Sharpe Quotes & Sayings

All is fair in love, war and tax evasion. — Tom Sharpe

The man who said the pen was mightier than the sword ought to have tried reading "The Mill on the Floss" to Motor Mechanics. — Tom Sharpe

See, I can talk to the pretty man like a real grown up if I try hard enough. — Dennis Sharpe

Apparently you can do lots of things very skilfully while asleep, Mr. Sharpe, but attending my class does not seem to be one of them. — Holly Black

We have a hieroglyphical inscription in the British Museum as early as the reign of Sevechus of the eighth century before the Christian era, showing that the doctrine of Trinity in Unity already formed part of their religion and that ... the three gods only made one person. — Samuel Sharpe

I follow where the story goes. Always. Every time. Sometimes it goes places where I'm not comfortable ... it's at those times that I just listen to my characters, hold on with both hands, and trust that my readers won't lynch me later. — Dennis Sharpe

Without TD, we don't win Super Bowls. That's fact. — Shannon Sharpe

Yet to complain of the world's unfairness was the same as grumbling that the sun was hot or that the wind sometimes changed its direction. Unfairness existed, it always had and it always would, and the miracle, to Sharpe's eyes, was that some men like Hill and Wellesley, though they had become wealthy and privileged through unfair advantages, were nevertheless superb at what they did. — Bernard Cornwell

I try to keep in mind" I recite dryly as I run the front sight of my pistol over his face, "that my life is only as significant, as I am to the lives of others."
He's sobbing and won't look up from the floor so I lean close to his ear and ask softly, "Would you say that I'm significant to your life? — Dennis Sharpe

Luke Willson ... I believe will have as many catches and more yards than Rob Gronkowski. — Sterling Sharpe

If a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, a lot was lethal. — Tom Sharpe

In the end, Nora, there's only time. All we have is time ... and even if this wasn't happening, we still don't ever have much ... no one does. We only have the moment we're in. We have right now. — Dennis Sharpe

We walk into the rest of our lives together, not knowing it'll end before it's truly started. — Tess Sharpe

Precisely who are you,Captain Sharpe?"
He looked into that beautiful, treacherous face and a sweep of lust rushed through him. "You want to know who I am? Well, I am the devil incarnate and you,my sweet, are about to pay the devil's due. — Kat Martin

I have yet to met a liberal who can withstand the attrition of prolonged discussion of the unessentials. — Tom Sharpe

She looked at him like it physically hurt her not to speak, and yet she stayed silent. — Dennis Sharpe

When I first started shooting 'Sharpe,' back in the early 1990s, I'd kiss my two elder daughters goodbye at the end of August - Evie wasn't even born then - and I wouldn't see them again until Christmas. That was tough. They were hard times. — Sean Bean

Do you two know each other?" Jason asked.
She jerked her hand away, thankful Trent let go. "No."
"Yes," Trent said at the same time.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Jason take a few steps back. "Okay then. I'm going to catch up with Sharpe. When you two figure out whether you know each other or not, find me. — Savannah Stuart

A lie's true power cannot be accurately measured by the number of people who believe its deception when it is told, it must be measured by the number of people who will go out after hearing it trying to convince others of its truth. — Dennis Sharpe

Because what's life
Without happiness
And where's happiness
Without risk — Dennis Sharpe

Do go on,' he said. 'There's nothing I enjoy more than listening to a highly trained intelligence leapfrogging common sense and coming to the wrong conclusions. It gives me renewed faith in parliamentary democracy. — Tom Sharpe

It must be horny douchebag day, she mumbled under her breath as she slid the bag's strap up on her shoulder. — Dennis Sharpe

Jehovah's Witness? Don't sweat it. I'm going to hell, already booked my ticket. Bright side? I'm pagan. Your hell is my heaven ... if for no other reason than you won't be there. — Dennis Sharpe

Standing in front of him I wipe his liquid from the corner of my mouth and stare deeply. I can see the panic in his eyes. I can smell his fear, deep, rich and growing, and for the first time tonight I'm actually aroused. — Dennis Sharpe

Nobody gets me like paper and pen — Lisa Sharpe

To one degree or another we all fight against preconceptions nearly every day. The wisest people I know don't compare their fight to that of others. Everything is relative through the lens of personal struggle.
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes ... mine are often those who are fighting their fight in public. Unashamed. Proud. An example.
Heroes aren't perfect. They have faults and flaws. They stumble from time to time. They are heroes, though, because they correct themselves ... and set an example, intended or not, for the world observing them ... even, and especially, to those who would love nothing more than to see them fail.
Stay Strong! — Dennis Sharpe

