I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt…

In going where you have to go, and doing what you have to do, and seeing what you have to see, you'll dull and…

— Ernest Hemingway

“The past is a life sentence, a blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow.”

— Claudia Rankine

I found early on in teaching, if you're too blunt an instrument, the students discredit you and think you're just being mean. They're not…

— Tim Gunn

The conductor wielded the orchestra like a blunt instrument.

— John Lydon

“By the time I was forty my blunt instrument had been honed to a fine cutting point for me.”

— Ray Bradbury

“My father had bought an ugly new clock, and it was ticking again in the quiet kitchen.”

— Louise Erdrich

Our father bought us 'Hound Dog' by Elvis and 'Long Tall Sally' by Little Richard, so those were the first records we owned. I…

— Ron Mael

I was taught fashion very early, from the age of 12 when my father bought and created the group.

— Antoine Arnault

I always bring my little ukelele along in my shopping bag which my dear, sweet father bought me. After all, you just never know…

— Tiny Tim

Since I was little, my father always bought me a Santos shirts.

— Andreas Pereira

Reaching F1 was always the ultimate goal, I suppose, ever since driving a go-kart my father had bought me for my fifth birthday.

— Lance Stroll

I picked up the guitar at 12 yrs old - basically, my mother and father bought it for me for Christmas. I played one…

— Greg Lake

“My father had bought him a shirt that said “Sure you can date my daughter.  In a completely unrelated topic, have you seen my…

— Tara Sivec

My father bought three ramshackle houses, rebuilt them, rented them out, kept clawing his way up the ladder. A man with a third grade…

— Shelby Steele

My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine.

— Toots Thielemans