Sharp Quotes
863 quotes by 710 authors
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My brethren, let me say, be like Christ at all times. Imitate him in "public." Most of us live in some sort of public capacity-many…
— Charles Spurgeon
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How many thorns of human nature - hard, sharp, lifeless protuberances that tear and wound us, narrow prejudices, bristling conceits that repel and disgust us…
— John Burroughs
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The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.
— Gautama Buddha
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He was a bit like a corkscrew. Twisted, cold and sharp.
— Kate Cruise O'Brien
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Principles are like sheaths. It doesn't have the sharp edge to cut something, but it can cover that sharp edge. So that no one gets…
— Choi Woo-seok
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Civilization sails prettily like a child's rubber balloon until it hits a sharp object; then it is likely to collapse like the balloon.
— Austin O'Malley
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What I am saying, I suppose, is that you write as if everyone is dead. Then you face the music. I don't know any other…
— Lynn Freed
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The stories in Dawn Raffel's astonishing Further Adventures in the Restless Universe as as sharp and bright as stars.
— Elissa Schappell
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Strange the workings of the heart. One could go on for years, habituated to loss, reconciled to it, and then, in a moments unwary thought,…
— Donna Woolfolk Cross
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It's been so long since I've let myself feel anger that I don't just feel it. It covers my mouth and I swallow it down,…
— Ally Condie
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It is a pink and blue feeling, as sharp as clear sky; a slight breeze, and the edges of Lake Nakuru would rise like the…
— Binyavanga Wainaina
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The difference between Pride Jaguar and the Drago-Kazov? A Jaguar will stab you in the back to gain an advantage. a Dragan will stab you…
— Charlemagne
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It's about whittling. It's about taking something and whittling and whittling and getting it sharp and perfect. Then you've got something.
— James Victore
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If a product is more expensive than another one and more sustainable in ecology, consumers will not buy it. We're in a very sharp competitive…
— Jean-Claude Van Damme
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At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us…
— Walter Pater
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He was always smoothing and polishing himself, and in the end he became blunt before he was sharp.
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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One of the chief symptoms of every revolution is the sharp and sudden increase in the number of ordinary people who take an active, independent…
— Vladimir Lenin
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Biophobia is as much a part of a politician's basic equipment as a sharp suit.
— John Derbyshire
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A true chocolate lover finds ways to accommodate his passion and make it work with his lifestyle. One key, not just to keeping weight down…
— Julie Davis
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Doing things the way you see it, going by your own heart and soul, that is pure artistic integrity. Whether the hair is six or…
— Lars Ulrich
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