It seems unpleasantly refined to put things off till someone knows. — William Empson Copy Share Image
I come from a culture that has refined the art of the dirge to a sublime level. — Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Copy Share Image
A refined ability to learn from failure and to grow through losses is necessary to achieve excellence in any human endeavor. — Terry Orlick Copy Share Image
My husband's family was terribly refined. Within their circle you could know Beethoven, but God forbid if you were Beethoven. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
One has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Nine times out of ten it is the coarse word that condemns an evil, and the refined word that excuses it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Values are shaped and refined by rubbing against real problems, and people interpret their problems according to the values they hold. — Ronald A. Heifetz Copy Share Image
A woman must be truly refined to incite chivalry in the heart of a man. — Suzanne Curchod Copy Share Image
The pleasures of humility are really the most refined, inward, and exquisite delights in the world. — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
The instinct of self-preservation in human society, acting almost subconsciously, as do all drives in the human mind, is rebelling against the… — Bertha von Suttner Copy Share Image
Vengeful as nature herself, she loves her children only in order to devour them better and if she herself rips her own… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
Are introverts arrogant? Hardly. I suppose this common misconception has to do with our being more intelligent, more reflective, more independent, more… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
Agave nectar is a good substitute for refined sugars. It has a relatively low glycaemic index, which means it doesn't cause quick… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
Style as a concept has been hijacked to mean elite, refined and expensive when it should be thought of as a basic… — Scott Schuman Copy Share Image
Refined indifference is a sports psychology precept: train like there's no tomorrow and then accept whatever happens. Once you step on the… — Scott Hamilton Copy Share Image
Polish what you polish until it is like gold that has been refined a hundred times; anything that is done in a… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Clothes can have a very refined vibration. An ochre robe can be extremely refined and so can a wonderful satin gown or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If the souls of lives were voiced in music, there are some that none but a great organ could express, others the… — Miles Franklin Copy Share Image
God allows us to dace difficulties so that our faith will be stretched and refined. The trials we face provide an excellent… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we… — Margaret D. Nadauld Copy Share Image
In contrast, markets - oft mythologized as "natural" are the most unnatural things going. Libertarians will tell you "market laws are laws… — David Brin Copy Share Image
As in the fine arts, the progress of mankind from barbarism to civilisation is marked by a gradual succession of triumphs over… — Isabella Beeton Copy Share Image
What I like about the American woman is she usually has a lot of dynamism. In the U.S., women have a tendency… — Francoise Gilot Copy Share Image
Corporations, in the name of efficiency, suppress variation by "getting all the ducks in line."To optimize productivity, they evolve highly refined and… — Richard Pascale Copy Share Image
Certainly, for a newspaper director, to have within arm's reach a Travaglio, about whom every starring actor, supporting cast and extra of… — Indro Montanelli Copy Share Image
Will is developed in meditation. It is refined. It is within you, but you don't know how to get to it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S.… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The sinner's ego is crude that of the saint refined, distilled. Careful! It may be more poisonous! — Frederick Franck Copy Share Image
I dislike people who get out of things unscraped. No scars, no scratches. Agnosceo veteris vestigia flamme. Refined through a scar. — Danilo Kis Copy Share Image
Refined religion is aimed at realizing ethical values, including the fostering of human lives and human communities. — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
The more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being. — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
An English tongue, if refined to a certain standard, might perhaps be fixed forever. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The tools used by the surgeons must be adapted to the task and where the human brain is concerned they cannot be… — Lars Leksell Copy Share Image
The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
