Melling Cylinder Quotes & Sayings

So, what were you doing that was such a secret?"
"Making moonshine."
I stared. "You're kidding me."
"Nope."
"Moonshine? As in rednecks and brown jugs and prohibition?"
Ida Belle drew herself up straight.
"It hasn't been illegal in quite some time. We're hardly rednecks, and we put all of our moonshine into pretty pink cough syrup bottles. — Jana Deleon

'Sunset Boulevard' - the story of Hollywood movies draped on a depressing sex affair - is an uncompromising study of American decadence displaying a sad, worn, methodical beauty few films have had since the late twenties. — Manny Farber

Hi" she whispers. It's just one word but my heart is already racing. — Tahereh Mafi

I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, 'Where's the art?' They weren't doing anything. And there was so much interesting stuff to do, so much fun to be had ... maybe I could even quit renting. — P. J. O'Rourke

Science can give mankind a better standard of living, better health and a better mental life, if mankind in turn gives science the sympathy and support so essential to its progress. — Vannevar Bush

Augustine's final verdict on the philosophers of Greece
and Rome was that, although they had made various mistakes, "nature itself has not permitted them to wander too far from the path of truth" in their judgments about the supreme good (De Civitate Dei 19.1). — Alasdair MacIntyre

Scarecrows weren't made to scare the crows, they were made to scare the corn — Laura Ruby

In an age of infinite digital documentation, paper was the last safe place for secrets. — Evan Angler

A man always revealed his own inner story in his actions and expressions. A man's past deeds foretold his future and allowed anyone with half a brain to divine the path he would take. — Alice Hoffman

When I started thinking about it, I was like, 'OK, if throughout time I get labeled as a conscious artist, I'll be very much celebrated, in a way, and honored.' — Common

When I first started making music, for about the first 10 years, I was always the young kid. Everyone referred to me as such in any band. — Justin Broadrick

It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world. — Al Franken

Fear and doubt are major stampeders. — Karen Marie Moning

A lot of dreams don't come true in life. If you can make somebody's dream come true, you should. — Jameer Nelson