Double Edged Quotes

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Modern science is necessarily a double-edged tool, a tool that cuts both ways. ... There is no doubt that a Zeppelin is a wonderful thing;… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke strops our vice. — Henry David Thoreau
It was clear to me that the vulnerable point of the American Grandmaster (Bobby Fischer) was in double-edged, hanging, irrational positions, where he often failed… — Efim Geller
My knives are like a tongue - I love, I do not love, I hate. If you donâ€™t love me, I am ready to attack.… — Louise Bourgeois
The Lord wants double edged artistry, praising God's name and setting things straight. — Calvin Seerveld
I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors. — Jonathan Frakes
I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist,… — Gordon Ramsay
Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling. — Adrienne Rich
...but hope seduces like a silver tongue, double-edged like a dagger that cuts both ways. — Charlie Fletcher
In certain areas of my life, I actively seek out solitude. Especially for someone in my line of work, solitude is, more or less, an… — Haruki Murakami
A double-edged sword One side destroys One releases I am your Gordian knot Will you release or destroy me? Follow truth and you shall: Find… — P. C. Cast
Freedom is a double-edged ideal, because true freedom comes without the protection of laws that also enslave us by defining us--female, male; Christian, Islamic; good,… — Ellen Hopkins
To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help.… — Dan Ariely
She loves you, loathes you, treats you well, then ill. Like a leech or a surgeon's knife, she's double-edged: sometimes she'll cure, but sometimes she… — Arturo PÃ©rez-Reverte
Some are born virtuous, some become virtuous. To be good by nature is indeed fortunate but to become good is like walking on a double-edged… — Umera Ahmed
But the truth is a double-edged sword; it is a dangerous thing. — Michael Scott
We have to realize that science is a double-edged sword. One edge of the sword can cut against poverty, illness, disease and give us more… — Michio Kaku
Fame is very much a double-edged sword. — Kevin Bacon
Technology is, of course, a double edged sword. Fire can cook our food but also burn us. — Jason Silva
Science, as illustrated by the printing press, the telegraph, the railway, is a double-edged sword. At the same moment that it puts an enormous power… — Richard Jefferies

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