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- The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them. — Austin O'Malley
- (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,… — John Milton
- We're left with so little to go on. Only the present is full enough to seem complete, and even that is an… — Ivan Vladislavic
- Men can't be trusted with pruning shears any more than they can be trusted with the grocery money in a delicatessen .… — Phyllis McGinley
- As I search the archives of my memory I seem to discern six types or methods [of judicial writing] which divide themselves… — Benjamin Cardozo
- The finished product is not finished when the actor is. The work is completed by a pair of shears. — Josef von Sternberg
- The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks… — Dean Koontz
- Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone… — Sydney Smith