“[The original 20 songs in his repertoire he hoped to record were whittled down with Sutherland's help to a selection that kept the tone of the songs and the subject matter into a cohesive album list.] Basically the songs I most wanted to get out there were more spiritual in subject matter and were more traditional in feel, ... We tossed out the ones that felt more contemporary, even if they also dealt with spiritual issues.”
Will Danforth
“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
“A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.”
Charles M. Schwab
“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
“Yesterday we started with 5,000. We've been able to whittle it down.”
Adam Ereli
