Blades Quotes

• Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

  James M. Barrie

  Weapons, Temper

  James M. Barrie (2013). “The Little Minister (Illustrated Edition)”, p.94, Jazzybee Verlag

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• A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Inspirational, Hands, Knives

  Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.418, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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• A blunt blade is more dangerous than a sharp one

  Ray Mears

  Blunt, Dangerous

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• Steel True, Blade Straight.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Tombstone, Steel

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, p.12, Arthur Conan Doyle

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• Reality is like a face reflected in the blade of a knife; its properties depend on the angle from which we view it.

  Hsing Yun

  Reality, Views, Knives

  Hsing Yun (2016). “Describing the Indescribable: A Commentary on the Diamond Sutra”, p.128, Simon and Schuster

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• We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke strops our vice.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Time, Integrity, Vices

  Henry David Thoreau (1975). “Early Essays and Miscellanies”, p.224, Princeton University Press

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• It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Worry, Stressed

  Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Lectures to young men, on various important subjects”, p.303

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• It's like a razor blade edging its way through my organs, shredding me, all I can think is: It will kill me, it will kill me, it will kill me. And I don't care.

  Lauren Oliver

  Thinking, Razors, Care

  "Delirium". Book by Lauren Oliver, January 1, 2011.

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• No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.

  Steven Brust

  Knives, Style, Wizards

  Steven Brust (2003). “The Book of Athyra”, p.134, Penguin

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• One! two! and through and through The vorpal blade went snickersnack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.

  Lewis Carroll

  Two, Left

  'Through the Looking-Glass' (1872) ch. 1

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• I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.

  Oksana Baiul

  Edmonton, Use, Boots

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• And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.

  Jonathan Swift

  Country, Agriculture, Race

  Gulliver's Travels "A Voyage to Brobdingnag" ch. 7 (1726)

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• Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation's tears in shoulder blades.

  Boris Pasternak

  Running, Sweet, Night

  LIFE magazine, June 13, 1960.

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• I wasn't a big science fiction aficionado, there were a few films like 2001 or Blade Runner that were favorites of mine, but since I started this series I have gained more respect for the genre and become more of a fan myself.

  Joe Flanigan

  Blade Runner, Fans, Fiction

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• I would like to see a fierce Fantasia mixed with Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars all in one. That's the kind of movies I want to make.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Stars, War, Blade Runner

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• But the community knew Blade, and everybody but us was shocked at the box office, and subsequently the DVD. That was the beginning of the DVD revolution, and Blade was just like wildfire.

  Avi Arad

  Dvds, Office, Community

  Interview With Ken P., www.ign.com. February 10, 2004.

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• It's a nice visual. I had just done Blade and I put on more weight for Blade and I thought I might as well use it so I kept it and added a little more. I wanted him to be a big bear.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Nice, Use, Done

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• I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese.

  Iain Banks

  Thinking, Blade Runner, Looks

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• Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms of science fiction. It set the pace for what is essentially urban science fiction, urban future and it's why I've never re-visited that area because I feel I've done it.

  Ridley Scott

  Science, Two, Years

  "Exclusive Print Interview with Sir Ridley Scott for Gladiator". Female First Interview, www.femalefirst.co.uk. September 13, 2005.

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• There seemed to be some heavenly support beneath his shoulder blades that lifted his feet from the ground in ecstatic suspension, as if he secretly enjoyed the ability to fly but was walking as a compromise to convention.

  Zelda Fitzgerald

  Feet, Support, Compromise

  Zelda Fitzgerald (2013). “Save Me the Waltz: A Novel”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't want to be just another blade of grass.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Want, Grass, Blades Of Grass

  "All Men are Mortal". Book by Simone de Beauvoir, 1946.

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• There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.

  John Calvin

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Nature

  "The Value of Convenience: Genealogy of Technical Culture". Book by Thomas F. Tierney (p. 128), 1993.

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• I'm big and a lot of the stars are smaller so if you're big and mean looking, you play bad guys. After Blade Runner, I was the meanest guy in Hollywood.

  Brion James

  Stars, Mean, Play

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• Every blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers, "Grow, grow." - The Talmud

  Sapphire

  Angel, Grass, Grows

  Sapphire (1996). “Push: A Novel”, Vintage

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• The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

  Henry Miller

  Motivational, Beauty, Gratitude

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