Sensibility Quotes · Page 18

The two pioneering forces of modern sensibility are Jewish moral seriousness and homosexual aestheticism and irony.

— Susan Sontag

'Mad About You' fit my sensibility the most of any show that I worked on, and as a result, it was really…

— Maria Semple

The difference between what we see and a sheet of white paper with a few thin lines on it is very great.…

— Kenneth Clark

Profoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good taste, great tone, rightness, courtliness, vivacity, boldness, style, freshness, harmony,…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One of my ambitions has been to go back to what those great authors were doing then ... to bridge that sensibility…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

There is an honesty which is but decided selfishness in disguise. The person who will not refrain from expressing his or her…

— Arthur Helps

Haagen-Dazs (a clever Scandi-sounding name invented by Americans in 1961) was bought for its Euro-sounding sophistication by the kind of Americans who…

— Peter York

The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

— Mason Cooley

Getting inside your character's head and letting the reader see the world through not just their eyes but their sensibility creates an…

— Stewart O'Nan

Nobody is here without a reason. I always had a different sensibility. I like a huge range of comedy - from broad…

— Lily Tomlin

My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Having more candidates come with a creative and artistic sensibility would actually bring more people out to vote.

— Zephyr Teachout

I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man…

— William Cowper

Philosophy exists in profoundest opposition to rhetoric, which is speaking for the sake of producing or controlling some effect in others' perceptions.…

— Kenny Smith

An American soldier, Saddam in his sights, has a picture of a naked, buxom woman on his dashboard, an obvious affront to…

— Margo Kingston

Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

— Jane Austen

I like bringing my poet brain and sensibility to lyrics I write.

— Jamila Woods

I believe my research "validates" is the idea that "the water holds and transmits information." I believe that the more we properly…

— Masaru Emoto

In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the…

— Ivanka Trump

Feeling hearts--touch them but lightly--pour A thousand melodies unheard before.

— Samuel Rogers

Culture and society determined sexual desirability as what makes us important so long that it's part of our sensibility from birth.Little girls…

— Cris Mazza

Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can.

— Fay Weldon

I'm not saying it isn't frustrating that my films haven't gotten a bigger release, but I'm really happy with them and if…

— Alex Winter

When I saw 'Fleabag,' and when this script came to me, there is a uniqueness and a dark naughtiness to Phoebe Waller-Bridge's…

— Sandra Oh

The more prose I wrote, the more the pendulum swung back toward the middle, merging some poetic sensibilities with the more fundamental…

— Alex Lemon