Knives Quotes

661 Knives quotes by 478 unique authors

. . . These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable… — Laozi
A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice. — Zoroaster
PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied him. For purposes… — Ambrose Bierce
I've had my own personal stalker. I would get nude drawings of my body with a knife and a message saying 'I'm watching you' and… — Erin Gray
The young men were born with knives in their brain, a tendency to introversion, self-dissection, anatomizing of motives. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All the unhurried day / Your mind lay open like a drawer of knives, — Philip Larkin
Google is my rapid response research assistant. It's the Swiss Army knife of information retrieval. — Lloyd Grove
Knife crime and gun crime is poverty-driven, and poverty leads to insecurity. — Emmanuel Jal
Be a fearless cook! Try out new ideas and new recipes, but always buy the freshest and finest ingredients, whatever they may be. Furnish your… — Julia Child
Remember, it is never the knife's fault. — Daniel Boulud
Torres was easily the best player I have ever played with in my career. I loved him. And when he approached me and said he… — Steven Gerrard
Self-harm - the world will come at you with knives anyway. You do not need to beat them to it. — Caitlin Moran
A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. — Ella Leya
I'd never go under the knife because I have a phobia of needles. — Jasmine Guinness
Senator McGovern is very sincere when he says that he will try to cut the military budget by 30%. And this is to drive a… — Irving Kristol
It's not what I want, Trish. It's what you want. It's what you need. And even though we're opponents tonight in the 6 person, tag… — Chris Jericho
When someone sticks a knife six inches into your back, and then pulls it out two inches and claims he's doing you a favor, don't… — Malcolm X
Behold me waiting—waiting for the knife.... The thick, sweet mystery of chloroform, The drunken dark, the little death-in-life.... [F]ace to face with chance, I shrink… — William Ernest Henley
If anyone is tweeting right now, I'm not pulling a knife on David Cronenberg! — Mark Kingwell
Never lick a steak knife. — Dave Barry
The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It's my way of saying, Don't mess with… — Glenn Close
I can understand going for Botox at 45-50, when you want to keep things in place. But I don't understand 25 year olds going for… — Kajol
Buying a home wouldn't make much sense if house prices were likely to decline further; no one wants to catch a falling knife. — Mark Zandi
A Pentagon official once said the people who would actually push the button probably have never seen a person die. He said the only hope… — Robin Williams
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife. — Sophocles

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