Polished Quotations

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

I don't believe any lip shade is off-limits, but texture is key. A sheer lipstick in a healthy pink or neutral color looks more polished and grown-up than a super-shiny gloss.

For any writer, the ability to look at a sentence and see what's superfluous, what can be altered, revised, expanded, and, especially, cut, is essential. It's satisfying to see that sentence shrink, snap into place, and ultimately emerge in a more polished form: clear, economical, sharp.

I love a finished speaker, I really, truly do I don't mean one who's polished, I just mean one who's through.

If you say, 'I listen to pop,' you picture this kind of perfect, colorful, polished song. I want to have that, but when you open it, you see this gritty dark - kind of like dancing your tears away. Disguise the sadness in a pop beat.

It's always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, that my editor will suggest cutting.

I think that kids need to grow up watching what I grew up watching - great entertainment; you know, Judy Garland and all these musicals that bring song and dance and acting all together in a polished way.

You work on an idea, your first interpretation is very raw and you work it and you work it and it gets polished and polished. It gets to a certain level and then it comes down off that peak.

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.

Super polished signage is not always a good sign. I'm always looking for places that you have to know about to find. Also, just food-wise, if I'm eating ethnic cuisine - I hate that phrase, but still - If I'm eating Mexican food, I'm looking to see that there are Mexicans in the restaurant. They know if the food is being made right.

I definitely feel I'm outside of the polished pop girl group, which feels right. I don't think I could keep up that polished surface on purpose.

The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages.

The man who practises unselfishness, who is genuinely interested in the welfare of others, who feels it a privilege to have the power to do a fellow-creature a kindness - even though polished manners and a gracious presence may be absent - will be an elevating influence wherever he goes.

I'm a talk-show junkie. I'd rather listen to real folks stumbling to express their own thoughts than to polished puppets reading what others have written.

Imagine if the dinosaurs had tried picturing the rulers of their planet 100 million years hence. They'd undoubtedly envision these creatures as... dinosaurs! Conceiving of aliens as polished versions of ourselves is appealing, but unconvincing.

I am usually protective of my work, not showing it to anyone until it has been redrafted and polished.

We've still got a lot of worked to do. We don't want to be a polished football team in week one, we want to be there at week 10.

She's the most complete player in the county. She'll post you up at guard, she'll beat you on the perimeter. She's very polished for her age.

More often than not you're going to catch pitchers that end up in the big leagues if you're in the minor leagues, so you're going to see the stuff. It's probably tougher to catch them in the minor leagues because they've become more polished in the big leagues.

People want to see something authentic. If it's too polished and highly produced, people might not trust it as much. If it's grainy, if it's coming from a webcam, if it's someone standing there and talking their mind or sharing their thoughts, people trust it much more.

If the rules of a language are followed, words usually make sense. But these very rules can stir the impulse to rebel. We're obliged to keep trying to convey meaning through correct sentences. After a while, the good-soldier rigidity of polished prose can begin to seem dull, and it gets harder to resist the temptation of nonsense.

If we could find somebody that fits a role, maybe a guy that's a special teams player but also can play receiver, or somebody that's more polished as a receiver who can help us in the game plan, that'd be fine. Or it could be someone who plays a different position.

I don't understand people who don't like good production. It drives me crazy. We hear all the time from people who prefer the way our first records sounded, but if we had more money and time back then, we would have made them sound better. I always want our albums to sound more polished, as they say. Polished is the point for what we do.

He had a solid preseason, ... Teams got to see what he can do. It's evident by all the teams that have called. He just needs to be polished a little.

He has a lot of the same skills, just isn't as polished and refined at this point.

He's a lot farther ahead than I ever anticipated just watching him on TV. He's a polished big-league pitcher. Mike's been through a lot, losing 20 games and not ducking starts. He's pretty far ahead.

His scoring is versatile and his personality is versatile. A lot of our guys are pretty polished and they represent themselves and their school well. Dan has range in the sense that he can talk to anybody. He can hang out with the guys, he can hang out with adults, he can hang out with kids.

He (Costa) completely makes sense for Calvin Klein. You absolutely knew that this last show was a Calvin show. It was cool and lean, had soft fabrics, nothing stiff and nothing difficult. It was not aggressive, not hard and not overly sexy. That's the Calvin Klein way of dressing. Despite the sexy ads and reputation, the clothes are actually more beautiful and polished and sensual than anything else.

I take my hat off to Erickson. He's a polished high school pitcher who has command of three pitches and moves the ball in and out. It's impressive.

I watched him work out right before his rookie year and I remember how raw he was when he first came out of Alabama. Just to see him now, how polished of a player he is, how smart a defender he is, how he plays the passing lane, how he kind of lays in the cut and surprises the defense - he's just come such a long way and he's the heart and soul of his team with the way he plays.

Jane is someone who has really learned to become a very good, polished high school skier. She is self-made because she really worked and worked and never gave up.

Our big guys really stepped it up late and took it to the hoop. Early on they were in too much of a hurry, and it showed. They are much more polished than that, and fortunately for us, they were able to get the job done when it counted.

Rojas is a really polished athletic punter, he can really boom it. I think he will be able to step right in.

I was happy with the team's play. We missed an open-net goal and a penalty kick. BFA-Fairfax is a very polished team and should be one of the teams to beat in Division III.

