Sharpened Quotes

63 quotes by 61 authors

I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of… — Kate Chopin
Success is meaningless if you can't sleep at night because of harsh things said, petty secrets sharpened against hard and stony regret, just waiting to… — Margaret Cho
I try to remember that the job - as well as the plight, and the unexpected joy - of the artist is to embrace uncertainty,… — Dani Shapiro
The American Indian, once proud and free, is torn now between White and tribal values; between the politics and language of the White man and… — Lyndon B. Johnson
In any case, the bayonet isn't as important as it used to be. It's more usual now to go into the attack with hand-grenades and… — Erich Maria Remarque
A photograph is not merely a substitute for a glance. It is a sharpened vision. It is the revelation of new and important facts. — Sid Grossman
I refer to my hands, feet and body as the tools of the trade. The hands and feet must be sharpened and improved daily to… — Bruce Lee
The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things. — Ben Vereen
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
Who hasn't sharpened the edge of his soul? When, just as our eyes are opened, we see hate, and just after learning to walk, we… — Pablo Neruda
There comes a voluptuous moment when the senses and the whole skin tingle with a sharpened awareness of the body and the world around. — Anton Ehrenzweig
Every family has a story that it tells itself, that it passes on to the children and grandchildren. The story grows over the years, mutates,… — A.M. Homes
The hydrogen bomb is not the answer to the Western peoples' dream of full and final insurance of their security ... While it has increased… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Of whatever class or nation, however, all successful participants in the repetitive and unrelenting stress of aerial fighting came eventually to display its characteristic physiognomy:… — John Keegan
The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from… — William Alexander
Painting to me is addictive. These are moments when it is inspiring, but they are few and far between. I keep my tools sharpened for… — Jamie Wyeth
Circumstances may accumulate so strongly even against an innocent man, that directed, sharpened, and pointed, they may slay him. — Charles Dickens
What society needs is broad men sharpened to a point. — Nicholas Murray Butler
Anyone who is honestly trying to be a Christian will soon find his intelligence being sharpened: one of the reasons why it needs no special… — C.S. Lewis

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