Melchester Quotes & Sayings

Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced thin and bendable. — James Wolcott

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence. — Wallace Stevens

Life's sloppy ... You think you know how tomorrow's going to be, you've made your plans, everything is set in place, and then the unimaginable happens. Life catches you by surprise. It always does. But there's good mixed in with the bad. It's there. You just have to recognize it. — Susan Beth Pfeffer

And that is what Ultima tried to teach me, that the tragic consequences of life can be overcome by the magical strength that resides in the human heart. — Rudolfo Anaya

15 years later, it's all the TV stars with the film deals, whether it's the cast of Friends or That '70s Show now with Ashton and other people doing stuff. — Anthony Michael Hall

I think the fakest thing in the world is to judge someone on how they look. — Oliver Sykes

I am reminded that while New Yorkers say "standing on line," the rest of the English-speaking world says "standing in line. — Jeffrey Steingarten

It is as bad as bad can be: it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest. — Samuel Johnson

One human nature is common to all the descendants of Adam, and it is, for all men, guilty and polluted — Herman Bavinck