I think the team really worked hard for the victory. We weren't all that polished or accurate, but I think we worked hard.

Jon and Peter are the reason for my success. Jon was the most instrumental teacher I've had in hockey. He helped me develop my skills and learn the position. Peter has helped me become a more polished goalie. He has gone over the various nuances of the position, and has been there for moral support. I owe them both a lot.

I was one of the first guys to face Seaver in the majors. He was a college guy (Southern Cal), so he was more polished than this kid. But the stuff he throws is the same.

When it comes to the most beautiful women of all time, head-turning, full-on glamour wins the day. The women who top the list all possess classic, timeless beauty and they know how to show it off to the best effect. Women are now returning to the high maintenance, polished look because it makes them feel fabulous and they know men love it too.

We don't have mountains and aquariums and polished wood flooring. But, we do offer a great assortment of products and we'll match anyone's price in this market, including Cabela's.

We don't have mountains and aquariums and polished wood flooring,

We played a pretty polished game. Our power play got us a lead and helped us beat a very talented team.

What it is that attracts people is that they're irreverent. In today's world of polished branding campaigns and well-thought-out strategies, they're a little bit fresh. That is very appealing to the average American, especially to the young male.

When 'Nevermind' came out, my roommate had the CD. At first, I actually thought, 'This is too polished and commercial.' It was a little off-putting. But then I was like, 'This is the best music ever.' It felt so close to what I wanted to do.

We think we've got a system that will work and we'll try to get it as polished as we can.

When you get college guys, you get guys that are more polished and understand the game. You've got a high school kid who might be 18 years old pitching against a guy like me who is 24 years old. That's a pretty big difference there. You would have to be a really talented player in able to do it.

What people want from Mr Blair is not more polished rhetoric about the future but practical solutions to the problems of the present.

To improve that much throughout a season shows how hard he works and how dedicated he is at being a great pitcher. I've seen him in the beginning of the year and was very impressed. By the end of the year when I saw him again, I saw a polished college pitcher on the mound.

Brad is more of a steamroller and Geary is a more polished wrestler. Geary is capable of high-powered matches. He'll get into 30-second flurries ... the type of scrambles you'll see in college wrestling. Brad is more defensive than Geary. If you go in our weight room, you'll find Brad. He's one of the hardest-working kids in the school.

There's nothing worse than loading the bases and scoring one run. Jose is still not a polished player, but he has a chance to become one.

I've polished up stories for their reprinted appearances. I guess there's always something to be changed or improved, but one could get carried away and work on one story indefinitely. I'm too restless for that, too eager to begin the next one.

It was a little like a scar on a polished wooden table--you'd try to see the rest of the gleaming surface, but your eyes and your fingers would be drawn to the pitted part, the one thing that kept it from being perfect.

The strength of Friendswood, year in and year out, has been their offense. And they are going to bring a polished offense to the game Saturday. There is no doubt about it.

Progress should be made on these two points. The bill on the repatriation of capital is being polished now.

A place where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

As good as I thought they were going to be, and I thought they would be in the NCAA tournament, I didn't think they were going to be this good. I didn't think they were going to be this mature, this polished and this resilient.

That pair is in very elite company. I think we've seen more gifted inside-outside tandems, but you'd have to search long and hard to find a more polished pair.

They took such care laying the blocks. As they were building this house, every one of the stones, every one of the blocks they polished off and did such beautiful work on." ()

It's a little more polished than ours, but this product is extremely unfinished. Except for the drivers, it's pretty much what we have.

Do not teach treason to your friends and to other seekers. Dress and manners have become polished now; but the inner man has deteriorated in virtue and faith!

They were such a contrast in style and personality. Otto was a skilled, polished player. Layne was a field general and a swaggering Texan. Their rivalry added a mystique and helped the growth of a league still finding its feet.

Society is no one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and the Bored

The Mill Valley game was big. She's solid in so many areas. She's just become more polished and become a better shooter and ball handler.

I mean, theater acting for me is the true form. It's the real place where you learn, the place where you practice, the place where you can take risks and try things out, and I think what film acting is when you've perfected what you're doing and it's a polished piece of work, then you do it on film.

In the next few weeks, they will have polished at least 14 songs so they will have a good set ready to perform.

I just stressed my work ethic and involvement with my chapter and campus, ... I'm not a polished public speaker, but I get hard work done.

He's a pretty polished kid. A lot of the stuff Chris does at Boise, we do in some form or fashion. We'll do 100 of those things, and they'll do 10,000, but he's been exposed to the concepts.

He's a polished kid. He's a smart kid. He's way ahead of the game.

He's an impressive young man. The feedback we got from the Pacers organization is that he's a really polished young man, on and off the court.

He's an impressive young man, ... The feedback we got from the Pacers organization is that he's a really polished young man, on and off the court.

Gard is certainly the most polished of the bunch, and he's had a long tenure in the Legislature. That shows in terms of his confidence in talking about the district and issues and the race.

I call him the unpolished diamond. We polished him off today and he was really shining.

The day before the ceremony, I was given a big black case and asked to polish the contents. When I opened it up, it was the America's Cup. Robbie and I polished it, and then I got a picture with him holding the cup.

The frivolous work of polished idleness.

I would not enter on my list of friends / (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, / Yet wanting sensibility) the man / Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.

When life puts you through a tumbler, it's your choice whether you come out polished or crushed.