E W Wylie Quotes & Sayings

In a flashback, we hear Holly's mother summing up her life in a conversation with her husband, Wylie: "My life is one big mistake," she said. "No, it's not," he said. "It's a series of small mistakes. — Will Allison

I love going to the set every day, because Noah Wylie will be there waiting. — Sherry Stringfield

D'Orsay's voice was cold. "Sponsors, control your warriors."
Hastings gave an almost imperceptable shrug. His warrior was upright only through the grace of his opponent. Wylie, on the other hand, was in Ellen's face immediately.
"What's the matter with you?" he hissed. "Finish him off, and let's be done with this." He made as if to grab her sword arm, as if he intended to settle the matter himself, but she threw him off hard. He landed in the grass. "You're a killer, Ellen!" he shouted. You've trained for this for a lifetime. Now do what comes naturally!"
Ellen pointed her sword at Wylie and flame ran along the blade.
"Be careful what you wish for," she said coldly. — Cinda Williams Chima

Education is not a function of any church or even of a city or a state; it is a function of all mankind . — Philip Wylie

I was working for a chef a long time ago who told me to not skip steps or be in a hurry. Success in a kitchen is more like a marathon and less like a sprint. Rising up the ranks too quickly isn't necessarily a good thing. This advice was from a guy who was sorry he had done that and didn't want me to do the same. — Wylie Dufresne

The day when we plan seriously to start living either never comes or it comes too late. — I. A. R. Wylie

Man's destiny lies half within himself, half without. To advance in either half at the expense of the other is literally insane. — Philip Wylie

In Western society, and particularly in American society, imagination is stulified from infancy. The imaginative child is discouraged and upbraided. He is told that the process is mere dreaming, that it wastes time and leads nowhere. It is said to be "impractical." As the child grows and its imagination inevitably leads it to express unconventional ideas and to try new behavior, it is chided and even viciously punished for such signs of unorthodoxy. — Philip Wylie

You have this annoying ability to say the perfect thing and then ruin it by still talking. — Jen Wylie

So every artist and would-be artist makes this same phrase: 'I knew, I never got it said. — Philip Wylie

Absolute dominion of a powerful people by a minority always produces national aggression. — Philip Wylie

Neighborhoods change. In some ways, it's part of the beauty of New York City. It's in a constant state of flux. — Wylie Dufresne

Every dish doesn't have to be showy, and every dish doesn't have to slap you in the face with technique. — Wylie Dufresne

I am better able to imagine hell than heaven; it is my inheritance, I suppose. — Elinor Wylie

But we are as other men, exactly. Of one blood, one species, one brain, one figure, one fundamental set of collective instincts, one solitary body of information, one everything. Superiority and inferiority are individual, not racial or national. — Philip Wylie

Faith's the agreement to abandon detachment, John! To supplant a packaged security for open integrity. To agree not to learn anymore. It is the acceptance of a channel, by a man who was previously able to move on the whole terrain — Philip Wylie

I guess I have a thing for guys in leather, who knew? — Jen Wylie

I went to high school right outside Dallas, and (songwriter and performer) Michael Martin Murphey was a senior there when I was a sophomore or junior, really into folk and acoustic music. Larry Gross, who's the host of "Mountain Stage" on public radio, and B.W. Stevenson, also a musician, were there at the same time, too. Michael was a big inspiration
through him I discovered Woody Guthrie, Dylan, Jimmy Rogers. Then I ran into Jerry Jeff Walker there in Dallas back when he was just a folk singer. Those are my earliest influences. — Ray Wylie Hubbard

I have never cared very deeply about the actual taste of my work. Let its essential odor satisfy my mind and senses, and I am content. I rarely judge by the grosser test of actual gustation ... in cooking, to create a masterpiece for the nose alone - that is exquisite, that is Art! — Elinor Wylie

This is how it feels to die: It starts from outside and works its way in. — Sarah Wylie

Down to the Puritan marrow of my bones
There's something in this richness that I hate.
I love the look, austere, immaculate,
Of landscapes drawn in pearly monotones. — Elinor Wylie

A few suits of clothes, some money in the bank, and a new kind of fear constitute the main differences between the average American today and the hairy men with clubs who accompanied Attila to the city of Rome. — Philip Wylie

Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache. — Philip Wylie

It's been a struggle to get people to come eat for fun. You know, the way they listen to music. You can do all kinds of things with music. But food - it's something people need, and that changes everything. You start playing with it, people have all sorts of reactions. — Wylie Dufresne

My heart jumps out of its cage to see what the fuss is about. Damn thing. Always so hopeful, but my voice hides it well. — Sarah Wylie

You must never leave me Sweetness. I will never leave you. — Jen Wylie

Enjoyment is always greatest when you have enough contrast to measure it by. — M. Wylie Blanchet

Popery is the gospel transubstantiated into the flesh and blood of Paganism, under a few of the accidents of Christianity. — James Aitken Wylie

My heart throbs and aches and, for once, it's not for myself. It's for all of us. It's for everyone who knows what it's like to be helpless, to have to watch on the sidelines, to be paralyzed, literally unable to do anything. — Sarah Wylie

I would say that I have an aspect of my personality which is that I have no personality. That's why I work as an agent. I have the assumed personality of the people I represent. I am like a sponge. — Andrew Wylie