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title: "8 Graphite Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Graphite quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Graphite sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Just as graphite and diamonds have the same composition, that which seems quite obvious, may also not be”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederico-rochaferreira/just-as-graphite-and-diamonds-have-the-same-composition-that-which/)

[Frederico Rochaferreira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederico-rochaferreira/)

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> [Graphite also absorbs the shock of a hit. The first (graphite) clubs that came out were too flexible, but now you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/graphite-also-absorbs-the-shock-of-a-hit-the-first-graphite-clubs/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

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> [“It is always better to write your feeling in GRAPHITE than in INK, As it’s much easier to erase them and start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarvesh-murthi-d-d/it-is-always-better-to-write-your-feeling-in-graphite-than-in-ink-as/)

[Sarvesh Murthi .D.D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarvesh-murthi-d-d/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/224/sarvesh-murthi-d-d-74149_erase_it-is-always-better-to-write-your-feelin_1003939.jpg)

> [“One time Bonaventure heard the graphite of a pencil rasp across a piece of paper and leave a slight and quivered mark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-leganski/one-time-bonaventure-heard-the-graphite-of-a-pencil-rasp-across-a/)

[Rita Leganski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-leganski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/rita-leganski-24567_destiny_one-time-bonaventure-heard-the-graphite_1297390.jpg)

> [“found graphene hiding out in the graphite from an ordinary pencil.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lewis/found-graphene-hiding-out-in-the-graphite-from-an-ordinary-pencil/)

[Sarah Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lewis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/sarah-lewis-16690_quote_found-graphene-hiding-out-in-the-graphit_1484421.jpg)

> [“Ink is the cosmetic that ideas will wear when they go out in public. Graphite is their dirty truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-petroski/ink-is-the-cosmetic-that-ideas-will-wear-when-they-go-out-in-public/)

[Henry Petroski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-petroski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/henry-petroski-10198_cosmetic_ink-is-the-cosmetic-that-ideas-will-wear_1652455.png)

> [“ She discovered in a series of beautifully executed researches the fundamental distinction between carbons that turned on heating into graphite and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-bernal/she-discovered-in-a-series-of-beautifully-executed-researches-the/)

[J.D. Bernal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-bernal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/j-d-bernal-96453_authority_she-discovered-in-a-series-of-beautifull_1864937.jpg)

> [What really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So always pay attention to what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/what-really-matters-in-a-pencil-is-not-its-wooden-exterior-but-the/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/paulo-coelho-10_attention_what-really-matters-in-a-pencil-is-not-i_2888096.jpg)

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