Quotes about Blunt

Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do. Votes: 5

Chip the glasses and crack the plates! / Blunt the knives and bend the forks! / That's what Bilbo Baggins hates. Votes: 5

I'm pretty sure Adele and James Blunt were dumped by the same man. Votes: 5

Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt. Votes: 4

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. Votes: 4

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. Votes: 4

Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. Votes: 4

I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out. Votes: 4

I'm gonna be blunt and plain, if one ever looks at me like that I'm gonna kill him and tell God he died. Votes: 4

Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up. Votes: 4

If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect. Votes: 4

About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. Votes: 4

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. Votes: 4

A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. Votes: 4

Character I want to be: "Blunt Talk's". Votes: 3

A blunt statement can be as false as any other. Votes: 3

Was it fate? Was it destiny?" "I think it was Alan Blunt. Votes: 3

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do. Votes: 3

Thank you for this lovely blunt object that I will forevermore use as a weapon against self-doubt. Votes: 3

I think Emily Blunt is definitely our finest young female English export. She has an uncanny grace. Votes: 3

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Votes: 3

Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately. Votes: 3

I smoke blunt to take the pain out and if I wasn't high I'd probably blow my brains out. Votes: 3

Just hit the blunt one time and see if it don't change your perception on whats important in your life. Votes: 3

Jason Mraz, and the new James Blunt song is the worst thing that has ever been created on the face of the earth. Votes: 3

She was lonely without Blunt, but she was lonelier at the idea that the world went on as though she had not loved him. Votes: 3

I feel sorry for James Blunt, he has to wake up every morning and think 'Oh my God, I'm James Blunt, what have I done?' Votes: 3

Blunt force didn't knock out the drug epidemic. 21 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol. And half of all federal inmates are in for drug crimes. Votes: 3

Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions. Votes: 3

I want to be blunt: We should not be fighting about equal pay for equal work, and access to birth control, in 2012. These issues were resolved years ago - until the Republicans brought them back. Votes: 3

I separated myself in Prada because I didn't want to have fun. They were all having a lot of fun - Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci - and they were a little coterie of laughs. Votes: 3

Intensely vivid characters, terrible crimes, and a brutal deep-frozen landscape all prove beyond a reasonable doubt that cold nurtures good and evil as readily as heat ... and that Giles Blunt is a really tremendous crime novelist. Votes: 3

I think we need one recognized, respected public figure to make a tough, blunt statement on just what Reagan's record is and what he might do to the country, let alone the Republican Party before Christmas. Votes: 3

40 Words for Sorrow is brilliant-one of the finest crime novels I've ever read. Giles Blunt writes with uncommon grace, style and compassion and he plots like a demon. This book has it all-unforgettable characters, beautiful language, throat-constricting suspense. Votes: 3

Michael is a funny character, for whom I have a great deal of affection. He sat across his desk and seemed to be a bit of a blunt fellow. We began talking about the characters and he opened up about his vision. Votes: 3

Roy Blunt is another white guy in a suit, and I think the public wants change. There's a good old boys' network out there that's hard to penetrate... and it's not always in the best interest of the party or for conservative principles. Votes: 3

It's time ... the Republican Party end the war on women they started. Whether it's the Blunt-Rubio amendment, personhood or attempts to repeal Roe v. Wade, we aren't going to let extremist politicians dictate to women what we can or cannot do with our bodies. Votes: 3

Alan Blunt got in touch with me and asked me to put you up here for the rest of the week, to pretend that you're my son. I have to say, you don't look anything like me." "I don't look anything like myself either," Alex said. Votes: 3

Finding original source material is not easy, but when something special like 'Edge of Tomorrow' comes along, everybody recognized it. I wasn't swimming against the stream. Warner Brothers immediately supported it, Tom Cruise signed on instantly; Emily Blunt, who was our first choice, signed on immediately. Votes: 3

The highest praise a writer can give another is to say he wishes he had written his book. I wish I had written Forty Words for Sorrow. Giles Blunt has a tremendous talent. If you miss Forty Words for Sorrow, you'll miss one of best novels of 2001. Votes: 3

When you're playing a character for 10 years, it can challenge you less than it did at the beginning, so it was exciting to take on some new shoes. Especially with Erich Blunt, because being a tech wizard wasn't something I thought I would do after Harry Potter. Votes: 3

I see that I have been engaged to Emily [Blunt] without ever asking her. The big question I had was, do you think I would ask her to marry me through 'Hello' magazine? Would I do something like that? Would she allow that to happen? It is completely ridiculous. Votes: 3

When I did '1,2,3,4' on 'Sesame Street' they'd rewritten the song and made it about counting. At first, I balked. I was like, 'Counting to four? That's where we're going with this?' Then they sent me appearances by other people like James Blunt doing 'You're Beautiful' as 'My Triangle.' Votes: 3

