Sharp Quotes

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But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen. — John Trumbull
'Tis a sharp medicine, but it will cure all that ails you. — Walter Raleigh
Naturally, everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands, and by the most amiable corrections as well, if they are frequent, immoderate, or given inappropriately. — Vincent de Paul
In the big factory of perfecting human souls, the Earth was kind of tumbler. The sale as the kind people use to polish rocks. All… — Chuck Palahniuk
Midsummer Night was roasting hot. The shore, of red granite, glowed with the heat; the dark blood of the earth seemed to be rising from… — Yevgeny Zamyatin
The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before - but now, swimming in the hot June haze, it… — Enid Blyton
...dreadful birds, dressed in red with breasts of silver buttons, and cocked heads and sharp mouths, looking for guilt like berries on a bush. — Hannah Kent
The Christians who engaged in infamous persecutions and shameful inquisitions were not evil men but misguided men. The churchmen who felt they had an edict… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it. — Tacitus
If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people. — John C. Maxwell
Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A good trick as you get older is to get a thick pair of glasses that have a dark frame. Everything else can droop and… — Tom Ford
Every great artist must begin by learning to draw with the single line, and my advice to young animators is to learn how to live… — Chuck Jones
Be a fearless cook! Try out new ideas and new recipes, but always buy the freshest and finest ingredients, whatever they may be. Furnish your… — Julia Child
The unsparing savagery of stories like the Robber Bridegroom is a sharp reminder that fairy tales belong to the childhood of culture as much as… — Maria Tatar
I shall never forget my first encounter with gorillas. Sound preceded sight. Odor preceded sound in the form of an overwhelming, musky-barnyard, humanlike scent. The… — Dian Fossey
And Sandy Martindale ... dated Elvis before the rhinestone jumpsuits and the drugs, when he was sharp and cool and jagged, like porcelain that has… — Rick Bragg
Sharp increases in the minimum wage rate are also inflationary. Frequently workers paid more than the minimum gauge their wages relative to it. This is… — Richard M. Nixon
What good is a smooth tongue without sharp teeth? — Jocelyn Murray
Sometimes the words against a selfish have to be sharp, straight and blunt; it is very much like after the failure of all medications to… — Anuj

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