Bryce Dewitt Quotes

You put a wage behind something, it gives the act a sort of respectability. ~ Patrick DeWitt

Humans best survive when they are given a purpose; a common enemy to defeat, revenge to wreak or a dream to cling to. ~ Bryce Courtenay

To most people, nothing is more troublesome than the effort of thinking. ~ James Bryce

It is hard to find a friend,' I said. 'It is the hardest thing in this world,' he agreed. ~ Patrick DeWitt

In this world are very few things made from logic alone. It is illogical for man to be too logical. Some things we must just let stand. The mystery is more important than any possible explanation. The searcher after truth must search with humanity. Ruthless logic is the sign of a limited mind. The truth can only add to the sum of what you know, while a harmless mystery left unexplored often adds to the meaning of life. When a truth is not so important, it is better left as a mystery. ~ Bryce Courtenay

I grew up in the suburbs. ~ Rosemarie DeWitt

Play this game like the 8 year old you used to be, dreaming to play in the show! Heart, passion, and fire! Remember where you came from! ~ Bryce Harper

He is not bad, I don't think. Perhaps he is simply too lazy to be good. ~ Patrick DeWitt

I was probably 12 or 13 when I started doing pushups, situps, dips. ~ Bryce Harper

Unfunny people should be locked up, the key tossed into a smelter. ~ Patrick DeWitt

Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want to be one of them. ~ Patrick DeWitt

Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking the earth. Lives have swiveled and changed direction on the strength of a chance remark. ~ Bryce Courtenay

My dad, he worked rebar, an ironworker. Watching my pops get up every single morning, going into work, working hard - I think that really made me want to work that hard, wanted to make me get up early and go for a run or get a lift in or get some extra hitting in and really try to better myself every day. ~ Bryce Harper

Inside beauty sometimes needs a little help from outside pretty. ~ Karen DeWitt

I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people. ~ Patrick DeWitt

I am Bryce Quinlan,' she said to the Gate, to the void, to all of Hel behind it. Her voice was serene - wise and laughing. 'Heir to the Starborn Fae.'
The ground slid out from under Hunt as the light between her hands, the Star she'd drawn from her shattered heart, flared bright as the sun. ~ Sarah J Maas

No wonder that, when a political career is so precarious, men of worth and capacity hesitate to embrace it. They cannot afford to be thrown out of their life's course by a mere accident. ~ James Bryce

When you hit a three-run triple, do you really need to get on third base, or do you need to stand on the double? You gotta be as smart as you can. ~ Bryce Harper

In real life, I don't fall in love with the guy who wines and dines me, I fall in love with the flaws and the humanity. ~ Rosemarie DeWitt

If I was producing something, it wouldn't make sense to me to cast somebody because of who their father is because that doesn't put anyone in the seats in the theatre. I wouldn't go to a movie because that person's father is so and so. ~ Bryce Dallas Howard

I had nowhere to go and did not wish to be seen by anyone for fear they would recognize my sadness and so for several minutes I simply stood in the hall shifting my weight and breathing and attempting to clear my mind of every recognizable thought. ~ Patrick DeWitt

It was the first time I'd realised that the giant in 'Jack and the Beanstalk' was an Afrikaner. ~ Bryce Courtenay

The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word, means nothing more than so many millions of individual men. ~ James Bryce

In a Time/CNN poll of 1,000 Americans conducted last week by Yankelovich Partners, two-thirds said it was more important to protect the privacy of phone calls than to preserve the ability of police to conduct wiretaps. When informed about the Clipper Chip, 80% said they opposed it. ~ Philip Elmer-DeWitt

And now I was seeing that there was something really cool about that family. All of them. They were just ... real.
And who were we? There was something spinning wickedly out of control inside this house. It was like seeing inside the Baker's world had opened up windows into our own, and the view was not a pretty one.
Where had all this stuff come from?
And why hadn't I ever seen it before. ~ Wendelin Van Draanen

Don't get me wrong. She's a good teacher as long as you don't get on her bad side. She absolutely hates my brother Bryce." he said as he continued to walk straight down the hall. He laughed. "She threw a ruler at him once. ~ Micalea Smeltzer

People call me and ask me for advice all the time. On an elevator they tell me their problems. I think it's in part because I'm Italian so I'm emotionally available and I have a friendly persona. ~ Joyce DeWitt

Yeah," Bryce said, "but I mean, I drove her to it, you know? That's the thing. If I just hadn't broken up with her - " "You have a pretty high opinion of yourself, don't you?" He looked taken aback. "What?" "Well, your assumption that she killed herself because you broke up with her. I don't think that's why she killed herself at all. She killed herself because she was sick. You had nothing to do with making her that way. Your breaking up with her may have acted as a sort of catalyst for her final breakdown, but it could just have easily been some other crisis in her life - her parents getting divorced, her not making the cheerleader squad, her cat dying. Anything. So try not to be so hard on yourself. ~ Meg Cabot

The master swordsman isn't interested in killing people. He only wants to perfect his art. ~ Helen DeWitt

I support affirmative action. I support special measures when you need it. ~ Quentin Bryce

I like to see a home like this, a home connected with people's thoughts and work, things they love. ~ Dewitt Bodeen

Spirituality is something that makes you who you are on and off the field. It's something you try and live by. The way you play is one thing, but the way you act is a little different. You're just trying to be a good person, the best you can be, on and off the field. ~ Bryce Harper

I'm very conventional compared to my parents. ~ Bryce Dallas Howard

I've always felt really lucky to get to work with really great filmmakers. For me, the whole objective is just to hopefully be of service to what they want. ~ Bryce Dallas Howard

But, working with directors whose history is in performance, I feel like there's a different kind of focus, as opposed to directors who are more prone to being really technically proficient or visual. I feel like there are two schools of both, and a director needs to have both. ~ Bryce Dallas Howard

I won't let anyone hurt you," Bryce said. "I'll put you in a giant hamster ball if that'll keep you safe."
"Then I'd be able to run them over," he said with a small smile. "Wouldn't I look a bit silly, though? ~ Susanna Hays

It's healthy to have interests besides books. ~ Patrick DeWitt

I've found that no matter what life throws at me, music softens the blow. ~ Bryce Anderson

I think my favourite memory from filming 'Jurassic World' would just be a compilation of me running through the jungle in heels, and just how absurd that really was. That that actually happened. ~ Bryce Dallas Howard

I find the constant upkeep of the body woefully fatiguing, don't you? ~ Patrick DeWitt

He only tells the story once but you see it from about 8 points of view, you have to pay attention the whole time to see whether something seems to be true or is just what somebody says is true. ~ Helen DeWitt

Molly: So how do you think of Bryce Hamilton crowd so far? Boys hot enough for you?
Bethany: I wouldn't say hot. Most of them seem to have a normal body temperature. ~ Alexandra Adornetto

I'm going to fuck you slow at first and then hard." - Bryce Van Der Linden (Exposed, Unbearable Passion, #3) ~ Scarlett Avery

I wish my abs were a little bit better. God gave me a great body, but I think my abs could be better than they are. ~ Bryce Harper

She wasn't precisely sure what she was walking toward but she wouldn't have turned around for the world. ~ Patrick DeWitt

I really felt that 'Three's Company' was a gift. When it ended, I had money in the bank and had the luxury to pursue a life that meant something, to learn and discover. ~ Joyce DeWitt