Ty Burrell Quotes

I always use my 'Holy Trinity' which is salt, olive oil and bacon. My motto is, 'bacon always makes it better.' I try to use bacon and pork products whenever it can.

You know, I used to think I was a foodie, and then my wife went to culinary school and basically explained to me that I was just a guy that likes to eat.

The more I train the more I realize I have more speed in me.

Our very genesis was not really a beginning after all, but indeed the product of a personality-Father Mills.

He has not truly lived who has not lived for others, in sympathy and in harmony with his fellows.

I believe that there is always something new to learn, in fact, that is one of the three reasons that I chose to become a chef, that my education is never over.

My inspiration comes from the message Duke Ellington gave - you are unique, be yourself, put out that thing that is you, then use your work ethic and produce great music.

Freddie Bryant is a brilliant young guitarist and composer.

Taste as you go. When you taste the food throughout the cooking process you can make adjustments as you go.

And I watch Saturday Night Live religiously, I have since I was a little boy. I watch it basically like one of my favorite sports teams.

My younger brother and I have been writing together, mainly for fun, for years, but we've been improvising together since we were kids. Literally.

There's lots of problem solving in any marriage, but when you have this collective goal that is a human being, it's an inspiring rally point.

I think people need more to do in their life if my hair pisses them off.

I strive for honesty in playing what I feel.

Organizing ahead of time makes the work more enjoyable.

I've been to hell and back so nothing that happens in the jungle can be worse.

[My] style evolved, not changed, but I think evolved as I grew and matured. I don't think there was any kind of change I did in a deliberate way - I think I just evolved.

My audience has developed so that they come to listen and are quiet, Thus I can work in a limited volume range and explore all the subtleties that can happen, which is my favorite part of the music.

My mom was a great cook so I always wanted to eat and make stuff. I did cooking in 4-H but it wasn't until I was out of college that I decided I wanted to make this my career.

With the benefit of hindsight, the content of that letter has bothered me since her death.

Comedy can be fun no matter what you're playing small or big comedy part. It always has the potential to be a blast.

If you're trying to make something funny, and it doesn't feel like you're always getting something, it doesn't have quite a lot of joy.

In Philly when it's good, there is no better place.

I have always wanted to teach, and coaching is teaching.

I've always enjoyed hitting things as hard as I can. It's fun to hit things and watch them fly.

I think once I fail enough as a dad, I'll be looking for help wherever I can get it. I just need enough time to screw things up and then I'll start looking to TV dads for advice.

My wife handles all of our technology. So if something goes wrong with the computer, I throw up my arms and step aside while the IT gal figures it out.

I approach the heptathlon and life in the same way in that I not only want to be good at what I am doing, but I want it to mean something.

I just like comedy in general. My film work, which has been at times more dramatic, has been satisfying. But I never feel quite as good and as light and blissful as when I'm doing comedy.

I've played a lot of really smarmy people in film, and it can be real fun, don't get me wrong. But it can be characters I'm not as excited to explore.

I didn't know that there was such a thing as butter carving. But then, I poked around a little bit. A quick Google search will show you 55,000 images of butter carvings, and they're extraordinary.

My father passed away before he saw me perform. I can't help but wonder what he would think of all this. I go to a job in full makeup.

I've got more clothes than my wife.

Hitting is mostly confidence. I just go out and play and that's the best you can ask for.

I don't know what to think of the money. It's kind of mind-boggling. I come from a middle-class, blue-collar family. We've never really had money.

I hit every day. I love to hit.

I came up and was a first-round draft pick and there was a lot of hype and a lot of expectation, and I enjoyed that. Have I also seen the other side of that? Absolutely.

It's not sticky unless it touches itself.

My hair is always a big topic. It is just hair.

There are many places that people can produce really good food. I wouldn't limit it to an area of the country, it's what the chefs have in them.

There are so many things that you think will look cool but then you look like an idiot!

And I watch 'Saturday Night Live' religiously, I have since I was a little boy. I watch it basically like one of my favorite sports teams.

I may not be perfect for you or the world but guess what I'm not perfect for myself either. I'm dead to you and the world just as I'm dead to myself.-p.b

I go with the flow but I write against it.