Subtle Quotes · Page 8

The past is such a subtle thing. [But] in the end, nothing else exists, everything is made of the past, even the…

— Natalie Clifford Barney

I don't think a lot of people gave 'Beavis & Butt-Head' credit for how subtle it could be.

— Ron Livingston

Subtle, funny and touching, with a striking downbeat authenticity. Director Craig Zobel is the real thing.

— A. O. Scott

We can do subtle," I assured her. "It's our middle name," Andrea added. For some odd reason Rene didn't look convinced.

— Ilona Andrews

One of the most subtle but aggressive ways racism exists is through our education system.

— Jaylen Brown

Acting is a subtle combination of hiding and revealing yourself, and as I'm not an extrovert, this is painful for me.

— Sarah Lancashire

God created the world to be praised on the subtle nature of his existence.

— Kedar Joshi

The mathematical sciences wield their particular language made of digits and signs, no less subtle than any other.

— Jorge Luis Borges

I just like to keep things small and subtle and authentic, and ground everything in reality. So that is something that I…

— Pamela Adlon

I learned that you don't have to be all over the place, that you can be subtle and you can say what…

— Mike Epps

“Clothes can suggest, persuade, connote, insinuate, or indeed lie, and apply subtle pressure while their wearer is speaking frankly and straightforwardly of…

— Anne Hollander

Tracking action without cutting is the least jarring method of placing the audience into a real-time experience where they are the ones…

— Steven Spielberg

The United States has it's own propaganda, but it's very effective because people don't realize that it's propaganda. And it's subtle, but…

— Crispin Glover

The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to…

— Zhuangzi

I think in my twenties I tended to think of all people as sort of more or less alike. In now think…

— Peter Thiel

He who is not sage and wise, humane and just, cannot use secret agent.s. And he who is not delicate and subtle…

— Sun Tzu

When you shop online, wouldn't you like to sample the bouquet of wines, the aroma of cigars, or the subtle fragrance of…

— Charles Platt

“His chief form of entertainment was reading. The last moments he was in a cabin were usually spent scanning bookshelves and nightstands.…

— Michael Finkel

It is this subtle dimension of understanding that marks the southwestern Indian peoples from other religions and separates tribal peoples from the…

— Vine Deloria Jr

Some people surrender their freedom willingly but others are forced to surrender it. Imprisonment begins with birth. Society, parents they refuse to…

— Jim Morrison

Assimilation of the fruits of each past life takes place before the spirit descends to rebirth, and consequently, the character generated is…

— Max Heindel

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

— Ellen Gilchrist

Is it not true that your gloominess and bad temper are due to your lack of determination in breaking the subtle snares…

— Josemaria Escriva

I really like dating stories, like in Betty and Veronica comics; I like David Lynch and H.P. Lovecraft for the dark gut-wrenching…

— Fred Seibert

For the first time, I had been struck by the excitement of the traveler who looks history in her subtle face.

— Elizabeth Kostova

Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make certain of the truth of their reports.

— Sun Tzu

One of the most subtle and powerful writers of dark fiction - a unique voice.

— Michael Marshall Smith

As an example of wealth, good taste, and subtle intimidation, it took first prize.

— Nalini Singh

However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it.

— Jim Hodges

We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described.

— Henry David Thoreau

“His actions were subtle, his effects public. That affirmed him. That pleased him.”

— Charles Graeber

I hate the term black sheep, but I just felt like I wasn't keeping up. It was a subtle pressure I put…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

There are no physical divisions in the subtle domain and therefore no barriers between heaven and hell, light and shadow.

— Deepak Chopra

The job is not to succeed but fail more interesting than the last time—- in a more subtle fashion or in a…

— T. J. Jagodowski

Writing is a subtle art that is reached mostly by self-discovery and experimentation.

— Jasper Fforde

“The true genius of a Woman is her subtle flair in creating the illusion that you are the smart one”

— Josh Stern

Make all visual distinctions as subtle as possible, but still clear and effective.

— Edward Tufte

There is a subtle but inescapable connection between the "sacred" attitude and the acceptance of one's in most self.

— Thomas Merton

So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

If his voice hasn't been the melody of my life, it's been the bass line, so subtle you don't notice it until…

— Jodi Picoult