Sharpened Quotes

63 quotes by 61 authors

Donâ€™t you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils… — Meg Ryan
Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema. — James Broughton
To experience the satisfaction and enjoyment of success in life, a definitive goal is essential. Many people fail at this vital point. The goal must… — Norman Vincent Peale
Be your strong and simple words Keen to wound as sharpened swords, And wide as targes let them be, With their shade to cover ye. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Even today we raise our hand against our brother... We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep, and we have sharpened our ideas… — Pope Francis
To this wonderful page in our country's history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free… — Giuseppe Garibaldi
A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you. — Henri Matisse
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has… — George Washington
God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel. — Tullian Tchividjian
Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants. I'll have a… — Betty Smith
The present flowed by them like a stream. The tree rustled. It had made music before they were born, and would continue after their deaths,… — E. M. Forster
If you show someone something you've written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, â€˜When youâ€™re readyâ€™. — David Mitchell
There was a beauty in the trash of the alleys which I had never noticed before; my vision seemed sharpened, rather than impaired. As I… — Philip K. Dick
Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened… — Nora Ephron
The desert sharpened the sweet ache of his longing, amplified it, gave shape to it in sere geology and clean slant of light. — Jon Krakauer
No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation. — Georgette Heyer
If you've never been in a dumpster coated with industrial waste while someone stabs you with a piece of sharpened rebar, then you probably wouldn't… — S.G. Browne
So is there any part of you thatâ€™s not a lethal weapon? (Kiara) No. Even my wits are sharpened. (Nykyrian) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Although I am an anarch, I am not anti-authoritarian. Quite the opposite: I need authority, although I do not believe in it. My critical faculties… — Ernst Junger
Before Clary could respond, Jaceâ€™s eyes slid open. He looked up at the warlock, dazzled and dizzy. â€œWhat are you doing here?â€ Magnus grinned down… — Cassandra Clare

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