Best Honing Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I will most certainly focus on one of two things; the nagging deficits of my handicap, or the masterful honing brought about by my handicap. And my choice of focus will determine if my handicap will remain a handicap.”

Author:Mitta Xinindlu

“For me, acting is all about the aesthetic. I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I'm taking myself too seriously, but every artist should consider himself Picasso. Otherwise, you're doing yourself an injustice.”

Want Should Artist Acting Injustice Crafts Aesthetic Honing

Author:Giovanni Ribisi

“Joe Klein is the flower of American political journalism, a sharp raconteur who shows traces of the gonzo style that was in vogue when he was honing his craft at Rolling Stone back in the day.”

Shows Political Style Flower Stones Crafts Journalism Rolling Rolling Stones Vogue Back In The Day Gonzo Honing

Author:Thomas Frank

“It is easy and dismally enervating to think of opposition as merely perverse or actually evil -- far more invigorating to see it as essential for honing the mind, and as a positive good in itself. For the day that moral issues cease to be fought over is the day the word human disappears from the race.”

Thinking Mind Humans Evil Easy Race Moral Issues Essentials Disappear Cease Opposition Dissent Invigorating Moral Issues Honing

Author:Jill Tweedie

“Cats appear to have a wonderful ability to weed out everything they don't need to know, while honing in on what is important to them.”

Knows Needs Important Ability Wonderful Cat Weed Honing

Author:Christina Hendricks

“You can increase your problem-solving skills by honing your question-asking ability.”

Problem Ability Skills Increase Asking Problem Solving Honing

Book:How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day

Source: How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day

“I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.”

Want Needs Energy Projects My Time Unattainable Honing

Author:Dan Deacon

“Shooting in real-life situations helps actors because they're competing against the noise and the wind. Out of that comes things that shift and change, in terms of tone, but not in terms of re-honing the whole sequence.”

Real Whole Helping Actors Term Situation Wind Real Life Noise Shooting Tone Competing Sequence Honing

Author:Tony Scott

“Honing a thing down until you can still get through with economy, that's power.”

Stills Power Economy Honing

Author:William Dobell

“Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work and study; a constant process of honing. Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force.”

Hard Individual Force Process Work Study Successful Cutting Talent Hard Work Tables Constant Dull Knives Salt Commodity Cheaper Honing

Book:Danse Macabre

Source: Danse Macabre

“I go on at least 2-3 auditions a week in the pursuit of more work. So I'm constantly working on material and constantly honing and trying to perfect a craft that is never perfectible - it's always new, and it's always different. It's always a work in progress.”

Trying Different Perfect Progress Week Materials Goes On Pursuit Crafts Auditions Work In Progress Honing

Author:Jake Busey

“If someone thinks, 'I'll spend the off season working on my fitness and I'll come back a better cricketer,' I don't think that's enough. You need to spend a lot of time working on your skills and honing your skills.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Enough Skills Seasons Cricketers Honing Off Season

Author:Rahul Dravid

“What makes Disney movies and Pixar movies always so good, hey take time and they're constantly honing, and tweaking, and rejiggering things, and taking influences from every cog, including myself, that can help. Any place where there can be inspiration. They make every moment very layered and very rich.”

Moments Helping Inspiration Rich Influence Including Hey Take Time Cogs Pixar Honing

Author:Sarah Silverman

“Film is very much about capturing the essence of things - if you feel it, and you've got the right person shooting it, it'll come across. Theater's a different animal; it's physically different and requires a different discipline. In the theater, you're mining the same material, constantly honing the same thing, executing it and keeping it alive and fresh.”

Ifs Feels Persons Different Film Animal Alive Materials Discipline Essence Theater Shooting Right Person Mining Executing Different Animals Honing

Author:Clive Owen

“I've always had an artistic hand. I took on paint when I started falling in love with the abstract expressionists. I approached it from a physical standpoint, but I've also been honing my compositional eye through film.”

Hands Eye Film Fall Paint Falling In Love Artistic Abstract Standpoint Honing

Author:Billy Zane

“The relationship with actor and director is probably closer to theater, in that, when we record the dialogue, there is very little in the way of the creative collaboration - no cameras, lighting or even locations. Then, once we record, the post process is very similar to the post flow in filmmaking - editing, sound design, mixing, etc. At the end of the day, it's all about storytelling and honing in on a tone by developing a rhythm and structure that suits the storytelling.”

“A part of being a female musician is kind of getting past your looks and just honing in on the music.”

Looks Kind Past Musician Female Honing Female Musicians

Author:Weyes Blood

“You want people to go see it by the hoards. And for there to be talk of the possibility of continuing the journey and the ride, if you will, with these characters that we spent so much time honing, and executing this film on all levels, is super exciting.”

People Ifs Want Character Film Levels Journey Possibility Exciting Continuing Executing Honing

Author:Will Packer

“I was about 6 or 7, I would have said I wanted to be an actor and an artist. And that just kind of kept honing itself around film and getting closer to film.”

Kind Said Wanted Film Artist Actors Honing

Author:Todd Haynes

“With the classical stuff, I've always been better at the big brushstrokes and broad textures than spending ages honing a chord, or tweaking a sample.”

Bigs Age Stuff Spending Broads Chords Texture Sample Honing

Author:Anna Meredith

“I feel that puttin' in the hours and years in the studio, honing my craft, definitely played a part, me consciously networking and presenting myself as an artist that's commercially sellable led to me meeting the right people, which in turn led to them givin' me positive referrals to other people, which in turn led to me signin' a deal.”

