Double Axe Handle

Famous quotes containing the words double, axe and/or handle:

“What happens is that, as with drugs, he needs a stronger shot each time, and women are just women. The consumption of one woman is the consumption of all. You can’t double the dose.”
—Ian Fleming (1908–1964)

“The scholar requires hard and serious labor to give an impetus to his thought. He will learn to grasp the pen firmly so, and wield it gracefully and effectively, as an axe or a sword.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“By God, the old man could handle a spade.
Just like his old man.”
—Seamus Heaney (b. 1939)