and who had loved and admired me unconditionally since the day I was born.

Jane Brody