Sledgehammer Quotes

A sledgehammer breaks glass but forges steel. (Leon Trotsky)
Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer. View quote
Katharine Hepburn
Roaches become resistant to pesticides after a while. Do you think they'll ever become resistant to a sledgehammer?! View quote
Kent Hovind
By the end of my PhD I could swing a sledgehammer. View quote
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
He came like a sledgehammer, like a giant out of the mountain with a sledgehammer, writing with a sledgehammer... View quote
Richard Wright
You'll see! We're going to the palace. Fetch Angua. We might need her. And bring the search warrant. You mean the sledgehammer, sir? Yes. View quote
Terry Pratchett
Your writing", she said to me, "it's so raw. It's like a sledgehammer, and yet it has humor and tenderness. . . . View quote
Charles Bukowski
Unless you hit your television with a sledgehammer, you're not going to be able to be an individual. View quote
Justin Theroux
But Richard had already gone the cop route and found it not nearly as productive as driving around with a sledgehammer and retaining the services of men with oxyacetylene torches. View quote
Neal Stephenson
When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand. View quote
Jack Dempsey
Genius 1. to believe your own thought. To believe that what is true for you is ultimately true. 2. a sledgehammer. 3. the fruit of labour and thought. 4. soul. 5. the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. 6. something one can become. (Heinrich Heine)