Words Like Knives Quotes

#1. My weapon has always been language, and I've always used it, but it has changed. Instead of shaping the words like knives now, I think they're flowers, or bridges.

Sandra Cisneros

#2. Checking voicemail is like, "When's the other shoe going to drop?" I'm always afraid it's going to be terrible news I don't want to hear.

Annie E. Clark

#3. The religious situation of our people is very unstable. This is because of the lack of religious teachers and other dedicated people. As a result Fiji Indians are like an unsteady boat in a whirlpool.

Totaram Sanadhya

#4. Frank, this case is a publicity stunt and a shakedown. My clients did nothing illegal, and you and I both know I'll have no problem proving that to a jury. So there's no reason to discuss your ridiculous settlement offer any further. Call me when somebody sees a penis.

Julie James

#5. To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education.

Melanie Griffith

#6. Having a tradition is a great thing to work within, and maybe today [it] is the only way to really land musically dramatic work.

Alan Menken

#7. Fairness is not an attitude. It's a professional skill that must be developed and exercised.

Brit Hume

#8. I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.

Pam Dawber

#9. A distinction to which they had been born gave no pride.

Jane Austen

#10. Words were his weapon of choice, and he used them like knives.

Sydney Landon

#11. Words are like butter Rolling off my lips Cut like a knife And now I'm sinking battleships

Geri Halliwell

#12. Mystery always there in my words, now these are knives and will shine like Swords
-Samar Sudha

Samar Sudha

#13. I am yours," she whispered. The words cut like knives, barely out of her mouth before he stole them, sealing them with his own lips.

Kiersten White

#14. Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.

Anne Bronte

#15. I think young people should have a lot of fun. But I never seem to have any.

Syd Barrett

#16. One cannot deny the great role women have played in the world community. My flight was yet another impetus to continue this female contribution.

Valentina Tereshkova

#17. When he spoke, his words seared through the air like so many knives, clipped as topiary, crisp as biscuits.

Terry Pratchett

#18. I'm always wary of beautiful women who carry knives." The chief laughed. "The wise words of someone who has experienced the wrath of one such lady and has a story I would like to hear." "I promise when this is over, the story is all yours." So long as I wasn't dead first.

Steve McHugh

#19. The prose is deeply inspired by the tension between post- totalitarianism and consumer democracy. I am constantly probing the soft fleshy parts of the American dream.

Alina Stefanescu

#20. Words are like knives ... If you use it the wrong way it transforms into a bad weapon.

Gosho Aoyama