Wertsch Eye Quotes & Sayings

We do things with language, produce effects with language, and we do things to language, but language is also the thing that we do. Language is a name for our doing: both "what" we do (the name for the action that we characteristically perform) and that which we effect, the act and its consequences. — Judith Butler

Scheduling is always tough, no matter what the budget size is, and we had our own run-ins with that on 'Fading of the Cries.' — Thomas Ian Nicholas

I recently turned down a film that I didn't want my kids to see. Priorities shift. Sometimes I'm sad about that, but not enough to do anything about it. — Dianne Wiest

If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent. — Confucius

Her eyes widened and a strangled sound escaped her throat as she sought to process the sudden wash of conflicting sensations that bombarded her from every angle.
He was deep. Impossibly deep. She surrounded him. He surrounded her. Their hips were flush against each other. His body covered hers possessively. There was a burning ache deep inside her, and she couldn't discern whether it was pleasure or pain. — Maya Banks

Women liked me because I made them laugh. — Mickey Rooney

I've got to be first. ALL the time. — Ty Cobb

Do they think their life would be over if I wasn't here? — Jodi Ellen Malpas

What use could the humanities be in a digital age? University students focusing on the humanities may end up, at least in their parents' nightmares, as dog-walkers for those majoring in computer science. But, for me, the humanities are not only relevant but also give us a toolbox to think seriously about ourselves and the world. — Nicholas Kristof

There are many organizations and individuals advocating for the public interest online - what's good for ordinary people - but other interests are more numerous and powerful than they are. I want that to change. And that's what I want to do next. — Sue Gardner

Anyway, one of the few useful things I learned while I was getting my head shrunk is that when you get rejected a lot, you start to hear rejection all the time, everywhere, even when there hasn't been any rejection. And here's something else she told me that you need to remember. . .after the rejection comes shame. Like how thunder always follows lightning. You don't always hear it, but it's always there, so deal with it or it'll build up and destroy you. — Stephanie Tromly

One should never fight for a country. One should fight, if one has to, for what one believes to be right. A country is only as good as its leading citizens. — Garry Douglas Kilworth

Differences can be a strength. — Condoleezza Rice