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Sharper Quotes

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Any person, brought into the presence of this fact, stops for a few moments and remains pensive and silent; and then generally leaves, carrying with him forever a sharper, keener sense of our incessant motion through space.
Leon Foucault

Children have very sharp powers of observation - probably sharper than adults - yet at the same time their emotional reactions are murky and much more primitive.
Donna Tartt

For those broadcasters who are less than responsible, the FCC needs to have sharper teeth to enforce the law.
Fred Upton

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
William Shakespeare

How thoroughly it is ingrained in mathematical science that every real advance goes hand in hand with the invention of sharper tools and simpler methods which, at the same time, assist in understanding earlier theories and in casting aside some more complicated developments.
David Hilbert

I like to have Chinese furniture in my home as a constant and painful reminder of how much has been destroyed in China. The contrast between the beauty of the past and the ugliness of the modern is nowhere sharper than in China.
Jung Chang

Is there a sharper commentary on American culture and the world than The Simpsons?
Anthony Bourdain

Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.
Christine de Pisan

My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
Chief Joseph

Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life.
Charles Lamb

The Berlin Defence suited my strategy for the match. I had a defensive strategy - Actually, I had in my pocket some other sharper stuff to fall back on - but first I wanted to try the defensive strategy with Black and it worked so well.
Vladimir Kramnik

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.
Walter Benjamin

The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.
Washington Irving

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Eden Phillpotts

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Bertrand Russell

There is a cliche that men want their women to be ladies in public and hookers behind closed doors. I want my woman to be the sharper image robot so that she can be turned off.
Al Goldstein

Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds.
Norman McLaren

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.
Samuel Johnson

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
Donald Rumsfeld






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