Stanley R. Jaffe

Occasionally, I'll direct if there's something I feel strongly about. Having done it has whetted my appetite to do it again, but I don't feel an internal pressure to direct. It certainly will make me a better producer, because I'm more empathetic; I really appreciate now what the director is going through every day.

American Politician

Craig Robinson

I'm focused on the work. And now I've done 'Morris' and 'Mr. Robot,' my appetite is whet to go deeper. It's fun, and it's challenging, and it stretches me. I'm not saying I'm done with comedy by any stretch of the imagination. I'm saying, yeah, let's see how deep the rabbit hole goes.

American Actor

Rick Famuyiwa

It's insidious how Hollywood warps your values without you even realizing that it's happening to you. You get a little whiff of success and it whets your appetite, and before you know it you're going right down the road they've laid out for you.

Nigerian Director

William Godwin

Every boy learns more in his hours of play than in his hours of labor. In school, he lays in the materials of thinking, but in his sports, he actually thinks: he whets his faculties, and he opens his eyes.

English Writer

David Ayer

Fury' whetted my appetite for a bigger canvas and this idea of world creation. You can do amazing things as a filmmaker if you have the proper tools, and those are time and money.

American Director

Quintilian

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

Roman Educator

Akhenaton

Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.

Egyptian Statesman

John Barton

To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that.

Canadian Poet

Jonathan Brandis

Furthermore I will just have to see what the future will bring me. But a change of food whets the appetite.

Jeremy Irons

I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the case sadly.

English Actor

Used metaphorically to describe eagerness for more after an initial taste.

Metaphorical Appetite

Often used to describe scenarios where excitement or anticipation is built.

Common in Descriptions

Don't use it when referring to actual food or drink; it's about interest, not physical hunger.

Not Literal Thirst

Usually associated with the process of preparing or maintaining tools or weapons.

Preparation Context

Emphasizes the improvement of a blade's edge, making it sharper for use.

Focus on Sharpness

Originally a practical term for blade care, now more historical or context-specific.

Historical Use

 But I can only hope I've whet your appetite to go out and see and learn more about the amazing things that are happening in art in India today. Thank you very much for looking and listening.

Ravin Agrawal: 10 young...

 guy was the practical cheats victim he was already full so he allows some acrobatics to whet the appetite and the task of shoving

Whet

Metaphorical Appetite

Common in Descriptions

Not Literal Thirst

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