Quotes from Tom Schulman

When you read, don't just consider what the author thinks, consider what you think.

Law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

Let me dispel a few rumors so they don't fester into facts.

Mr. Anderson thinks that everything inside of him is worthless and embarrassing. Isn't that right, Todd? And that's your worse fear.

Truth like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold screenwriter of Dead Poets' Society.

But only in their dreams can men be truly free. It was always thus and always thus will be.

No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.

When you read, don't just consider what the author thinks, consider what you think

Only in their dreams can men be truly free. 'Twas always thus, and always thus will be.

I close my eyes, and this image floats beside me. A sweaty toothed mad man with a stare that pounds my brain. His hands reach out and choke me, and all the time he's mumbling. "Truth, truth." Like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold. You push it, stretch it, but it'll never be enough. You kick at it, beat it, it'll never cover any of us. From the moment we enter crying, to the moment we leave dying, it'll just cover your face, as you wail and cry and scream.

So avoid using the word 'very' because it's lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don't use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won't do in your essays.

Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone.

And medecine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love: these are what we stay alive for.

I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.

I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.

Mr. Anderson thinks that everything inside of him is worthless and embarrassing. Isn't that right, Todd? And that's your worse fear.

Show me the heart unfettered by foolish dreams, and I'll show you a happy man." Keating: "But only in their dreams can men be truly free. 'Twas always thus, and always thus will be.

Believe it or not each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die

They danced wildly in the forest, swaying with the tall trees and the howling wind.

How difficult it is for any of us to listen to our own voice or maintain our own beliefs in the presence of others.

Teaching is seeing the world. The new world. Seeing a student like you take root, ready to flower and bloom any day.

Hey, everybody, I got the part! I'm going to play Puck." He opened the door to the room and saw Todd sitting there. "Hey, I'm Puck!" "Puck you! Pipe down," yelled a voice down the hall.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours

Todd murmelte stumm seine Verse mit, als ob er damit Neil helfen könnte. Aber Neil brauchte gar keine Hilfe.