Delicate Quotes

575 quotes by 484 authors

When I design a collection I strive to make a woman feel as special as the delicate creation she is wearing; take her to an… — Claire Pettibone
The truth is not delicate and it does not suffer from denialâ€”the truth only dies when true stories are untold. — Ken Liu
Fine and delicate taste is the fruit of education and experience. — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Who has not felt the beauty of a woman's arm? The unspeakable suggestions of tenderness that lie in the dimpled elbow, and all the varied… — George Eliot
Our situation is truly delicate & critical. On the one hand we are in need of a strong federal government founded on principles that will… — Mercy Otis Warren
Why shouldn't we, so generally addicted to the gigantic, at last have some small works of art, some short poems, short pieces of music [...],… — Elizabeth Bishop
I've been a bad, bad girl - I've been careless with a delicate man. — Fiona Apple
To read is to let someone else work for you - the most delicate form of exploitation. — Emile M. Cioran
Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages. Adding explanation to the descriptive… — Akira Kurosawa
People who are knowledgeable about poetry sometimes discuss it in that knowing, rather hateful way in which oenophiles talk about wine: robust, delicate, muscular. This… — Anna Quindlen
It is difficult to define love; all we can say is, that in the soul it is a desire to rule, in the mind it… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Art is a form of supremely delicate awareness... meaning at-oneness, the state of being at one with the object. — D. H. Lawrence
Even dreams, the most delicate and intangible of things, can prove remarkable difficult to kill. — Neil Gaiman
She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love and thought… — William Wordsworth
In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash'd palings, Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green, with many a pointed… — Walt Whitman
Of all the items on the menu, soup is that which exacts the most delicate perfection and the strictest attention. — Auguste Escoffier
When I look on you a moment, then I can speak no more, but my tongue falls silent, and at once a delicate flame courses… — Sappho
...when I think of you it's with tears, because no one else has such delicate hands that can reach into my soul and calm my… — John M. Geddes
For society to function some kind of reasonable balance has to be stuck between the competing interests of creditors and debtors. Although the mandate of… — Linda McQuaig
My diary entries during this period constantly refer to the importance of learning how to take criticism. If you shut yourself in your own little… — Joao Magueijo

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