Sharpeners Quotes

#1. I whispered across the bars to Jackaby as I rose, "Shall I tell them the truth?"
"Have you killed anyone?" he asked, quietly.
"No, of course not!"
"Then I can't imagine why you shouldn't.

William Ritter

#2. To move wild laughter in the throat of death?
It cannot be, it is impossible:
Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.

William Shakespeare

#3. Health can be squandered, but not stored up.

Mason Cooley

#4. Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!

Roald Dahl

#5. Some people eat, some people drink, some people smoke. I Pledge.

Johnny Weir

#6. Don't be a smart aleck," Hungry said.
"But it cheers me up," I said.

Lemony Snicket

#7. The man doesn't look like he belongs in a world of parking tickets and potted begonias and pencil sharpeners. But he can learn, the way you have.

Yoon Ha Lee

#8. Whatever you desire in your life requires action

Akosua Dardaine Edwards

#9. Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language.

Gary Johnson

#10. Divine life is basically the inner freedom to choose the right and the good spontaneously.

Thomas Keating

#11. A Court of equity knows its own province.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#12. A lot of songs you write are just for exercise - just pencil sharpeners.

Harlan Howard

#13. God makes everything better.

Iris Long

#14. The best way of creating motivation is to do something. If you take action, motivation will follow.

Mensah Oteh

#15. At dinner my man appeares.

George Herbert

#16. Obedience without knowledge is blind, and knowledge without obedience is lame.

Thomas Watson

#17. Because that's how snobs deal with uncomfortable subjects. We belittle their importance, laugh at them, and change the subject to weather or sport.

L. H. Cosway

#18. I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't even type! I had no skills whatsoever outside of show business.

Helen Reddy

#19. Difficult times are sharpeners for the mind

Ela Crain