Polished Quotes

196 Polished quotes by 175 unique authors

People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon. — Vanna Bonta
Perhaps, after all, our best thoughts come when we are alone. It is good to listen, not to voices but to the wind blowing, to… — Gladys Taber
Nellie Gomez awoke to a splitting headache. Worse, she was still hungry. "Where's my croissant?" she demanded of the person leaning over her. "Dear child,"… — Gordon Korman
Niches set back in the walls contained polished marble statues of entwined bodies. Will looked away from them hastily, and then back. It wasn't as… — Cassandra Clare
How big are souls anyway?" asked Coraline. The other mother sat down at the kitchen table and leaned against the back wall, saying nothing. She… — Neil Gaiman
I am like a huge rough stone...and the only polishing I get is when some corner gets rubbed off by coming in contact with something… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
He had never looked forward to the wisdom and other vaunted benefits of old age. Would he be able to die youngâ€”and if possible free… — Yukio Mishima
Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it. Whoever has polished… — Unknown Author
I read a lot. I always have, but in those two years I gorged myself on books with a voluptuous, almost erotic gluttony. I would… — Tana French
Let me get this straight. Your table ran away because you polished it with Windex? — Rick Riordan
The book was in her lap; she had read no further. The power to change oneâ€™s life comes from a paragraph, a lone remark. The… — James Salter
Why should I be polished and improved like goods for sale? I might not even want to marry! And besides, I have many skills. I… — Juliet Marillier
I stalk certain words... I catch them in mid-flight, as they buzz past, I trap them, clean them, peel them, I set myself in front… — Pablo Neruda
Evie picked up the smallest of the rings and tried it on the fourth finger of her left hand. It fit perfectly. Raising it closer… — Lisa Kleypas
You guys are so caught up in your polished images and your passive-aggressive comments that no one ever comes right out and says anything. Well,… — Richelle Mead
The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials. — Confucius
Every physical fact, every expression of nature, every feature of the earth, the work of any and all of those agents which make the face… — Matthew Fontaine Maury
When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end,… — Chris Colfer
Conversation is the blood of baseball. It flows through the game, an invigorating system of anecdotes. Ballplayers are tale tellers who have polished their malarkey… — Thomas Boswell
... the general consent of all that sect is that God (by his foreknowledge, counsel, and wisdom) has no assured election, neither yet any certain… — John Knox

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