“A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant u...” — Washington Irving Quote

A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.

Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.

Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.

Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady luster.

My workouts are mostly interval-based, so I'm never running at a constant speed. I'm always switching it up because I don't want my body getting used to one thing in particular.

There are great disciplines from being a sportsman that you can transfer into being an artist. The preparation, the sacrifice, the constant desire to improve.

Eventually, I decided that if I was going to really write a novel, I couldn't do it in New York City while holding down a job. You need a constant money source to live in New York City unless you're independently wealthy, which I'm not.

I don't have any hidden depths; I'm a very superficial person. It's a constant frustration to me.