Chipping Away Quotes

19 quotes by 18 authors

Whether it's people walking off 'The View' when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his opinion,… — Eric Cantor
Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of it. We're chipping away at their control, taking the… — Cher
All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of a masterpiece. — Eddie Murphy
I think of writing as a sculptural medium. You are not building things. You are removing things, chipping away at language to reveal a living… — Will Self
Wild rivers are earth's renegades, defying gravity, dancing to their own tunes, resisting the authority of humans, always chipping away, and eventually always winning. — Richard Bangs
Writing is an exercise in sculpture, chipping away at the rock until you find the nose. — Stanley Elkin
Another son came along 18 months later, although we waited four years to have the third, because Mitt was still in school and we had… — Ann Romney
Oh, God. God, isn't that perfect? He's Dad. He's Dad with a layer of nerd. Solid, steady, chipping away so patiently, you don't even know… — Nora Roberts
I found I'm quite happy working on a sentence for an hour or more, searching for the right phrase, the right word. I compare it… — Harriet Doerr
. . . These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable… — Laozi
Here's a secret: fictive text doesn't necessarily flow easily. Most of the time it's more like cutting a highway through a mountain. You just have… — Piers Anthony
People ask me what I do in my spare time, and I look at them blankly, truly believing that I don't even have spare time,… — Kim Harrison
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of… — Elbert Hubbard
If you look at history, even recent history, you see that there is indeed progress. . . . Over time, the cycle is clearly, generally… — Noam Chomsky
Let me tell you something you havenâ€™t learned yet, something you learn only by living awhile. As you get older, you find that life begins… — Terry Brooks
When we came off the tour for the last album, we started on this one. We've just been chipping away at it. We're not in… — Dave Rowntree
I've just built a studio in my mama's old bedroom, which I thought was fitting; she died last year. We've recorded nine songs recorded in… — Stephen Stills
In reality, all men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives trying to create a masterpiece. — Eddie Murphy
This is redemption's story With every step that I'm taking Every day, you're chipping away What I don't need This is me under construction This… — Addison Road

Who Wrote These Chipping Away Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 19 Chipping Away Quotes as follows: