Mehlmans Cafeteria Quotes & Sayings

If a man is not rising upwards to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downwards to be a devil . He cannot stop at the beast. The most savage of men are not beasts; they are worse, a great deal worse. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Looking back, one of the things I love most about my mom was that she never, ever relented. She stuck to her guns right up until the end. She wasn't abusive, but she was never that thrilled that I was gay. — Rufus Wainwright

In this age of decadence that we live in, people's minds are twisted and only words are loved but not preactial deeds. — Renee Ahdieh

One of the most important tricks for maximizing your productivity involves matching your mental state to the task. — Scott Adams

Darkness is where we begin and where we end. We don't usually see light traveling in darkness of space because we only can see its reflection on substance. — Ala Bashir

A calamity does not descend except due to a sin and it is not lifted except with repentance. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse. — Johann Georg Zimmermann

If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school.
The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool.
A crumb of cake would be a feast
And last you seven days at least,
A flea would be a frightening beast
If you were one inch tall.
If you were only one inch tall, you'd walk beneath the door,
And it would take about a month to get down to the store.
A bit of fluff would be your bed,
You'd swing upon a spider's thread,
And wear a thimble on your head
If you were one inch tall.
You'd surf across the kitchen sink upon a stick of gum.
You couldn't hug your mama, you'd just have to hug her thumb.
You'd run from people's feet in fright,
To move a pen would take all night,
(This poem took fourteen years to write
'Cause I'm just one inch tall). — Shel Silverstein

Courage is the highest virtue. You have to have more courage than fear to stand. — Judy Light Ayyildiz