Polished Quotes

196 quotes by 179 authors

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. — Edmund Burke
I'm not slick. I'm not polished. I think my strength is in reacting. — Billy Bush
Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored. — Lord Byron
O polished perturbation! golden care! That keep'st the ports of slumber open wide To many a watchful night. — William Shakespeare
Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home; But elegance, chief grace the garden shows, And most attractive,… — William Cowper
We had a sunset of a very fine sort. The vast plain of the sea was marked off in bands of sharply-contrasted colors: great stretches… — Mark Twain
He's very knowledgeable. That's the one advantage that I see in Kobe Bryant's career compared to Michael Jordan. Ten years into Kobe Bryant's career, we're… — Scottie Pippen
The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished. — Jean de la Bruyere
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet… — Lord Chesterfield
Observation is like a piece of glass, which, as a mirror, must be very smooth, and must be very carefully polished, in order that it… — Justus von Liebig
Even if there were two of me, I still couldn't do all that has to be done. No matter what, though, I keep up my… — Haruki Murakami
Let Go of Your Worries Let go of your worries and be completely clear-hearted, like the face of a mirror that contains no images. If… — Rumi
Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake,… — Sharon Salzberg
Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster: and… — Lord Chesterfield
The camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself, whether it be polished… — Edward Weston
Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold. — Lord Chesterfield
The youthful sparkle in Ronald Reagan's eyes is caused by his contact lenses, which he keeps highly polished. — Sheilah Graham Westbrook
People are not afraid of death, they are afraid of losing their separation, they are afraid of losing their ego. Once you start feeling separate… — Rajneesh
But it's only after you've played it on the road 20 or 30 times that it becomes really finished and polished...and you realize what it… — James Taylor
What pursuit is more elegant than that of collecting the ignominies of our nature and transfixing them for show, each on the bright pin of… — Logan Pearsall Smith

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