--- title: "8 Shredding Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Shredding quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Shredding sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/william-manchester-18393_book_i-came-to-a-dead-stop-and-began-major-re_518689.jpg" --- > [I came to a dead stop and began major revisions. Sometimes these entailed the shredding of all existing manuscript for a fresh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-manchester/i-came-to-a-dead-stop-and-began-major-revisions-sometimes-these/) [William Manchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-manchester/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/william-manchester-18393_book_i-came-to-a-dead-stop-and-began-major-re_518689.jpg) > [“The world's not falling apart imperceptibly anymore, these days it makes a loud shredding noise!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/the-world-s-not-falling-apart-imperceptibly-anymore-these-days-it/) [Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/steve-toltz-3783_a-fraction-of-the-wh_the-world-s-not-falling-apart-impercepti_626370.png) > [If I feel like crying, I'll just cry in a dream. Something I really try not to do in my waking hours.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-maddin/if-i-feel-like-crying-i-ll-just-cry-in-a-dream-something-i-really-try/) [Guy Maddin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-maddin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/guy-maddin-12338_bed_if-i-feel-like-crying-i-ll-just-cry-in-a_992260.jpg) > [ \[Oliver North is a\] document-shredding, Constitution-trashing, Commander in Chief-bashing, Congress-thrashing, uniform-shaming, Ayatollah-loving, arms-dealing, criminal-protecting, résumé-enhancing, Noriega-coddling, Social Security-threatening, public school-denigrating, Swiss-banking-law-breaking, letter-faking,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-robb/oliver-north-is-a-document-shredding-constitution-trashing-commander/) [Chuck Robb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-robb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e61/chuck-robb-47179_arms_oliver-north-is-a-document-shredding-con_1360001.jpg) > [When Donald Trump - star of 'Celebrity Apprentice', the man who brought you Trump Vodka, Trump Steaks, and Trump "University" very likely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chrissy-teigen/when-donald-trump-star-of-celebrity-apprentice-the-man-who-brought/) [Chrissy Teigen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chrissy-teigen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/chrissy-teigen-8139_apprentice_when-donald-trump-star-of-celebrity-appr_1698885.jpg) > [It turns out Enron workers were not only shredding documents at work, they were having sex at work. Having sex and shredding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-leno/it-turns-out-enron-workers-were-not-only-shredding-documents-at-work/) [Jay Leno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-leno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a75/jay-leno-210_documents_it-turns-out-enron-workers-were-not-only_2138316.png) > [The bad news is that ignoring the performance of people is almost as bad as shredding their effort in front of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ariely/the-bad-news-is-that-ignoring-the-performance-of-people-is-almost-as-2/) [Dan Ariely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ariely/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f6/dan-ariely-1899_bad-news_the-bad-news-is-that-ignoring-the-perfor_2589383.jpg) > [You cover Q-tips with sandpaper and ram them up your nostrils as far as they will go. Then you sniff talcum powder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-caen/you-cover-q-tips-with-sandpaper-and-ram-them-up-your-nostrils-as-far/) [Herb Caen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-caen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/herb-caen-15397_bills_you-cover-q-tips-with-sandpaper-and-ram_3004849.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shredding/#itemlist", "name": "Shredding Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I came to a dead stop and began major revisions. 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Something I really try not to do in my waking hours. I like good melodrama because it's just an undumping of all these compulsions we feel that we work so hard to master during our waking hours. No wonder we crash to sleep in bed at night. 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