Top 1200 Life On The Edge Quotes & Sayings - Page 16
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Last updated on December 4, 2024.
A gripper of a read . . . Silence revives the cliff’s-edge drama of those Jazz age climbs and drives home the tragedy of Mallory’s death.
Have McNab take the edge if you need one. Can he handle bad cop?" "He does it really well during personal role-playing games when I'm the reluctant witness.
New Yorkers may think they're on some cutting edge, but that's not especially true. It is, however, the most exciting heterogeneous mess of a town I've ever seen.
To be fair, the hardest part of my week is live-tweeting 'The Edge & Christian Show,' because I just can't keep up with the tremendous response and the controversy.
Best trumpet: Mike Vax, an alumnus of the Kenton Band, who plays every style with a bright cutting edge, throwing in bop riffs here and there.
Sometimes I worry about things changing and people not liking me any more. As a comedian you do feel like you're walking on a knife edge.
If there's any profit to be had in Nashville-Underground, it's very long term. We're not about money, which gives us an edge over the labels.
Don't you understand?" snarled Rincewind. "We are going over the Edge, godsdammit!" "Can't we do anything about it?" "No!" "Then I can't see the sense in panicking," said Twoflower calmly.
Advantage comes not from the spectacular or the technical. Advantage comes from a persistent seeking of the mundane edge.
People with Parkinson's are not some weird people on the edge of human experience.
The game of investing is a process of discovering who you are, what you're interested in, what you're good at, what you love to do, then magnifying that until you gain a sizable edge over all the other people.
I had grown up with music influence of my grandad, uncle, dad. So, professionally I first assisted others to do something different, to get an edge.
The producers like to keep people guessing and keep them on the edge of their seats.
Leadership is making happen what wouldn't happen anyway and this always entails working at the edge of what is acceptable
The leading edge of reality is mind, and mind is the primary substratum of being.
I've always liked artists like Chris Burden, who would take performances, put them in galleries, and then do things that were on the edge.
'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
People Expect Something New From Me All The Time.And That's Good It Keeps Me On The Edge
What an ironic tragedy that an affluent, “Christian” minority in the world continues to hoard its wealth while hundreds of millions of people hover on the edge of starvation!
I'm sure Alex will be having to get the masseurs in to work on those legs. You feel tired when you're losing but when you are winning it gives you that bit of an edge.
Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.
You have to evolve and change but you're always gonna get that street edge out of my music regardless. That's who I am. That's in me and that ain't gon' never go away.
My real name is Madeleine Wickham, under which I write dramas with an edge of humour. As Sophie Kinsella its fast, all-out comedies, such as the Shopaholic series.
The music business - and I guess you could say any artistic endeavor - usually rewards those who are on the leading edge of where everything is going, but you can't be too far.
From their breakout 2002 single, 'Losing My Edge,' LCD Soundsystem have offered a unique combination of geek knowledge, passion and intelligent, ironic distance.
My real name is Madeleine Wickham, under which I write dramas with an edge of humour. As Sophie Kinsella it's fast, all-out comedies, such as the 'Shopaholic' series.
Haven's warm, clammy palms press hard against my cheeks as the tarnished edge of her silver skull ring leaves a smudge on my skin.
Ann Winder-Boyle's small-scale encaustic pictures always reward a second look - they have an intriguing edge of darkness about them.
Love: a single word, a wispy thing, a word no bigger or longer than an edge.
Courtship is exciting and romantic because it thrives on the edge of disaster. It co-exists with the threat that, at any moment, it could fall apart and be lost forever.
In my view, fitness training isn't that important in England, as they all train with such intensity anyway and have a competitive edge when just sprinting. The matches are all hard-fought, too.
She was on edge, feeling that she might snap or cry at the smallest provocation.
When someone's kind of a braggart to the bully... it makes me on edge just because I live that, and I don't think that's a model we want for our kids in this country.
People who label themselves as 'realists' are usually accurate - they see to the real edge of what they know, understand, or believe. At best, these folks tend to be caring worriers.
I like bad boys... not really bad, but men with an edge... they should be clean but have that streak.
If anything, I was the definite edge of the spear into The Attitude Era, I believe, so it was way before its time, the stuff I was doing, and it kind of set the tone for what was to come.
Over-learning & over-preparing gives you the winning edge in any area.
I like someone who has a little bad boy in them, a little edge.
Emotional intelligence is what humans are good at and that's not a sideshow. That's the cutting edge of human intelligence.
For a writer, you definitely do not want to be in the mainstream. You want to be on the edge because that's where the vantage point is. That's where you can see.
For me, it's more about keeping it simple with a rock and roll edge. It's all about accessorising.
There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.
I had this idea... I wanted the sound to sing and have that thickness but yet still have an edge so that it could articulate. So my dad and I designed the guitar... the one that was made from an old fireplace.
Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.
The world is only one poor harvest away from chaos. We are so close to the edge that politically destabilising food prices could come at any time
Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused.
Hollywood has gone from the capital of conspicuous consumption to the cutting edge of conspicuous conservation.
I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work.
I was writing waltzes at a time when the most popular thing was Shania Twain and the very pop edge of country. I didn't really know how to do much of that.
She moves me not, or not removes at least affection's edge in me.
A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edge to the superstitious tale.
I should have known the power-hungry slave drivers at River's Edge would see my five days of freedom only as a challenge to be filled.
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.
I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.
If you can actually get someone to sit on the edge of their seat and feel nervous if there's a knock at the door, then you've done something pretty terrific as a writer.
I love the fact that there is now a skate park in almost every city, but it will always have a rebellious/underground edge to it because it is based on individuality.
It is simply impossible to control a large painting with the edge in the same way that you can control a small one.
I said nothing for a time, just ran my fingertips along the edge of the human-shaped emptiness that had been left inside me.
We constantly push the edge on technology. But for us, technology needs to be fun.
