“You can't polish a turd”
Proverb
“Why are you standing over there alone? You look like a turd in a laundry basket.”
Curt Bladt
“Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.”
Harry S Truman
“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear”
Daniel Defoe
“I feel Polish. More specifically, I feel like I'm from the tiny village in the Northeast of Poland where I have a house and where I love to spend time. But I don't work there. I cut wood.”
Krzysztof Kieslowski
“Yeah, I think that's sort of the American way. And it's also the Polish way, it turns out.”
Bill Murray
“Elbow grease is the best polish”
English Proverb