Sharp Quotes

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Let me feel now what sharp distress I may. — Charles Dickens
There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a… — Fredrika Bremer
Youth, though it may lack knowledge, is certainly not devoid of intelligence; it sees through shams with sharp and terrible eyes. — H. L. Mencken
His Holiness [the Dalai Lama] has told me, urgently and repeatedly, that he thinks my photographs are crap. His exact words were, 'These photos are… — Richard Gere
I'd been ill and hadn't trained for a week and I'd been out of the team for three weeks before that, so I wasn't sharp.… — Clinton Morrison
Fischer Chess play was always razor-sharp, rational and brilliant. One of the best ever — Dave Regis
Censorship laws are blunt instruments, not sharp scalpels. Once enacted, they are easily misapplied to merely unpopular or only marginally dangerous speech. — Alan Dershowitz
Debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust and wide-open and that...may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public… — William J. Brennan
She'd crack A joke sharp as a tin lid Hot from the teeth of the can-opener, And cackle her crack-corn laugh. — Sharon Olds
Gardens can be sharp and spiky as well as rose-embowered and honeysuckle-twined: there are corners and settings where thistles are not such an asinine taste… — Robin Lane Fox
Sentimental assertions are always a form of detachment; they confront the acute, terrible awareness of individual pain, the sharp particularity of loss or the fierce… — Mark Doty
I was not in agreement with the sharp anti-Semitic tone, but from time to time I read arguments which gave me some food for thought.… — Adolf Hitler
All I'm saying is that there is a price to be paid at the sharp end.. environmentally and everywhere else.. for the food that is… — Prince Charles
Passonate, irreverent, utterly relevant, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk offers an unforgettable portrait of a reluctant hero. Ben Fountain writes like a man inspired and… — Margot Livesey
Let's Face it, - Sinatra is a king. He's a very sharp operator, a keen record chief, and has a keen appreciation of what the… — Bing Crosby
The other day I got out the shower and I bend down to reach for a towel, and I felt a sharp pain in my… — Eddie Murphy
That sound in tune to you? Sounds sharp to me. Sounds like I'm playing sharp all the time. My singing teacher told us you should… — Charles Mingus
Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed. — Cee Lo Green
Jonathan Lynn is one of the last actors Orsen Welles used in a production. It was wonderful. He's very sharp, very sharp. It's funny I've… — Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Especially like right now, I'm not shooting a show so you get to act. You get to do that stuff, kind of treat everyone as… — Aaron Tveit

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