Delicate Quotes

575 quotes by 492 authors

Kate Boo's reporting is a form of kinship. Abdul and Manju and Kalu of Annawadi will not be forgotten. She leads us through their unknown… — Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
Terry Farish seems to breathe the reader into the emotional spaces of war, exile, and refugee life. The Good Braider is a delicate stunning exploration… — Uma Krishnaswami
But I, in the chilling twilight stand and wait At the portcullis, at thy castle gate, Longing to see the charmed door of dreams Turn… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
A film set is really delicate and people treat you very very well if you're an actor because they want you to be as comfortable… — Amanda Seyfried
You know men. We have delicate egos. — Cassandra Clare
There are two distinct sorts of what we call bashfulness; this, the awkwardness of a booby, which a few steps into the world will convert… — Henry Mackenzie
I still don't know how to express the really delicate personal stuff. People think that Plastic Ono is very personal, but there are some subtleties… — John Lennon
The Word of Wisdom does not promise you perfect health, but it teaches how to keep the body you were born with in the best… — Boyd K. Packer
Your strength is soft, indirect, delicate, tender, womanly. But it is strength just the same. — Anais Nin
Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy. — Remy de Gourmont
The winter moon becomes a companion, the heart of the priest, sunk in meditation upon religion and philosophy, there in the mountain hall, is engaged… — Yasunari Kawabata
Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst,… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Our way of living together in America is a strong but delicate fabric. It is made up of many threads. It has been woven over… — Wendell Willkie
The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with… — Richard Hofstadter
Nobody knows whether our personalities pass on to another existence or sphere, but if we can evolve an instrument so delicate to be manipulated by… — Thomas A. Edison
The delicate sensitivity of a frightened rattlesnake. — Ross Macdonald
The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one. — Mark Udall
Business is not the supreme virtue, and sanctity is not measured by the amount of work we accomplish.Â Perfection is found in the purity of… — Thomas Merton
Habits are powerful, but delicate. They can emerge outside our consciousness, or can be deliberately designed. They often occur without our permission, but can be… — Charles Duhigg
The craving for a delicate fruit is pleasanter than the fruit itself. — Johann Gottfried Herder

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