“A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.”
Charles M. Schwab
“As the Fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.”
Buddha
“The privacy and dignity of our citizens [are] being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little consequence. But when viewed as a whole, there begins to emerge a society quite unlike any we have seen -- a society in which government may intrude into the secret regions of a [person's] life.”
William Orville Douglas
“Whittle was an amazing chap. Tiny, stubborn, unstoppable - jet-propelled! It's amazing the impact his invention has had upon the world.”
Adam-Hart Davis
“[Mayor Ortega said,] Nobody here is against the dispatch center. ... We've whittled it down.”
Carlos Montoya
“We're going to have to whittle it down. I think we can cut harmlessly at first, and then we'll have to do more deeper cuts.”
Alan Wood
“We (the county executive staff) came up with an extensive list of potentially interested parties and then whittled that list down to nine organizations whom we extended an invitation to participate in the process.”
Jennifer Merchant