I was the first Blunt ever elected to anything. Votes: 3

How blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver in comparison with those of guilt. Votes: 1

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Votes: 1

I'm a blunt person, not mean-spirited. I come from a place of love, but I'm interested in being real. Votes: 1

Sometimes I wish I was poetic and subtle. I write very bold and blunt and tell it like it is. Votes: 1

A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike. Votes: 1

I found early on in teaching, if you're too blunt an instrument, the students discredit you and think you're just being mean. They're not interested in what you have to say. Votes: 1

The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because its hopeless inefficiency helps blunt the basic potential for evil. Votes: 1

Simplification of the tax code would not only unlock dormant economic potential, but, in the process, it would blunt the preferred weapon of social engineers, who reward favored industries, punish success and distort economic incentives. Votes: 1

You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument, and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with the right metrics, it will fall into not doing things very well. Votes: 1

Steve Jobs was notoriously blunt about products he found wanting, but his attack on Flash - Adobe's popular technology for playing multimedia content inside a browser - was particularly vicious. Claiming it was buggy and insecure, Jobs banned it from the iPad. Votes: 1

A rat race is for rats. We're not rats. We're human beings. Reject the insidious pressures in society that would blunt your critical faculties to all that is happening around you, that would caution silence in the face of injustice lest you jeopardise your chances of promotion and self-advancement. Votes: 1

Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words. Votes: 1

The way I paint is similar to rock in that you don't stand around and say, 'Gee, what are they talking about?' Rock is simple, blunt, colorful. Same with my paintings. You don't stand back and wonder what it is. That's Jim Morrison, that's a panda, that's a scene on the West Coast. It's not abstract. Votes: 1

My cut is blunt and futuristic, and Nicki Minaj started wearing that bob on her head after she came to my show, so at the end of the day, I know what I do, and I know what I possess, and I know who I am. I'm a trendsetter. The biggest form of flattery is imitation, so I'm flattered. Votes: 1

Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments. Votes: 0

I am blunt when I want to be. Votes: 0

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone. Votes: 0

A blunt a day will take the pain away. Votes: 0

People think you're being dishonest because you're just too blunt. Votes: 0

I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners Votes: 0

A forty and a blunt, that's all she really wants. Votes: 0

A blunt blade is more dangerous than a sharp one Votes: 0

Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe. Votes: 0

The blunt large questions become connected to smaller, apparently esoteric ones. Votes: 0

Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient. Votes: 0

What did you have in mind? A short, blunt human pyramid? Votes: 0

The past is a life sentence, a blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow. Votes: 0

Philosophy's power to blunt all the blows of circumstance is beyond belief. Votes: 0

Stones are raw, they blunt my paw, but words will never hurt me. Votes: 0

Killing a person with a 8 cm ling blunt knife is a bloody affair... Votes: 0

I guess I don't like the people in politics very much, to be blunt. Votes: 0

A hot iron, though blunt, will pierce sooner than a cold one, though sharper. Votes: 0

All means prove but blunt instruments, if they have not behind them a living spirit. Votes: 0

Apart from blunt truth, our lives sink decadently amid the perfume of hints and suggestions. Votes: 0

On how to make an egg roll: "Roll it nice and tight like a blunt." Votes: 0

There's every reason to think SSRIs blunt your ability to fall and stay in love. Votes: 0

Chekhov - shall I be blunt? - is the greatest short story writer who ever lived. Votes: 0

Fame was initially this kind of blunt tool that was thrust into my hands very young. Votes: 0

We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed. Votes: 0

Time apparently did nothing but blunt grief's sharpest edge so that it hacked rather than sliced. Votes: 0

I smoke a blunt once every blue moon. But hey, the moon looks kinda blue tonight... Votes: 0

Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups. Votes: 0

Rosencrantz: Shouldn't we be doing something--constructive? Guildenstern: What did you have in mind? ... A short, blunt human pyramid...? Votes: 0

He was always smoothing and polishing himself, and in the end he became blunt before he was sharp. Votes: 0

Praying without faith is like trying to cut with a blunt knife - much labor expended to little purpose. Votes: 0

My mother thought of my father as half barbarian and half blunt instrument, and she isolated him from his children. Votes: 0

Always do things the least interesting way, the most blunt way, and you make a better movie. This is my experience. Votes: 0

Comfortable means gradually more and more flattened down, more and more blunt - less and less sharp and biting into you. Votes: 0

Chemotherapy is just medieval. It's such a blunt instrument. We're going to look back on it like we do the dark ages. Votes: 0

Censorship laws are blunt instruments, not sharp scalpels. Once enacted, they are easily misapplied to merely unpopular or only marginally dangerous speech. Votes: 0

