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"It does not take sharp eyes to see the sun and the moon, nor does it take sharp ears to hear the thunderclap. Wisdom is not obvious. You must see the subtle and notice the hidden to be victorious." »Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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"In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." »Desiderius Erasmus
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"Among wonderful things is a sore-eyed man who is an oculist." »Arabic Proverb
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"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. In regione caecorum rex est luscus." »Desiderius Erasmus
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"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]" »Desiderius Erasmus, Adagia (III, IV, 96)
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"If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed. (on a state visit to China)" »Prince Phillip
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"O, beware, my lord, of jealousy It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on." »William Shakespeare
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"O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on." »William Shakespeare, "Othello", Act 3 scene 3
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"Ahhh. A man with a sharp wit. Someone ought to take it away from him before he cuts himself." »Peter da Silva
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"I can look sharp as well as another, and let me alone to keep the cobwebs out of my eyes." »Miguel de Cervantes
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"There is nothing worse then a sharp image of a fuzzy concept." »Ansel Adams
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"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept." »Ansel Adams
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"They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve." »Kahlil Gibran
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"There smites nothing so sharp, nor smelleth so sour as shame." »William Langland
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"Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things under ground, and much more in the skies." »Miguel de Cervantes
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"The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind." »Menander
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"'Tis a sharp medicine, but it will cure all that ails you. -- last words before his beheadding" »Sir Walter Raleigh
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"The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood." »Buddha
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"Nixon is a shifty-eyed goddamn liar. . . . .He's one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides." »Harry S Truman
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"Be Like the crayon...... Blunt,sharp,Long or Short...... Always add colours to others lives" »Siddharth Astir
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"If the point is sharp, and the arrow is swift, it can pierce through the dust no matter how thick." »Bob Dylan
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"Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see." »Bernard Baruch
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"Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly. (On intellectuals)" »Mao Zedong
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"In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist. There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the promise of swift punishment." »George W. Bush, speech, November 19, 1999
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"Beauty in a modest woman is like fire at a distance, or like a sharp sword: neither doth the one burn nor the other wound him that comes not too near them." »Cervantes
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"A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use." »Washington Irving
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"And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms." »William Bradford
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"A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use." »Washington Irving
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"Learning is like Scanderbeg?s sword, either good or bad according to him who hath it: an excellent weapon, if well used; otherwise, like a sharp razor in the hand of a child." »R Chamberlain
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"And, of course, you have the commercials where savvy businesspeople Get Ahead by using their MacIntosh computers to create the ultimate American business product: a really sharp-looking report." »Dave Barry
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