I find theater very lazy and artificial, and then when it's not, it lacks refinement. — Natasha Tsakos Copy Share Image
A design may be called organic when there is an harmonious organization of the parts within the whole, according to structure, material,… — Eliot Noyes Copy Share Image
The same refinement which brings us new pleasures exposes us to new pains. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Does power bring happiness? Does it bring refinement? Does it bring humor? Does it bring a good-heartedness, or is it just cold?… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As the architecture of a country always follows the earliest structures, American architecture should be a refinement of the log-house. The Egyptian… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is,… — James Henry Hammond Copy Share Image
There is a certain beauty and refinement that is often found in our world and it is expensive. It shouldn't necessarily be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The science of the church is neglected for the study of geometry, and they lose sight of Heaven while they are employed… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Perhaps the seeds of false-refinement, immorality, and vanity, have ever been shed by the great. Weak, artificial beings, raised above the common… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Every young woman should dress well, that is, neatly, tastefully, modestly, whether she be rich or poor. Conspicuous dressing is vulgar. True… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
Sometime in the eternities to come, we will see that our trials were calculated to cause us to turn to our Heavenly… — Delbert L. Stapley Copy Share Image
To become balanced, meditate on the heart center in the center of the chest. There you will experience happiness, refinement, sensitivity, beauty,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Chestnuts are my favorite ingredient to use in the fall, especially for the holidays. I always find that they are meaty, hearty… — Geoffrey Zakarian Copy Share Image
There are many true ladies, and they differ somewhat from society generally. So does a true gentleman, on the same principle of… — Maria Jane McIntosh Copy Share Image
The idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defense, is one of those refinements which… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is important to remember that value investing is not a perfect science. It is an, with an ongoing need for judgment,… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
During the process of stepwise refinement, a notation which is natural to the problem in hand should be used as long as… — Niklaus Wirth Copy Share Image
What is the highest of all goods achievable by action? ...both the general run of man and people of superior refinement say… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“All of history has pointed its refining focus to your life this moment.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Yale's greatness carries an urgent need to guard against the fall of excellence into exclusivity, of refinement into preciousness, of elegance into… — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr Copy Share Image
Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement. — William Morris Copy Share Image
It was a subtle refinement of God to learn Greek when he wished to write a book – and that he did… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
You can create value with breakthrough innovation, incremental refinement, or complex coordination. Great companies often do two of these. The very best… — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
