Quotes About Edge

I nibbled on the edge—it tasted like a piece of bologna that had met a violent death and been embalmed.

And why should I feel ashamed in that dreadful moment when my entire self trembles on the edge of being and not-being

Success is often to be found at the edge of failure

Carrington got generally higher marks from critics than most of her daytime competition. Though Rosemary was cited for its "realistic approach to life," such devices as amnesia (in fact a rare malady that seemed to infect soap opera characters almost weekly) gave it the breathless "tune in tomorrow" edge they all had.

Life as we call it, is nothing but the edge of the boundless ocean of existence when it comes upon soundings.

Life is the external text, the burning bush by the edge of the path from which God speaks.

I think it's the misperception of addiction and living life on the edge, as if it's cool.

You had to risk your life to get love. You had to get right to the edge of death to ever be saved.

I think we all have our own mission, duty, fate in life so for me somehow I think I am always walking on the edge of life and take risks.

Without the edge, [life's] boring...If you're doing something that's definitely achievable with 100% odds of success, where's the draw in that?

Like a spear hurtling through darkness He was always in such a hurry To find a target to stop him Like a young lion trying out its roar At the far edge of the den The roar inside him was even louder

Mathematically, interruptions didn't matter, because my lifetime of playing was just one long series of hands, and chopping it into sessions and playing them at various times and in various casinos should not affect my edge, nor the long-run amount I could expect to win. This principle applies in both gambling and investing.

Kelly Criterion are: (1) The investor or bettor generally avoids total loss; (2) the bigger the edge, the larger the bet; (3) the smaller the risk, the larger the bet. The Kelly Criterion, not having been invented by the old-line academic economists, has generated considerable controversy.

But I realized that the odds as the game progressed actually depended on which cards were still left in the deck and that the edge would shift as play continued, sometimes favoring the casino and sometimes the player.

The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science the leading edge in beauty is in high art.

saw the rings that I had left upon waking on the edge of the sink and I put on my finger the one with the aquamarine, while, without hesitation, I let the wedding ring fall down the drain.

I'm attracted to the rag & bone aesthetic - classic and effortless with an edge.

Success in sport is based on you thinking you are doing something to gain that edge, but if I wanted that little bit extra, I would go and run up sand dunes at Merthyr Mawr.

The Go-Go's were a frothy pop band. I wanted to do music that had a harder edge.

You were mine to protect and take care of, Jilly-girl. And the better I learned you, the deeper you burrowed into my soul. Every time I took a bit more control, the higher you flew in my arms. You were an addiction and a mystery…you fed my soul and drove me over the edge.

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.

I have a theory about Ireland, being at the edge of Europe. For 1,000 years, people didn't know what was beyond. But we thought about it - a lot. And that 'beyond' became internalized in our psyche.

I think therapy interferes with the creative process. It takes off the edge.

A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge.