Sometimes tyranny isn't so subtle or creative.

A great wave of oppressive tyranny isn't going to strike, but rather a slow seepage of oppressive laws and regulations from within will sink…

— George Baumler

I like to be subtle, without being too obvious.

— Chris de Burgh

Envy may justly be called "the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity;" it is the most acid fruit that grows on the stock…

— Hosea Ballou

Coming to appreciate your worth can, in some cases, dramatically improve your circumstances by changing the choices you make and the actions you take.…

— Dan Millman

If the character is getting mad, getting upset or getting turned on, you're getting to see that in the facial tones and the skin…

— Michael Rooker

I think the greatest thing about DVD is the quality of sound and picture; the real estate to put more extras on; and, my…

— Steven Spielberg

The height and value of true virtue consists in the facility, utility, and pleasure of its exercise; so far from difficulty, that boys, as…

— Michel de Montaigne

God knows we are subtle creatures who are more than able to use candour to avoid acknowledging our deceptions of others and ourselves.

— Stanley Hauerwas

We can go up or we can do down. I think generally the world is going on an upward swing. We're in a part…

— George Harrison

One thing I know is that it is a bad idea to marry someone who had bad parents. If they hated their mother, if…

— Ellen Gilchrist

As an actor, if you step to the side and you look at [Thornton's performance] technically, and you try to imagine doing what he…

— Edward Norton

I mean, it's very subtle and a little embarrassing to me, but I really believe there are things which nobody would see unless I…

— Diane Arbus

A real flame of love is a subtle thing. It burns as a will-o'-the-wisp, dancing onward to fairy lands of delight. It roars as…

— Theodore Dreiser

“Her beauty was much more subtle – like a gentle scent that lingered and took time to appreciate.”

— Jason Luke

Photography's potential as a great image-maker and communicator is really no different from the same potential in the best poetry where familiar, everyday words,…

— Paul Caponigro