Grindstones Quotes & Sayings

A dull ax never loves grindstones. — Henry Ward Beecher

I think I've had a shit, Shaya." The poor woman sounded distressed and mortified. "Have I, Grace? Don't lie to me."
"No, you haven't."
"I have, you're lying. Is she lying, Lydia?"
"No," Lydia quickly said, "you haven't, I promise. — Suzanne Wright

I just think that the people who say: 'That's not true' when someone tells a story at dinner are the people who didn't get any laughs when they told their story. — David Sedaris

A body is a living entity. It represents life, freedom, sensuality, and it is a mechanism to carry out our thoughts. A body is always beautiful to me. It depends on the individual work and what I do with it and what kind of idea lies behind it - if age matters or not. But in my group works, the only difference is how far people can go if it rains, snows etc. — Spencer Tunick

The spirit of the four hobbits in 'Lord of the Rings,' I suppose I miss that. — Ian McKellen

People who live according to the pure code of honor are not governed by the profit motive; they are governed by the thymotic urge, the quest for recognition. They seek the sort of glory that can be won only by showing strength in confrontation with death. — David Brooks

Once you make a studio 700 million dollars or so, or whatever the insane number is, then they finally seem to trust you, no matter how off-the-wall your project is. — Shia Labeouf

Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are. — Jose Ortega Y Gasset

He warned me of the lion's den and I am glad I didn't listen. — Malak El Halabi

POW 369, I should salute you from this heart of mine. And thank you for placing your life on the line. — Darryl Worley

Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery. — Fulton J. Sheen

We encounter the grinding wheels that sharpen our mental blades many places in life. Adversity, school, parents, spiritual guides, books, experience are all sharpening teachers. As we grow older, to stay sharp we must find new grindstones to whet and sharpen our potential and keep us at our brightest, most penetrating best. — Rob Kall

That's the nature of grief: It's a creature with many arms but few legs, and it staggers about, searching for support. — Yann Martel

Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that he suffers one tragedy and one setback after another, through sheer force of will, he becomes something extraordinary: not only the president but the person who almost single-handedly united the country. — Seth Grahame-Smith