Delicately Quotes

65 Delicately quotes by 62 unique authors

Winning children (who appear so guileless) are children who have discovered how effective charm and modesty and a delicately calculated spontaneity are in winning what… — Thornton Wilder
The scientist is a practical man and his are practical (i.e., practically attainable) aims. He does not seek the ultimate but the proximate. He does… — Gilbert N. Lewis
O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing wound thee sore! — Dante Alighieri
Only within the 20th Century has biological thought been focused on ecology, or the relation of the living creature to its environment. Awareness of ecological… — Rachel Carson
Each delicately and fiercely imaged poem is a tribute to perseverence and survival and a lesson for us all. — Walter Bargen
To be happy one must be (a) well fed, unhounded by sordid cares, at ease in Zion, (b) full of a comfortable feeling of superiority… — H. L. Mencken
The worse we treat people in this country, the more delicately we talk about them. — Wilfrid Sheed
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. — Jean de la Bruyere
If you love a Dream Woman ... let her stay the divine Woman of the Dream. To awaken and clasp flesh and blood, no matter… — William John Locke
I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to… — Marilyn Monroe
All things are in the hand of heaven, and Folly, eldest of Jove's daughters, shuts men's eyes to their destruction. She walks delicately, not on… — Homer
A summer rain had left the night clean and sparkling with drops of water. I leaned against the end pillar of the gallery, my head… — Anne Rice
He resented such questions as people do who have thought a great deal about them. The superficial and slipshod have ready answers, but those looking… — Peter De Vries
Symbolism and meaning are two separate things. I think she found the right words by bypassing procedures like meaning and logic. She captured words in… — Haruki Murakami
The amazing activity of the cat is delicately balanced by his capacity for relaxation. Every household should contain a cat, not only for decorative and… — William Lyon Phelps
Those who feel guilty contemplating "betraying" the tradition they love by acknowledging their disapproval of elements within it should reflect on the fact that the… — Daniel Dennett
This was not some pretty little girl, coyly flirtatious, delicately stimulated. This was the mature female of the species, vivid, handsome and strong demanding that… — John D. MacDonald
A poem is this:/A nuance of sound/delicately operating/upon a cataract of sense/...the particulars/of a song waking/upon a bed of sound. — William Carlos Williams
Maybe you're one of those people who writes poems, but rarely reads them. Let me put this as delicately as I can: If you don't… — Kim Addonizio
It's Simon, he's missing." Ahh." said Magnus delicately "Missing what exactly?" Missing!" Jace repeated "As in gone, absent, notable for his lack of presence, disappeared — Cassandra Clare
You trap yourself sometimes, by thinking desire and need is love. Love is something far more precious, but something far more fragile. As fragile as… — Virginia C. Andrews
Well, to put it delicately, she has the power to suck out people's brains. — Derek Landy
All art is but dirtying the paper delicately. — John Ruskin
It's Simon. He's missing." "Ah," said Magnus, delicately, "missing what, exactly?" "Missing," Jace repeated, "as in gone, absent, notable for his lack of presence, disappeared."… — Cassandra Clare
It's Major Ketchup in the bathroom with the laser scalpel." "Hmm." He sliced a delicately herbed spear of asparagus. "Obviously we were meant for each… — Nora Roberts

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