Polished Quotes

196 Polished quotes by 175 unique authors

I'm glad I can present a polished version of myself when it counts, — Carrie Underwood
My dad's side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those… — Evangeline Lilly
I'm not the least bit polished, I come from a blue collar background and I never thought I could feel comfortable around the English. — Paul Walker
When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can… — George Kennedy
Flair is a primitive kind of style. It is innate and cannot be taught. It can be polished and refined. When a person has flair,… — Albert Hadley
Let's keep our boots polished, bayonets sharpened, and present a picture of force and strength to the Red Army. This is the only language they… — George S. Patton
I became aware of just how fleeting the sense of happiness was, and how flimsy its basis: a warm restaurant after having come in from… — Teju Cole
What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
When seen up close, dangers are controllable: when you begin to climb the mountain of your dreams, pay attention to the surroundings. There are cliffs,… — Paulo Coelho
On the floor, and hanging on to the bar, squatted an old man, immobile as an object. His years had reduced and polished him as… — Jorge Luis Borges
One thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This… — Boyd K. Packer
Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at… — Tom Peters
Friend, many and many a dream is mere confusion a cobweb of no consequence at all. Two gates for ghostly dreams there are: One gateway… — Homer
Just why is Yosemite climbing so different ? Why does it have techniques, ethics and equipment all of its own ? The basic reason lies… — Yvon Chouinard
My wit is more polished than your mustache. The truth which I speak strikes more sparks from men's hearts than your spurs do from the… — Edmond Rostand
Programs should be written and polished until they acquire publication quality. — Niklaus Wirth
And so they are ever returning to us, the dead. At times they come back from the ice more than seven decades later and are… — W G Sebald
I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights. — Sophie Ellis Bextor
I swore that I would not suffer from the world's grief and the world's stupidity and cruelty and injustice and I made my heart as… — Sri Aurobindo
If the minds of living beings are impure, their land is also impure, but if their minds are pure, so is their land.Â There are… — Nichiren

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