He who finds diamonds must grapple in mud and mire because diamonds are not found in polished stones. They are made.
We are, for all our polish, of little stature, and, as human lives, compared with authentic martyrs, of no account.
I am usually protective of my work, not showing it to anyone until it has been redrafted and polished.
No, you just keep polishing your fangs or whatever you guys do in there.
The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.
Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.
I own a '66 Jaguar. That's the guitar I polish, and baby - I refuse to let anyone touch it when I jump into the crowd.
I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice.
Just because the character listens to an iPod and wears black nail polish, she's goth. That was just a misused word.
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.
I do not have to look for credentials for my Polishness and for my patriotism. I'm a Pole. The chronicles of my family go back - as far back as the 13th century.
It's funny because I'm a sucker for glitz and glitter when it comes to clothes and nail polish, but with my makeup, I'm more comfortable with a natural look. It feels more like me.
You can be a Polish American, or an Arab American, or a Greek American but you can't be English American. Why not?
When you're given a brilliant child you polish her and let her shine. Pigs in Heaven
A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines.
My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.
'Dark Shadows' was the spark that lit the fire of my childhood imagination. It wasn't polished; it wasn't perfect. But it gave us characters with real personalities and complicated motivations.
It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets.
He's soft and strong at the same time; beautiful and cold like a polished japanese katana.
You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart.
