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Razors Quotes - Page 2

We are all old-timers, each of us holds a locked razor.

Robert Lowell (1979). “Robert Lowell: A Tribute”

All your dreams are made / When you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade

"Song: "Morning Glory" ("(What's the Story) Morning Glory?")". 1995.

It is with wits as with razors, which are never so apt to cut those they are employed on as when they have lost their edge.

Jonathan Swift (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)”, p.27, Delphi Classics

Incredible brilliance often dwells on the razor's edge of madness.

Brad Thor (2013). “Brad Thor Collectors' Edition #4: The Athena Project, Full Black, and Black List”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

If I ever acquire wisdom, I suppose I'll be wise enough to know what to do with it.

"Fictional character: Larry Darrell". "The Razor's Edge", www.imdb.com. 1946.

Because of the myth of progress, it is much easier to sell a man an electric razor than a straight-edged one.

"Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes". Book by Jacques Ellul, translated by Konrad Kellen and Jean Lerner,, 1965.

Life and death are balanced as it were on the edge of a razor

"Iliad". Poem by Homer, Book X. Translated by Samuel Butler, 1900.

The Kindle is just the razor. The books are the blades - ka-ching!

"The Kindle: Good Before, Better Now". www.nytimes.com. February 24, 2009.

The tongues of mocking wenches are as keen As is the razor's edge invisible.

William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, George Steevens, Richard Farmer (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.36