Polished Quotes

196 Polished quotes by 175 unique authors

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. There are not… — Nichiren
A mind now clouded by the illusions of the innate darkness of life is like a tarnished mirror, but when polished, it is sure to… — Nichiren
I was deeply impressed and moved by his masterful playing. He was highly polished, profound, subtle, and intense. He was extremely fluent in a great… — Pete La Roca
I wanted to be like an actor or a comedian for a little while, because I was always wanting to make people laugh, and being… — Gemma Ward
Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites tampering, while polished,… — Robert McKee
I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that has then been… — Maya Lin
I though about what death is, what a loss is. A sharp pain that lessens with time, but can never quite heal over. A scar.… — Maya Lin
A human life gains lustre and strength only when it is polished and tempered. — Mas Oyama
It is sometimes frightening to observe the success which comes even to the outlaw with a polished technique, and we find ourselves doubting the validity… — Unknown Author
Shame, isn’t it? That we only like our heroes out in the street when they are looking their best and their uniforms are ‘spit and… — Jacqueline Winspear
The breezes taste Of apple peel. The air is full Of smells to feel- Ripe fruit, old footballs, Burning brush, New books, erasers, Chalk, and… — John Updike

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