Quotes about hone (16 Quotes)




    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.

    I really believe in myself. I'm the hardest worker I know, and one of the best songwriters. There's a craft to it, and it takes a long time to hone it, and I work really hard at it.



    The first thing they were told was how to hone their talent. Then they were told how to market their talent, discipline their talent and type their talent. And then they were told they might as well forget about talent.

    I like you and your book, ingenious Hone In whose capacious all-embracing leaves The very marrow of tradition 's shown And all that history, much that fiction weaves.

    The first order of business for us is to take care of the basketball. They're quick and they overplay the passing lanes. We have to have fewer than 10 turnovers in this game to be competitive, and we have to hone in on those two players and not let them beat us.


    At times, the fishing part of it becomes very secondary. Any time we are not fishing a tournament, we are a representative of Tracker Marine. We are out there teaching people how to fish and promoting the product. The business part of it is a big part of our job. A lot of young guys ask me, 'I want to be a bass pro how do I get there' I tell them to hone their business skills and public speaking. The sponsors want someone who can help them sell product.


    I was no great boxer, but I just loved to get out there and box. The most important thing I want the kids to learn is to have dedication to their performance. Believe in your skills, hone those skills and never give up are also what I hope these kids will take away from their boxing experience.



    As diamond cuts diamond, and one hone smoothes a second, all the parts of intellect are whetstones to each other and genius, which is but the result of their mutual sharpening, is character, too.

    When I doing dinner theater in high school, I was talking to a woman who had been in the business for a while and I said I want to act, that's all I want to do with my life and she said if you're serious then you need to hone every discipline you can.



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