People Feels Years Artist Turns Hours Deals Meetings Studios Crafts Networking Presenting Honing Referrals

Author:Nipsey Hussle

“Self-interest leads to honing your skills, the better to trade with.”

Self Interest Skills Trade Self Interest Honing

Author:P. J. O'Rourke

“Talent doesn't appear over night. It takes a lot of work and honing your craft, but also don't give up because people may say you're not good enough. I had so many teachers in high school and college saying "You're not going to make it. You're not. You can't." Luckily I had enough people around me who said I could.”

People Giving May Said Enough School Night Teacher Talent College Giving Up High School Crafts Good Enough Don't Give Up Had Enough Not Good Enough Honing

Author:Lea Michele

“Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.”

People Ifs Social Can Do Media Ultimate Aim Social Media Clever Crafts Fantastic Giants Distraction Songwriters Exceptional Tweet Honing

Author:Bryan Adams

“I loved planning 'The Tyra Show' more than actually having to do it. I loved coming up with show ideas, honing each program and crafting it. I'm more excited being in a meeting than being on TV.”

Ideas Shows Tvs Program Meetings Excited Planning Honing

Author:Tyra Banks

“I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and now I have a record.' That's such a drag. The music that comes out of it is so poor.”

Shows Reality Artist Poor Careers Records Crafts Drag Contests Reality Shows Karaoke Honing

Author:Conor Oberst

“A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.”

Family Principles My Family Everyday About Family Hammered Best Family Anvils Inspirational Family Honing Spiritual Family Everyday Living

Book:Standing Out: Being Real in an Unreal World

Source: Standing Out: Being Real in an Unreal World

“It's one of the ironies of mountaineering,' said Young, 'that grown men are happy to spend months preparing for a climb, weeks rehearsing and honing their skills, and at least a day attempting to reach the summit. And then, having achieved their goal, they spend just a few moments enjoying the experience, along with one or two equally certifiable companions who have little in common other than wanting to do it all again, but a little higher.”

Men Littles Said Two Moments Young Enjoy Goal Common Week Months Higher Skills Irony Climbs Companion Preparing Attempting Summit Mountaineering Grown Man Rehearsing Honing

Book:Paths of Glory

Source: Paths of Glory

“Curran struck at my wrist. His fingers were cat-quick, but I had spent my life honing my reflexes, and he missed. “Well, look at that.” I studied my free wrist. “Denied. Good-bye”

Wells Looks Cat Fingers Denied Bye Wrists Good Bye Reflexes Honing

Book:Magic Strikes

Source: Magic Strikes

“Partly I was honing my self-consciousness into a torture device, sharp and efficient enough to last me the rest of my life.”

Self Enough Lasts Consciousness Torture Devices Efficient Self Consciousness Honing

Author:Lucy Grealy

“Worship is not music. We can certainly worship Him without musicians and without a song. And by the way, God does not actually seek worship. The Word tells us that He seeks worshippers. He's not looking for those who make the most beautiful music. He's looking for those who worship in spirit ... and in truth. Music is only one of the ways that he has ordained for us to express our worship. Yet too many worship leaders today spend more time honing their craft and planning / rehearsing their worship sets, than they spend on their face, alone in worship.”

Way Doe Today Beautiful Faces Spirit Song Leader Worship Musician Music Is Planning Crafts More Time Worshippers Without Music Rehearsing Beautiful Music Honing

Author:Steven Rice

“It's just the more you do it the better you get, or at least that's how I feel in my case. I think it's a combination of confidence and just having done it this long and just learning. I'm always learning. I'm still honing my craft.”

Thinking Feels Long Stills Done Cases Crafts Combination Songwriting Always Learning Honing

Author:Lucinda Williams

“A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny bone - you either have it or you don't. And by the way - when you get it, we don't know it.”

Thinking Knows Way Skills Fellows Bones Honing Funny Bones

Author:Carl Reiner

“To me, getting notes, honing the part, and refining the role is the real fun of the play.”

Real Play Fun Roles Notes Refining Honing

Author:Swoosie Kurtz

“I used to think that people who regarded everyone benignly were a mite simple or oblivious or just plain lax-until I tried it myself. Then I realized that they made it only look easy. Even the Berditchever Rebbe, revered as a man who could strike a rock and bring forth a stream, was continually honing his intentions. "Until I remove the thread of hatred from my heart," he said of his daily meditations, "I am, in my own eyes, as if I did not exist."”

Source: The Compassionate Life: Walking the Path of Kindness

“I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.”

Study Grew Grew Up Crafts Ballet Honing

Author:Janice Dickinson

“Honing a thing down until you can still get through with economy, that's power. Learn your technique thoroughly, immerse yourself in it, and then just throw it all out the window, and express what you feel... and it will come through that you are a technician.”

Feels Art Stills Economy Window Technique Technicians Honing

Author:William Dobell

“The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform.”

Individual Social Vision Media Events Impact Newspapers Uniforms Maximum Miscellaneous Journalistic Configuration Honing

Book:Real Presences

Source: Real Presences

“I went from years of honing my craft to sudden recognition. It was quite a life changer.”

Years Crafts Recognition Life Changing Honing

Author:Kathy Bates

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