A sad, plangent music. In the British camp, Sharpe thought, they would be singing, but no one was singing here. — Bernard Cornwell

We have the Annunciation, the Conception, the Birth and the Adoration, as described in the first and second chapters of Luke's gospel; and as we have historical assurance that the chapters in Matthew's gospel which contain the miraculous birth are an after addition not in the earliest manuscripts, it seems probable that these two poetical chapters in Luke may also be unhistorical, and borrowed from the Egyptian accounts of the miraculous births of their kings. — Samuel Sharpe

Philip Sharpe was a soldier in God's army," says the minister. "Now he marches with the angels. — Holly Black

Yes, the wind came up
" Mrs. Sharpe began. She paused.
"And changed us all," Petra said softly. — Blue Balliett

Lack of education," old Mrs. Sharpe said thoughtfully, "is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive. They had no resources at all. — Josephine Tey

Now that I've started touching her, I can't seem to stop. Like somehow the language of my hands will tell her all the things I don't know how to say out loud. — Holly Black

This was too much for him to handle. It was like watching memories of his life play out from a different camera angle, sometimes with new scenes added. He was living DVD extras. — Dennis Sharpe

We can go somewhere more private if you'd like ... Buck I whisper softly in his ear, pulling back almost as slowly as the wicked grin spreads across my face. His perverse smile hides nothing. I have him now, hook, line and zipper. — Dennis Sharpe

Sharpe wanted to be ready and so he untied the rag from his musket's lock and stuffed it into the pocket where he kept the ring Mary had given him. The ring, a plain band of worn silver, had belonged to Sergeant Bickerstaff, Mary's husband, but the Sergeant was dead now and Green had taken Bickerstaff's sergeant's stripes and Sharpe his bed. — Bernard Cornwell

Frederick the Great once said that the greatest crime in war is not to make the wrong decision, but to make no decision.' Again the Prince gestured at Sharpe with the brandy glass. 'You should remember that axiom, Sharpe!' Sharpe did not even know what an axiom was, but he nodded respectfully. 'I will, sir. — Bernard Cornwell

Ray Lewis is the type of guy, if he were in a fight with a bear I wouldn't help him, I'd pour honey on him because he likes to fight. That's the type of guy Ray Lewis is. — Shannon Sharpe

The things this man does to me are beyond what I feel should be possible. Butterflies. Fucking butterflies. Damn him. — Dennis Sharpe

Some people have a lot of time, but no money--
It's because they don't work hard enough.
Some people have a lot of money, but no time--
It's because they don't work smart enough.
The most successful people have both. — Bob Sharpe

You have two choices, sweetheart. Answer my questions, or get a monster new facial piercing. — Dennis Sharpe

The number of choirboys indecently assaulted annually by vicars and churchwardens may lead you to suppose that England is a deeply religious country. I — Tom Sharpe

Giving inspiration to a lawyer, Sharpe thought sourly, was like feeding fine brandy to a rat. — Bernard Cornwell

It was funny, Richard Sharpe thought, that there were no vultures in England. — Bernard Cornwell

I thought Denver and Seattle was a big game but Houston and Dallas is the kind of game that as players, we want to play in. I haven't missed playing in the National Football League, but every year there are one or two games that makes me wish I could tee it up in that game one more time. — Sterling Sharpe

How do you know it won't be duels at dawn when you tell him you've accepted my proposal of marriage?"
"Don't be ridiculous. He's not that hotheaded. Though I daresay he may try to ... er ... knock some sense into you. He and Jarret. And possibly Gabe."
"Our bargain is looking better and better all the time," he said drily. "I get to fight the Sharpe men while you stand around pretending to care." He came close enough to whisper, "I will definitely require a few kisses of you if that comes to pass, minx."
-Giles and Minerva — Sabrina Jeffries

For the first time in Rex Ryan's career as a head coach, his offense is now better than his defense. — Sterling Sharpe

[P]ower is at its most potent when it can operate silently. — J.A. Sharpe

Twilight is to Vampires what My Little Pony is to Kentucky Derby Winning Horses. — Dennis Sharpe

Bugger Shekhar. How about a bibbi instead?"
"Maybe I'll read."
"Your choice," Sharpe said carelessly. — Bernard Cornwell

Just what do you plan to do, Sharpe?" the Lieutenant asked.
"Don't know, sir. Won't know till we get there."
"You're going to the mine?"
"Aye, sir."
"There'll be guards."
"Like as not."
"And only two of us."
"I can count, sir." Sharpe grinned. "It's reading I find hard. But my letters are coming on, aren't they? — Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he's full of confidence - but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease. — Sean Bean

Sometimes, we need little lies to save our pride. And sometimes we need big lies to save our souls. — Bettie Sharpe

