Tom Schulman > Quotes

“No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“When you read, don't just consider what the author thinks, consider what you think”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society: The Screenplay

“Only in their dreams can men be truly free. 'Twas always thus, and always thus will be.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“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.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone. ”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are all noble pursuits, and
necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”
― Dead Poet’s Society

“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.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“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.”
― Tom Schulman

“I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“Carpe diem.Seize the day, boys.
Make your lives extraordinary”
― Williams Robin Professor Keating

“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.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“Mr. Anderson thinks that everything inside of him is worthless and embarrassing. Isn't that right, Todd? And that's your worse fear.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“I brought them up here to illustrate the point of conformity: the difficulty in maintaining your own beliefs in the face of others. Now, those of you -- I see the look in your eyes like, "I would've walked differently." Well, ask yourselves why you were clapping. Now, we all have a great need for acceptance. But you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own, even though others may think them odd or unpopular, even though the herd may go, "That's baaaaad." Robert Frost said, "Two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“TODD: Well, listen, Neil. I-I appreciate this concern, but I-I'm not like you.All right? You, you, you say things and people listen. I'm, I'm not like that.
NEIL: Don't you think you could be?
TODD: No! I--I, I don't know, but that's not the point. The, the, the point is that there's nothing you can do about it, so you can just butt out. I can take care of myself just fine. All right?
NEIL: No.
TODD: What do you mean, "no"?
NEIL: No.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“Truth is like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold. You push at it, stretch it, it will never be enough. You kick at it, beat at it, it will never cover any of us. From the moment we enter crying to the moment you leave dying.”
― Dead Poet's Society

“We don't read and write poetry because it is cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.

But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote Whitman, 'O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?'

Answer: That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”
― Tom Schulman

“Carpe Diem”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“How difficult it is for any of us to listen to our own voice or maintain our own beliefs in the presence of others.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

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

“They danced wildly in the forest, swaying with the tall trees and the howling wind.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“Oh Captain, My Captain!”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“Teaching is seeing the world. The new world. Seeing a student like you take root, ready to flower and bloom any day.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“A woman is a cathedral, boys. Worship one at every chance you get.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“This is a battle, a war, and the casualties could be your hearts and souls.”
― Williams Robin Professor Keating

“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.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race, and the human race is filled with passion.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute— we read and write poetry because we are members of the human race, and the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are all noble pursuits, and necessary to sustain life— but poetry, beauty, romance, love— these are what we stay alive for.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“Todd murmelte stumm seine Verse mit, als ob er damit Neil helfen könnte. Aber Neil brauchte gar keine Hilfe.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society