Melfe Cake Quotes & Sayings

Writing was something I always liked, but it wasn't a career until I was laid off from my executive position in my 30s. I started a website because I was bored, unemployed and angry. — Jen Lancaster

It's always easier to spot others' hypocrisies while missing our own. — Annette Gordon-Reed

The absence of adult males upsets the natural order in our species and in others. For example, game wardens in South Africa recently had to kill several teenage male elephants that had uncharacteristically become violent. These young elephants behaved like a contemporary street gang - and perhaps for the same reason: There were no adult males in their lives. To solve the problem, park officials imported adult male elephants from outside the area. Almost immediately, the remaining juveniles stopped misbehaving. Testosterone ungoverned by experience is dangerous, and older males temper the craving for dominance - merely by being dominant themselves. — Gavin De Becker

When it comes to rock music, I'm not much of a player, but I do have entry-level chops. I'm more knowledgeable as a listener, and Revival gave me a way to write about rock and roll without being preachy or boring. — Stephen King

I'm pretty good at taking accountability now, and I never did anything to deserve that. It was a really lousy thing for her to do. — John Mayer

I always sort of create practical problems so that I don't have to see a film I've just done. I'm too vulnerable, too fragile. People see your work, and there's nothing you can do. You're completely exposed. — Lena Olin

If you tell God no because He won't explain the reason He wants you to do something, you are actually hindering His blessing. But when you say yes to Him, all of heaven opens to pour out His goodness and reward your obedience. What matters more than material blessings are the things He is teaching us in our spirit. — Charles Stanley

Music is my religion. Music is the only thing that has never failed me. People let you down, music won't. — Gary Bartz

I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period. — Anthony Bourdain

If Australia wants an effective United Nations, we have to be comprehensively, not marginally, engaged. — Kevin Rudd

But when you're there, there you are, and — Rex Stout

Every single success you experience is a combination of two things: your effort and Allah's help. When you don't put in enough effort, Allah does not give His barakah. And sometimes you might put in a lot of effort but you may not see the result you expected. That, also, is Allah's barakah. — Nouman Ali Khan

It is a fine thing to be out on the hills alone. A man can hardly be a beast or a fool alone on a great mountain. — Francis Kilvert

I'll refer to my music in color, like 'This song needs to be bright red.' — Janelle Monae

In time we often become one with those we once failed to understand. — Patti Smith