Sharp Tongue Quotes

• A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

  Washington Irving

  Birthday, Anger, Age

  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon "Rip Van Winkle" (1819 - 1820)

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• The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.

  Gautama Buddha

  Motivational, Positive, Inspiring

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• He who dares to speak with a razor sharp tongue, shall in end, bare the final scar.

  Robert M. Hensel

  Finals, Razors, Tongue

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• The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

  Josh Billings

  Inspirational, Funny, Time

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• A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Tongue, Spirit, Comic

  Louisa May Alcott (2010). “Little Women”, p.60, Lulu.com

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• I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.

  Karen Armstrong

  Struggle, Tongue, Impatient

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• she got a reputation for an easy smile and a sharp tongue, and using one to balance the other, she seemed friendly but distant

  Dorothy Allison

  Balance, Friendly, Tongue

  Dorothy Allison (2005). “Bastard Out of Carolina: A Novel”, p.18, Penguin

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• Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.

  Mao Zedong

  Glitter, Legs, Tongue

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• It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.

  George W. Bush

  Years, Elbows, Tongue

  "Three's a Crowd in Presidential Race?". "CNN Crossfire", www.cnn.com. February 23, 2004.

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• Why are we so attached to the severities of the past? Why are we so proud of having endured our fathers and our mothers, the fireless days and the meatless days, the cold winters and the sharp tongues? It's not as if we had a choice.

  Hilary Mantel

  Mother, Father, Winter

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• I think [ Lars Von Trier] is a fantastic filmmaker. No question. You've got to be ready for him. He's sharp and he's got a sharp tongue and I love that. He doesn't mind it back.

  John Hurt

  Thinking, Mind, Tongue

  Source: www.filmslatemagazine.com

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• She had been the quiet, rather plain girl, with a surprisingly sharp tongue if she was put out, lovely eyes and pretty hair and a way of looking very directly at one. Now he had to admit that she had become more important to him than anyone else in the world. The idea of a future without her wasn't to be borne. She had by some mysterious metamorphosis become more beautiful than anyone else he had ever encountered.

  Betty Neels

  Beautiful, Girl, Eye

  Betty Neels (2012). “Roses Have Thorns”, p.48, Harlequin

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• What are you?” She demanded. “My dad? Osiris? Are you even alive?” Dad looked at Anubis. “What did I tell you about her? Fiercer than Ammit, I said.” “You didn’t need to tell me that.” Anubis’s face was grave. “I’ve learned to fear that sharp tongue.” Sadie looked outraged. “Excuse me?

  Rick Riordan

  Dad, Osiris, Anubis

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