Melette Gallio Quotes & Sayings

Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you. — Nina Simone

I think she'll fit quite well. As wives go, Miss Pursling will be just like these books. When I wish to take her down and read her, she'll be there. When I don't, she'll wait patiently, precisely where she was left. She'll make me a comfortable wife, Ames. Besides, my mother likes her. — Courtney Milan

If you want the Kingdom speeded, go out and speed it yourselves. Only obedience rationalizes prayer. Only Missions can redeem your intercessions from insincerity. — William Carey

We must apply a judicial rather than a political standard to the information before us [if choosing a Judge]. — Orrin Hatch

His mother understood my illness immediately, that it was my world rather than myself that was diseased. — Kurt Vonnegut

I think that what I was talking about was that as a woman growing up in a Mormon tradition in Salt Lake City, Utah, we were taught - and we are still led to believe - that the most important value is obedience. But that obedience in the name of religion or patriotism ultimately takes our souls. So I think it's this larger issue of what is acceptable and what is not; where do we maintain obedience and law and where do we engage in civil disobedience - where we can cross the line physically and metaphorically and say, "No, this is no longer appropriate behavior." — Terry Tempest Williams

In the search of spark, we forget the beauty of darkness. We forget the purpose of the light. — Nishikant

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive. — George Bernard Shaw

There were days when Earth's small glories were luminous enough to dim church icons to duller golds. Diving from the roof into fresh snow. Throwing dishes from the window after Mother's funeral. I have been blessed. — Anthony Marra