Sharpening Quotes

47 quotes by 43 authors

To see the butcher slap the steak before he laid it on the block, and give his knife a sharpening, was to forget breakfast instantly.… — Charles Dickens
If there is pain, use it as an awareness, as meditation, as a sharpening of the soul. And when pleasure is there, use it as… — Rajneesh
The healthy being craves an occasional wildness, a jolt from normality, a sharpening of the edge of appetite, his own little festival of Saturnalia, a… — Robert Morrison MacIver
As for your doctrines I am prepared to go to the Stake if requisite ... I trust you will not allow yourself to be in… — Thomas Huxley
But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The author may not be aware… — Diane Johnson
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. — Laozi
I play around with my Japanese Garden. Since Im half way to 70 today I need to start pruning trees and sharpening plants like an… — Jason Bateman
Giant agencies are wobbling like drunkardsâ€¦ the rest of you should be sharpening your knives, — Dan Wieden
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your… — Laozi
There is a flickering spark in us all which, if struck at just the right age...can light the rest of our lives, elevating our ideals,… — Ronald Reagan
In an age when other fantastically speedy, widespread media are triumphing, and running the risk of flattening all communication onto a single, homogenous surface, the… — Italo Calvino
Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a… — Graeme Le Saux
The first bowl sleekly moistened throat and lips, The second banished all my loneliness The third expelled the dullness from my mind, Sharpening inspiration gained… — Lu Tong
I'd like to thank Sony for their gracious hospitality, and for not repeatedly punching me in the face. If I seem a little nervous, it's… — Gabe Newell
Invention is activity of mind, as fire is air in motion; a sharpening of the spiritual sight, to discern hidden aptitudes. — Martin Farquhar Tupper
A wild boar was sharpening his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a fox came by and asked, Why are… — Aesop
The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like… — Jerry Pournelle
The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast, are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The People's Liberation Army should play the role of shock troops, overcoming fatigue and sharpening vigilance to make new contributions. — Jiang Zemin
I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife. — Zora Neale Hurston

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