Cutting Edge Quotes

• The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

  Diane Arbus

  Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

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• The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

  Jacob Bronowski

  Inspirational, Cutting, Hands

  Ascent of Man (1973) ch. 3

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• The research rat of the future allows experimentation without manipulation of the real world. This is the cutting edge of modeling technology.

  John Spencer

  Real, Cutting, Technology

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• The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

  Jacob Bronowski

  Understanding, World, Ascent

  Ascent of Man (1973) ch. 3

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• I think when you're doing something cutting edge like 'The Matrix,' it might mean when everybody's saying 'no' that you're really on the right track.

  Lorenzo di Bonaventura

  Mean, Cutting, Thinking

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• I'm a happy camper because by doing this I have an opportunity to be on the cutting edge of research.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Cutting, Opportunity, Research

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• I want to be cutting-edge.

  Missy Elliot

  Cutting, Want, Edges

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• Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and wisdom.

  M. Scott Peck

  Problem, Road Less Traveled, Road Less Travelled

  M. Scott Peck (2001). “Wisdom from the Road Less Traveled”, p.14, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• To eat the boiled head of a pig sliced like salami is very strange. It may seem cutting edge, but it's actually a lot older than any of the other traditional salami.

  Mario Batali

  Cutting, Pigs, May

  "The Traditions of the Table". Interview with Bruce Cole, www.neh.gov. January, 2004.

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• In New York and LA, there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something.

  Sloane Crosley

  New York, Cutting, Competition

  "Sloane Crosley Adjusts To The Writerly Life". Interview with Shane Ferro, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 22, 2011.

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• We're traditional and don't do cutting-edge styles, but after 17 years we're holding our own.

  Jaclyn Smith

  Cutting, Hands, Years

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• In New York and L.A., there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something. You end up having a conversation with how the world receives your work, especially if you are writing narrative, not fiction. Sometimes it is an awkward conversation. It's like group therapy.

  Sloane Crosley

  New York, Writing, Cutting

  "Sloane Crosley Adjusts To The Writerly Life". Interview with Shane Ferro, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 22, 2011.

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• The highly skilled workers at Lima have enabled the plant to grow far beyond its original mission, now providing a wide variety of cutting-edge military vehicles and equipment to the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.

  Michael Oxley

  Military, Cutting, Marine

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• The financial world is at the cutting edge of high technology.

  Robert Harris

  Cutting, Technology, World

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• Everything we are doing is on the cutting edge of so many different industries and so many different interests. We're out there in the sunshine, and it feels fine.

  Hilary Rosen

  Sunshine, Cutting, Different

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• Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.

  Henry Ford

  Business, Cutting, Competition

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• It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

  M. Scott Peck

  Life, Growing Up, Problem

  M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• Putting women in military combat is the cutting edge of the feminist goal to force us into an androgynous society.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Military, Cutting, Goal

  "Women Don't Belong In Ground Combat". eagleforum.org. June 1, 2005.

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• The politician is trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded, because if they have a cutting edge they may later return to wound him.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Art, Cutting, Political

  Address at London Guildhall, October 19, 1959.

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• There is no reason why, with the huge potential for market out there in the world for fuel-efficient vehicles, we can't be the cutting edge for change.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Cutting, Reason Why, Fuel

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• Kids are taking PCs and the Internet to new heights. They're the ones that are designing the cutting-edge web sites.

  Bill Gates

  Kids, Cutting, Design

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• If we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans to master the tools and technology that will change the way we do just about everything.

  Barack Obama

  Cutting, Technology, America

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• It is in the whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn.

  M. Scott Peck

  Pain, Adversity, Cutting

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• The mind is the cutting edge of the evolving event system.

  Terence McKenna

  Cutting, Mind, Events

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• There has been a seismic shift in the business world. The great classical business principles still hold true but they need to be fused with cutting edge internet technology.

  Harvey Mackay

  Cutting, Technology, Principles

  "Harvey Mackay Book Interview : THE MACKAY MBA OF SELLING IN THE REAL WORLD". Interview with David Dalka, www.daviddalka.com. November 29, 2011.

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