KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Quotes for topic: Double-Edged


Share this page on

Showing 1-10 of 11 quotes in the topic Double-Edged

Gratefulness is a double-edged sword. Because I think we've poured it into a feeling. And the batter of gratitude gets kind of stuck to the edges of the Williams Sonoma melamine mixing bowl. But gratefulness, the act of being grateful is actually... a verb. It's an activity.

~Abigail Spencer

Topics: Act Activity Actually Because Being Bowl Double-Edged Edges Feeling Gets Grateful Gratitude Kind Mixing Poured Stuck Sword Think Verb Williams I Think

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.

~Adrienne Rich

Topics: Double-Edged Feeling Glorious Pride Tricky

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


One shouldn't get carried away by styling, as it can be a double-edged sword. The person should have it in him or her to carry it off.

~Akkineni Nagarjuna

Topics: Away Carried Carry Double-Edged Get Her Him Off Person Should Sword

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It's always nerve-wracking when people say they look up to you or that you're a good role model. It's such a double-edged sword, because you realize you've been put on this pedestal, and you have to make sure that you don't do anything to get torn down.

~Anjelah Johnson

Topics: Always Anything Because Been Double-Edged Down Get Good Look Make Model Pedestal People People Say Put Realize Role Role Model Say Sure Sword Torn Up You

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Tumblr culture and the whole reappropriation-without-context thing are a double-edged sword in that they both raise awareness of my work and also kind of devalue it at the same time.

~Bryan Lee O'Malley

Topics: Also Awareness Both Culture Devalue Double-Edged Kind Raise Same Same Time Sword Thing Time Tumblr Whole Work

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Shows can come and go. They can be a hit and then in three years, gone. There's some comfort in having the stability of a job and having children. It's a double-edged sword.

~Calista Flockhart

Topics: Children Come Come And Go Comfort Double-Edged Go Gone Having Having Children Hit Job Shows Some Stability Sword Then Three Years

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The anticipation-speculation that comes with a weekly schedule is a double-edged sword. Because people have more time to talk about things, some crazy ideas get a lot of attention.

~Cary Fukunaga

Topics: About Attention Because Crazy Double-Edged Get Ideas Lot More People Schedule Some Sword Talk Things Time Weekly

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Social media is a double-edged sword. I've gotten in trouble for announcing, too soon, something that the network or the studio wanted to do, and it steals some of the thunder, so to speak.

~Charisma Carpenter

Topics: Announcing Double-Edged Gotten Media Network Social Social Media Some Something Soon Speak Steals Studio Sword Thunder Too Trouble Wanted

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.

~Dan Colen

Topics: Celebrating Double-Edged Joy Mechanisms Much Out Sorrow

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.

~Daniel Baldwin

Topics: Actor Being Bit Celebrity Constantly Could Double-Edged Good Know Laundry Maybe Mean Out Public Some Sure Sword Thought You Your

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Popular Authors

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Jane Goodall Stephen Hawking Jay-Z Charles Krauthammer Jean Piaget Gore Vidal Robin Williams

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1925 - Gore Vidal

1800 - George Bancroft

1856 - Timothy Thomas Fortune

1858 - Eleonora Duse

1867 - Pierre Bonnard

1867 - Willis Polk

1871 - Stijn Streuvels

1877 - Virginia Gildersleeve

1897 - Louis Aragon

1898 - Leo Mccarey

Birthdays on October 3rd
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Chance Dating Dreams Experience God Health Power Respect