Top 1200 Life On The Edge Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

We're better at predicting events at the edge of the galaxy or inside the nucleus of an atom than whether it'll rain on auntie's garden party three Sundays from now.

I just know what an icon does, and that's whatever you want to do and it's trendsetting. You know? It's real cutting-edge.

Have as much fun as you can and don't feel that the edge of your canvas confines you - let your vision go right on.

What's the difference between obsolete and cutting edge? Obsolete works.

It's good to be on the edge, but I have never followed my mind. I have always followed my heart. And it has yielded the right results.

When I make a work, I often take it to the very edge of its collapse, and that's a very beautiful balance.

It's the pool where we all go down to drink, to swim, to catch a little fish from the edge of the shore; it's also the pool where some hardy souls go out in their flimsy wooden boats after the big ones. It is the pool of life, the cup of imagination, and she has an idea that different people see different versions of it, but with two things ever in common: it's always about a mile deep in the Fairy Forest, and it's always sad. Because imagination isn't the only thing this place is about.

Every time I get on an airplane I figure it's gonna get blown up. You live on the edge.

I view edge providers as a significant bright spot in our struggling economy. They are tirelessly innovating, growing, and meeting - often exceeding - consumer expectations.

Anyway I feel myself a bit on the edge on the art world, but I don't mind, I'm just pursuing my work in a very excited way. And there isn't really a mainstream anymore, is there?

I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done. I have to be almost frightened by the possibility of taking it on. Over the years, I realise I must enjoy walking that edge; I keep doing it.

What's so wonderful about being 6'3". What is this mythical edge tall men have over average and short men?

It is important to have a reliable and substantive publication such as World Screen available as a source for information. The magazine's reporting is always on the cutting edge of the global television business.

What interests me about fiction is, in part, its flickering edge between realism and where a tear in the fabric of a story lets in some other sort of light.

Using string bends instead of just playing regular, unbent notes can definitely help give certain riffs a cooler, heavier edge.

Imprudence relies on luck, prudence on method. That gives prudence less edge than it expects.

On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;The wind it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn snow the leaves.

And that was it. All this buildup to a great leap, and I didn't fall or fly. Instead I found myself back on the edge of the cliff, blinking, wondering if I'd ever jumped at all. It's not supposed to be like this.

What sets these - and all - racers apart from less daredevilish mortals is their complete lack of fear and their joy of doing something on the edge. They love to speed because it is dangerous.

my greatest problem was stamps, envelopes, paper and wine, with the world on the edge of World War II.

Many questions remain in the UFO controversy. Scientists ask how interstellar pilots could survive a trip of hundreds of years while cutting-edge physicists offer speculation of deep space wormholes and the use of zero point energy. For now, we could not do any better than to study MAJIC EYES ONLY and read the accounts of UFO crash retrievals and ponder what a reality that includes diverse intelligent life outside of our planet might mean for us and future generations.

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Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.

Life is a song-sing it. Life is a game-play it. Life is a challenge-meet it. Life is a dream-realize it. Life is a sacrifice-offer it. Life is love-enjoy it.

Tyler and me at the edge of the roof, the gun in my mouth, I'm wondering how clean this gun is.

Personally I have my own political views and being straight-edge I'm happy to talk about that, but the music that always meant the most to me, was more emotional.

Maybe what frightens us about the edge isn't our fear of morality, but the thoughts it leads us to have.

What's so wonderful about being 6'3. What is this mythical edge tall men have over average and short men?

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.

I love The Edge's guitar style; it is unique. There is an ancient world resonating in his guitar sound.

I learned, for me to play at my best, I need to play with an edge.

It is greed or financial difficulty that makes people fix matches, not gaining an edge over rivals, so it is different from say Lance Armstrong or Ben Johnson.

I am on the edge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner.

I'm always saying something that's just the edge of something more.

What we're doing is special and unique in its own way but still keeping it heavy. For me as a listener, part of the journey I'm on with Metallica, there's just a certain edge that needs to be there.

For so long I have lived on the edge of an invisible world. Sometimes I feel like the scattered debris left over after the personality has fallen out of the sky.

For a while they stood there, like men on the edge of a sleep where nightmare lurks, holding it off, though they know that they can only come to morning through the shadows.

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.

When I reach to the edge of the universe, I do so knowing that along some paths of cosmic discovery, there are times when, at least for now, one must be content to love the questions themselves.

I was what's known as a floater. I could sit at the edge of most cafeteria tables, but was never a part of any one group. I was also a dork. And still am. And proud!

A made-up proverb from Dreams of the Compass Rose says, "In the desert, the only god is a well." I love exploring the intensity of such juxtaposition, the dangerous edge.

Throughout the history of communications, we've seen that the country that sets the pace in rolling out each new generation of wireless technology gains an economic edge.

Being a famous writer is a little like being a tall dwarf. You're on the edge of normality.

Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I'm not as good when I'm comfortable.

There is a lesson that I learned at twelve - the world does not end at the edge of a quad. There are people outside. The world does not end on the Fourth Level. There are people elsewhere. It took me two years to learn to apply the lesson - that neither does the world end with the Ship. If you want to accept life, you have to accept the whole bloody universe. The universe is filled with people, and there is not a single solitary spear carrier among them.

If you round out your edges, you lose your edge.

Mistakes can happen. Sometimes they can build up over the course of an innings and put people even more on edge, which makes it snowball further.

Human beings are remarkably resilient. When you think about it, our species has been teetering upon the edge of the existential cliff since Hiroshima. In short, we endure.

I believe that if you feel good and if you look good when you're playing, it can give you the extra edge that you might need.

If we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans to master the tools and technology that will change the way we do just about everything.

The usual practice just isn't enough. I want more edge over my opponents. Cross-training is so important. I can improve myself and have a lower impact on my body.

I like to fly close to the edge. I like to play with fire.

I tend to be attracted to material that has a tough edge to it - darker material.

The smartest people I know have that extra edge. The risk is always there that you'll look terribly undignified and slobbering, and inside I cringe about that, but I should be more aggressive.

From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness.

In order to be the best, you have to know your breaking point-go to the edge of it, but never go beyond.

I think there's no harm, sometimes, to feel on the edge of things. If you're on the margins you can see a bigger picture. And I actually quite like standing at a peculiar angle to the universe.

The Go-Go's were a frothy pop band. I wanted to do music that had a harder edge.

I'm not good in all emergencies. The frustration of an unopenable jar of jam can tip me over the edge, but at least I could use it adequately to cave in the heads of the undead.