I won't talk about someone's mother. I won't talk about their girlfriend or their wife, but if you have a deformity, I would talk about that. — Shannon Sharpe

The Cincinnati Bengals look like the most complete team in the National Football League. I can't wait to see how they match up against New England. — Sterling Sharpe

Like all men who look this good, Frank has no interest in women. — Dennis Sharpe

Some investments do have higher expected returns than others. Which ones? Well, by and large they're the ones that will do the worst in bad times. — William Forsyth Sharpe

Even thought our problems had driven us up there, it was as if they had somehow, like Daleks, been unable to climb the stairs. — Nick Hornby

But is it likely? No. — Isaac Sharpe

So here we sit on the island of misfit lovers. The broken, the maimed, the malformed, who still, all sensible evidence to the contrary, believe in love, crave love. — Isabel Sharpe

many small streams will join to make a mighty river. — Christopher Sharpe

Still the most intense pleasure's but a splinter of ice on the gallons of lava that gush from my cracked heart. — Matthew Sharpe

Like almost every truly horrible thing that has ever happened in the history of our world, the end also began with a kiss. — Dennis Sharpe

I'm not left-wing, or right-wing. With only one wing I couldn't fly, and I just couldn't have that. — Dennis Sharpe

Special thanks to Martha Sharpe and everyone at Anansi; to Mandy Barber, for the use of her stunning visual art; to Karen Mac Cormack, for her advice during the early stages of this project; and to David Bromige (weaver of radhats), for his enthusiasm which encouraged me to develop this piece into a book-length poem. — Darren Wershler-Henry

Tell Ray to put the eyeliner, the lipstick and the high heels away. I'm not saying he's a cross-dresser, that's just what I heard. — Shannon Sharpe

He continued holding her but slid her soft frame down his body until her lips were even with his. She wound her hands through his hair, her hot mouth tasting his as their breaths mingled. Much hotter breath blew on his cheek, followed by a knicker and a wet nose. — Abigail Sharpe

This was the dilemma of cosmetic psychopharmacology: we wanted to be happy but we worried that maybe there was something even more important than happiness that we'd unwisely be giving up in the bargain. — Katherine Sharpe

From the necks up ... well, whoever said two heads are better than one never met a hydra. — Tera Lynn Childs

I think Edward Sharpe's music is counter-cultural music in the strangest sense where you have a time now where love, optimism, hope and community are uncool and not part of the mainstream culture. — Alex Ebert

You know where I'm going to be, and you'll know where I've been every step of my way to get there. You've made a hobby out of taking things away from me ... a lot of them I never even knew to miss, but I know now. I know what you just took, and there's no way you're taking anything else from me. It's time for me to start taking from you," Wednesday said with a confidence in her voice that even she noticed and was proud to hear.
"I thought you said you weren't running from me anymore," Klein said with a laugh in his voice.
Her face was red, and she felt like she was on fire. She managed, summoning all her will, to keep herself from screaming and instead, keep an even and icy voice. "I'm not, you piece of shit. Now, I'm running at you. — Dennis Sharpe

I don't say what I'm thinking. I don't tell him how lucky he is, that he can just sit there and admit it, sheepish, but unashamed. Like it's his right. Like it's okay, because she's supposed to belong to someone like him, instead of someone like me. — Tess Sharpe

CAPM pioneer Bill Sharpe remarked, "I have concluded that I may never see an empirical result that will convince me that it disconfirms any theory," which reiterated Fischer Black's (1993) feeling, "I find theory to be far more powerful than data. — Eric G. Falkenstein

It was Mina this whole time, wasn't it?"

I give him the only thing I can: the cold, hard truth. The one that'll rewrite every memory he has - of him and me, her and me, the two of them, all three of us: "It'll always be Mina. — Tess Sharpe

You are the best kind of killer, Cassel Sharpe, the kind that never has blood on his hands. The kind that never has to sicken at the sight of what he's done, or come to like it too much. — Holly Black

I paid him," Lawford said indignantly.
"If you want a job done properly," Sharpe said, "you do it yourself. Hell! — Bernard Cornwell

There's nothing worse than an introspective drunk. — Tom Sharpe

Hey, Captain Neckbeard! Less talky-talky, more worky-worky! Wednesday shouted rudely down at the man who had been changing the tire. She wasn't planning on taking shit from a tow truck driving hick today or any other day. — Dennis Sharpe

How do you punish a man when your heart beats in his chest? How do you hurt your beloved without also hurting yourself? — Bettie Sharpe

