Wyss Institute Quotes & Sayings

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang. — R. Scott Bakker

I love dancing; my kids love to dance. I think it's just another way for children to learn they can be themselves. — Josie Bissett

How often is my tidy and well-appointed world nothing but the thin veneer of an imagination that I've chosen to use in the service of denial, rather than a gift I've chosen to exercise out of a passion for change? — Craig D. Lounsbrough

When I was 5, I did a commercial for Whirlpool sitting on a tree stump eating a popsicle that dripped all over my clothes. — Drake Bell

Sketches have characters, exits, entrances and are vastly different. — David Cross

The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies. — Bob Woodward

She was as useless as tits on a nun. — Steven W. Booth

After the fighting is done, and even when it's still happening, apologies are often needed for the recounting of bare facts. Sometimes bare facts feel unpatriotic. — Phil Klay

COOK'S TIP: Bake every day. If you have to leave town fast, you'll always have something good to eat in the car. — Joan Bauer

Advice is such a tricky thing when you're young. — Jena Malone

I would walk the way and accept the risks I have counted, rather accepting my failure. — M.F. Moonzajer