Delicate Quotes

575 quotes by 492 authors

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. I know… — Ansel Adams
Wars are not favourable to delicate pleasures. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Necessity has a way of obliterating from our conduct various delicate scruples regarding honor and pride. — William Faulkner
The affected modesty of most women is a decoy for the generous, the delicate, and unsuspecting; while the artful, the bold, and unfeeling either see… — William Hazlitt
Here are sweet peas, on tiptoe for a flight; With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To… — John Keats
Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself. — Rodney Dangerfield
'Affinity' is beautiful and intense, with no laughs. It's a rather delicate and emotional love story, with a spooky element. — Andrew Davies
No matter how popular you are as a stand-up - you can go out and fill a 10,000-seat arena and be smart and funny -… — Ellen DeGeneres
I was anorexic in the '60s and '70s, although it wasn't called anorexia then. I thought people would be nicer to me if I looked… — Marianne Faithfull
The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall… — Dag Hammarskjold
Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate. — Kirk Hammett
Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In vain would we exalt the one by depreciating the other. — David Hume
The reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable but infinitely subtle and delicate. — Daisaku Ikeda
Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos. — Maynard James Keenan
Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from… — Joseph Wood Krutch
I'm feeling a little delicate. — Aung San Suu Kyi
I think you have to be careful with spices. Kids' palates can be very delicate, and they might not like things overspiced. In my cookbooks… — Emeril Lagasse
The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and… — Jose Marti
True strength is delicate. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
Horseracing and ranch horses are two different animals. You're getting race horses out and running and running them. It can be really problematic. A thoroughbred's… — Dennis Quaid

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