Famous quotes containing the words shaped, cutting and/or edge:
“Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place.”
—Paul De Man (19191983)
“This man was very clever and quick to learn anything in his line. Our tent was of a kind new to him; but when he had once seen it pitched, it was surprising how quickly he would find and prepare the pole and forked stakes to pitch it with, cutting and placing them right the first time, though I am sure that the majority of white men would have blundered several times.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“We hear the Secretary of State boasting of his brinkmanshipthe art of bringing us to the edge of the abyss.”
—Adlai Stevenson (19001965)