[E]dged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently
[E]dged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt. – Agnes Reppllier, “Wit and Humor,” 1892 [A bit of context here: “Wit is the salt

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Woodworking
category

For a craftsman like my father, nothing is more exasperating than to witness tool abuse. In particular, I remember a steel tape measure he gave me after I had somehow managed to lose the first twelve inches of it. – Richard Menzies, “If I Were A Carpenter,” RDMenzies.com, 2011

Category:
Woodworking

Woodworkers are knotty. – Author unknown

Category:
Woodworking

Split your own wood, and it will warm you twice. – Old New England Saying

Category:
Woodworking

Put your soul into your work, not your hand… – State Safety News, September 1916, published by the University of Arizona Bureau

Category:
Woodworking

Random Quotes

Man can certainly flee from God… but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate. – Karl Barth

Category:
Change

My mom was a teacher – I have the greatest respect for the profession – we need great teachers – not poor or mediocre ones. – Condoleezza Rice

Category:
mom

The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes Ill write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two. – Patricia Briggs

Category:
cool

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. – Douglas Everett

Category:
Ability