Melies George Quotes & Sayings

The writer, an old man with a white moustache, had some difficulty getting into bed. — Sherwood Anderson

What an encouragement to realize that God has reserved you and me for a special task in His great work. In His hands we're not only useful, but priceless. — Joni Eareckson Tada

Altruism is the root of all Wickedness — Andrew Ryan

Just imagine dressing the two handsomest men in the world, and then getting this! — Edith Head

Kiwi thought back to his first weeks, when insults had been impossible for him. One time he'd called Deemer a troglodyte but his delivery had been tentative and way, way too slow, as if the insult were a fork tenderly entering a steak. — Karen Russell

She edged away from him, trying to put a greater distance between herself and Creepy McCreeperson. She bent down, careful not to let her eyes leave him, and plucked up a hairbrush from where it had fallen on her floor. She held it at arm's length in front of herself, a stupid weapon feeling better than no weapon at all. At the very least, she could give him style. — Kelly Creagh

The very things that separated me and distinguished me from other people were what mattered; the very things no one else would or could say, these were the things I had to say. — Andre Gide

Fairy tales only happen in movies.
-George Melies
from The Invention of Hugo Cabret — Brian Selznick

Whoever has a heart full of love always has something to give. — Pope John XXIII

The tithe simply is not a sufficiently radical concept to embody the carefree unconcern for possessions that marks life in the Kingdom of God ...
It is quite possible to tithe and at the same time oppress the poor and needy ...
The tithe is not necessarily evil' it simply cannot provide a sufficient base for Jesus' call to carefree unconcern over provision ...
Perhaps the tithe can be a beginning way to acknowledge God as the owner of all things, but it is only a beginning and not an ending. — Richard J. Foster

But that's not how God views the cross, Jake. His wrath wasn't an expression of the punishment sin deserves; it was the antidote for sin and shame. The purpose of the cross, as Paul wrote of it, was for God to make his Son to become sin itself so that he could condemn sin in the likeness of human flesh and purge it from the race. His plan was not just to provide a way to forgive sin, but to destroy it so that we might live free. — Wayne Jacobsen And Dave Coleman

If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions. — Swami Vivekananda

Some people are going to be happy with my decision, some people aren't ... But I must live my life. — Thomas Hearns

My lousy way of getting it done is better than your great way of not doing it. — Terry Rossio

Okay. Come on. And really, isn't that just what every girl wants to hear from a guy agreeing to fuck her? But I wasn't like every girl. — Pepper Winters