He is deformed, crooked, old and sere, Ill-faced, worse bodied, shapeless everywhere; Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind; Stigmatical in making, worse in mind. Votes: 0

Some gave me soft words and some blunt, some made excuses, some promises, some only lied. In the end words are just wind. Votes: 0

Some people say I'm too blunt and I'm too direct, too straightforward. I think we could use some of that in Washington, D.C. Votes: 0

Can I be blunt? Yes. Can I be diplomatic? Yes. Can I concoct a mixture of vinegar and honey when the circumstances warrant? Yes. Votes: 0

On Update, the only real original thing was trying to take away the cleverness of the punchline and make it as blunt as possible. Votes: 0

Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity. Votes: 0

There are some men formed with feelings so blunt that they can hardly be said to be awake during the whole course of their lives. Votes: 0

Thus for each blunt-faced ignorant one The great grey rigid uniform combined Safety with virtue of the sun. Thus concepts linked like chainmail in the mind. Votes: 0

To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. Conversely, to treat an enemy with magnanimity is to blunt our hatred for him. Votes: 0

I am blunt sometimes; I am diplomatic sometimes; I am all things in between. Abrasive, you know, I guess it's in the eye of the beholder. Votes: 0

To be quite blunt, I make pictures for money, to pay the rent.There are some great artists in the business. I am not one of them. Votes: 0

The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a lazy indifference. Votes: 0

This is what noir is, what it can be when it stops playing nice--blunt force drama stripped down to the bone, then made to dance across the page. Votes: 0

Sawed off shotgun, hand on the pump Left hand on a forty, puffin' on a blunt Pumped my shotgun, niggas didn't jump... Lala la la lala la laaaa Votes: 0

After you have written a thing and you reread it, there is always the temptation to fix it up, to improve it, to remove its poison, blunt its sting. Votes: 0

Time, whose millioned accidents creep in betwixt vows, and change decrees of kings, tan sacred beauty, blunt the sharpest intents, divert strong minds to the course of altering things. Votes: 0

We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it. Votes: 0

Monetary policy is a blunt tool which certainly affects the distribution of income and wealth, although whether the net effect is to increase or reduce inequality is not clear. Votes: 0

Curiosity might be pictured as being made up of chains of small questions extending outwards, sometimes over huge distances, from a central hub composed of a few blunt, large questions. Votes: 0

Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it. Votes: 0

I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won't attempt to blunt that by saying I am not the only one. Votes: 0

If you're analytical, you have to be blunt. That's by definition. You can't analyze something and not be blunt about it. What would you rather hear if not the truth? Votes: 0

The blunt tools of legislation or union power can force a corporation to pay higher wages, but if employees don't create an equal amount of additional value, there's no net gain. Votes: 0

I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been able to make a living at it is astonishing. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Some tools of thought are so blunt that they are almost useless; others are so sharp that they are dangerous. But the wise man will have the use of both kinds. Votes: 0

Yea I may come across as blunt, but I will say the truth even if its bitter, that's just me. You either hate me for it or respect me for it. Votes: 0

Recreation is intended to the mind as whetting is to the scythe, to sharpen the edge of it, which otherwise would grow dull and blunt,--as good no scythe as no edge. Votes: 0

Most of those men don't want to sleep with you," he said in blunt rebuttal. "I reserve the right to introduce my fist to the faces of the ones who do. Votes: 0

Never was there a dogma more calculated to foster indolence, and to blunt the keen edge of curiosity, than the assumption of the discordance between the former and the existing causes of change. Votes: 0

Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, The still-discordant wavering multitude, Can play upon it. Votes: 0

I guess I'm one of those girls who can be too honest about things for my own good, but I expect it back. I expect people to be honest and blunt with me, too. Votes: 0

Many people are noting the difference between Hillary Clinton's friendly public appearances and her blunt and direct Twitter account. Yeah, she's nice in person, and mean on the Internet. You know, kinda like EVERYONE. Votes: 0

Our ideas are only intellectual instruments which we use to break into phenomena; we must change them when they have served their purpose, as we change a blunt lancet that we have used long enough. Votes: 0

We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon. But a little enlightenment could keep you from making some common investing errors. Votes: 0

You're always fighting the contradiction between the supposed intimacy of a two-person conversation and the blunt reality that you're trying to sell the play to people who are sitting maybe too far away from you. Votes: 0

Like the priestly cult of the Middle Ages, the modern priestly cult of "scientific" psychotherapists exist overwhelmingly to stultify or blunt a too-acute insight into the powers benumbed in our personalities by our prevailing culture. Votes: 0

Christie led the way - with a bulldozer. The governor is blunt, brash, and self-consciously authentic, the antithesis to what turns off today's voters: flip-flopping politicians who speak in poll-tested platitudes. Yes, he's the anti-Romney. Votes: 0