Melendez Quotes & Sayings

Somewhere along the line, without anybody taking credit for it, a decision had been made. Like lettuce on a spring morning, the plan bloomed, a seed planted by an anonymous fieldworker. The council members blamed the city manager, and the city manager said he had drawn up reports at the request of the council. Everyone wanted to take credit for popular ideas, but the bad ones ended up like tainted produce, all piled up in the municipal dump. — Claudia Melendez Salinas

U.S. wrestling is more of a scrambling style where guys take a lot of risks. You could watch a match in the states and see a score of 18-12. There is going to be a lot of action, transitions and guys going back and forth and trading points. — Gilbert Melendez

If her death wakes something in the deep, then she will bring more shame down on her House with that one act than she could have accomplished in a lifetime of disobedience. They will hate her for it. I wonder if Lady Malker has already struck her daughter's name from the family tree. — Cat Hellisen

Danger alone acquaints us with our own resources, our virtues, our armor and weapons, our spirit, and forces us to be strong. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The Russians are a little stronger, but they excel at the basics. Lock the hands, bear hugs, takedowns, riding are all strong points for them, whereas Americans tend to have more finesse and take more risks. They might let you up in order to hit something else, and that's completely different from the Russian approach. — Gilbert Melendez

If I'm committed to something really stupid, then I'm in a comedy. — John C. Reilly

Russian fighters are always bouncing around and using a lot of effort with the punches they throw and grinding for takedowns. Anyone would get tired with that style. — Gilbert Melendez

Not writing is never an option. This is not words of advice. It's just literally never an option! — Lillian R. Melendez

Every child should have an occasional pat on the back as long as it is applied low enough and hard enough. — Fulton J. Sheen

I don't believe in writer's block. Who can function working seven days a week at at job. It's the same with writing. Take a break and let the words come to you. It rarely comes if you force it and if it does, you'll probably regret what you wrote down on paper. — Lillian R. Melendez

A true friend to me is someone that comes over for dinner, and hangs out with my daughter, someone I party with on a regular basis. — Gilbert Melendez

You're a black belt in the 1st round but sometimes you're a purple belt in the 5th. — Gilbert Melendez

With his bare hands Mulder dug at the loose earth. After a minute, he said, 'I've go it. I just have to pull it out and-'
He got no further.
He and Scully were blinded by a high power flashlight.
When their vision cleared, they saw the sheriff looming over them, brandishing an ugly-looking .45.
'May I ask what you're doing?' he growled.
Mulder held up what he had found in the earth: a piece of raw potato.
'Exhuming your potato,' was all he could say. — Les Martin

We want to begin in working-class neighborhoods. We want to test the concept there, because our idea is that fair trade should not just be for the elites, but for everyone, for the majority, for the poor people. Quality food for poor people. Why just quality for the rich? And at an equal price — Victor Suarez Melendez

The real master is only a presence. He has no intentions of being a master. His presence is his teaching. His love is his message. Every gesture of his hand is pointing to the moon. And this whole thing is not being done, it is a happening. The master is not a doer. He has learned the greatest secret of life: let-go. The master has drowned his ego and the idea of separation from existence itself. — Rajneesh

I'd gotten used to hallucinations - but who can get used to the doubt that one of those dreadful visions is real? — John Berryman

Shaking off, with one mighty effort the fetters of habit, the leaden weight of routine, the cloak of many cares and the slavery of home, man feels once more happy. — Richard Francis Burton

great attitude make your character and sets your path. — Jose Melendez

I'm not scared to lose, I'm not scared to get knocked out. I'm scared of not going for it. — Gilbert Melendez