Knives Quotes

661 Knives quotes by 478 unique authors

Champagne has the taste of an apple peeled with a steel knife — Aldous Huxley
I was able to first snap the radius and then within another few minutes snap the ulna at the wrist and from there, I had… — Aron Ralston
People come up to me all the time and ask how I stay the way I am, and it's no secret. The first lesson a… — Marcus Samuelsson
Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask… — Bill Watterson
The pinpoint flame of anger and grief becomes a hot needle, then a hot knife.It melts the frost that binds her lips.It melts the sea… — Katherine Catmull
I am a cutter, you see. Also a snipper, a slicer, a carver, a jabber. I am a very special case. I have a purpose.… — Gillian Flynn
I took my mother's knife and played johnny johnny johnny on the playhouse floor. I was drunk, stabbed myself every few throws. I held my… — Janet Fitch
The bathroom door swings open. Emma sees the blood painting my skin and the red rivers carved on my body. Emma sees the wet knife,… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Never feel this bad again. Never come back to this place, where only a knife will do. Live a gentle and kind life. Don't do… — Caitlin Moran
Men can't be trusted with pruning shears any more than they can be trusted with the grocery money in a delicatessen . . . They… — Phyllis McGinley
A knife can be a symbol, but it also better be able to cut string. And if it represent cutting free, cutting loose, in the… — Ansen Dibell
But a knife ain't just a thing, is it? It's a choice, it's something you do. A knife says yes or no, cut or not,… — Patrick Ness
Then he exploded. "No!" he said. That familiar injunction. I'd heard it so many times. "No. I cannot take this steel. It would not be… — Bill Buford
We were taught to be dependable, responsible, the top of our classes at school, the most organized and efficient babysitters in town, the very miniature… — Elizabeth Gilbert
It cuts like a knife, but it feels so right... — Bryan Adams
As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things… — Marcus Aurelius
Playing without the fundamentals is like eating without a knife and fork. You make a mess. — Dick Williams
It (broadcast journalism) is a brutal arena where the knives are sharp and the toughest Kevlar vest in the world will not protect you forever. — Bill O'Reilly
Until I saw Chardin's painting, I never realized how much beauty lay around me in my parents' house, in the half-cleared table, in the corner… — Marcel Proust
I probably use my chef's knives more than any other tool in the kitchen. I'm not married to a particular brand, because they all work,… — Bobby Flay

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