Nothing is wrong with Tom Brady. When you look at the New England Patriots, they are going to have to readjust how they evaluate talent ... You have to bring in some heavy hitters to protect Tom Brady at 37 years old and help him get the ball out of his hands. — Sterling Sharpe

Wow. This place looks classy. The smell of fertilizer and rot is really in this season. Remind me, what are we doing here?" she asked looking at him with a coy smile. "Did we come for bait? — Dennis Sharpe

Why do they put cows over the gates, sir?"
"For the same reason we put images of a tortured man in our churches. Religion. You ask too many questions, Sharpe. — Bernard Cornwell

Bad ideas are sometimes necessary." It sounds so much like an excuse, it's such an addict thing to say, that it makes my skin crawl. — Tess Sharpe

There's nothing quite as funny as someone else's misery - Cassel Sharpe — Holly Black

You know what love is because you've studied it, not because you've felt it. You never will. You know what love is? It's this insidious thing that infects your eyes and ears, spreads to every inch of skin, the follicles of hair on the skin, the lips, the tongue, a hundred million microscopic organisms crawling on you. They commandeer the hollow of your thorax and your guts, your arms, your legs, your head, and other extremities. You cease to be yourself. You are now a vessel of impressions and thoughts of the person you love, of wishes for her, of dreams of her. You're jealous of the air she breathes because she takes it inside her all day and needs it to live; it becomes her, as you want to. You cast your thoughts of her and you an hour, a day, a week, a year, a hundred years into the future. No thought has the power to push itself as far into the future as the thought of love - not even thoughts of fame, or wealth, or death. — Matthew Sharpe

Pretending to care what men think is an art. It takes moments to learn, but lifetimes to master. I'd like to believe I'm an expert. — Dennis Sharpe

The nature of risk may be the single most important argument for the use of quantitative analysis in investment management. Neither Investors nor Analysts can be blamed for this fact. Nor can Harry Markowitz. Nature made risk a quadratic function. Markowitz only discovered it. — William Sharpe

That they dared make a town of this wet and sucking thing that vied with my foot for my boot at every step bespoke the glorious and yearning bullshit of men's souls. — Matthew Sharpe

But sometimes they all craved a little bit of danger, of excitement, of meaning, even if only to reinforce how very comfortable and secure their lives really were. — Gemma Malley

But my heart isn't simple or straightforward. It's a complicated mess of wants and needs, boys and girls: soft, rough, and everything in between, an ever-shifting precipice from which to fall. — Tess Sharpe

Reprehension is a kind of middle thing betwixt admonition and correction: it is sharpe admonition, but a milde correction. It is rather to be used because it may be a meanes to prevent strokes and blowes, especially in ingenuous and good natured children. [Blows are] the last remedy which a parent can use: a remedy which may doe good when nothing else can. — William Gouge

There's something I've noticed, sir,' he said, 'ever since we joined up with you in Spain.'
'What's that?'
'That we're always outnumbered and surrounded.'
Sharpe had been listening, not to Harper, but to the day itself. 'Notice anything?' he asked.
'That we're surrounded and outnumbered, sir? — Bernard Cornwell

I'd hoped for someone who was remarkably intelligent, but disadvantaged by home circumstance, someone who only needed an hour's extra tuition a week to become some kind of working-class prodigy. I wanted my hour a week to make the difference between a future addicted to heroin and a future studying English at Oxford. That was the sort of kid I wanted, and instead they'd given me someone whose chief interest was in eating fruit. I mean, what did he need to read for? There's an international symbol for the gents' toilets, and he could always get his mother to tell him what was on television. — Nick Hornby

Truth be told, nobody thought Dell's direct business model would work, at least back in the early 90s. As Bill Sharpe, head of the advertising agency that held the Dell Canada account from 1996 to 2006, told me, "I had a business partner in California who said, we have a client, Dell. It sells computers over the phone, and ships them to you. I said, 'There's no way, who's gonna buy a computer over the phone? They're complicated. — Heather Simmons

It's hard to remain objective, When you've sat awake so long, That you have no depth perception — Dennis Sharpe

So I do my duty," Sharpe said, "and land in the shit." "You have at last seized the essence of soldiering," Hogan said — Bernard Cornwell

I don't want to hear what the price of meat is. — Tom Sharpe

I like Daniel Craig. I worked with him on 'Sharpe,' one of the very early ones, maybe the second one we did - 'Sharpe's Revenge?' A long, long time ago, and he was good in that then. — Sean Bean

A friend who won't respond to what a friend can't ask is like a looking glass in which you cannot see yourself. — Matthew Sharpe

Telling you how I know ... what I know ... it could make things worse than they already are ... for all of us — Dennis Sharpe

I don't want to think anymore. Thinking prevents you from living. — Matthew Sharpe