Discreet Quotes
69 quotes by 61 authors
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My grill is intended to be discreet. It's there because I enjoy jewelry.
— Jill Scott
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The serious artist must be as open as nature. Nature does not give all of herself in a paragraph. She is rugged and not set…
— Ezra Pound
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The more observing ones may have seen, but discerning people are usually discreet and often kind, for we usually bleed a little before we begin…
— Willa Cather
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If hatred strikes you, if you get accused, thrown to the lions, you can expect one of two reactions from people who know you: some…
— Milan Kundera
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The fate of peoples is made like this, two men in small rooms. Forget the coronations, the conclaves of cardinals, the pomp and processions. This…
— Hilary Mantel
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Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving…
— William Shakespeare
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Members of your family might say they are working hard all day long, while you are off at school or clarinet lessons, but the only…
— Daniel Handler
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There is a fallacy that the powerful emotion of youth mellows with time. Not true. One learns to control and suppress it. But it doesn't…
— Nicole Krauss
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Love is a smoke rais'd with the fume of sighs; being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with lovers'…
— William Shakespeare
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The contrast between the familiar and the exceptional was everywhere around me. A bullock cart was drawn up beside a modern sports car at a…
— Gregory David Roberts
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I’ll be real discreet,†Tank said. As discreet as a six-foot-six, no-neck guy weighing three hundred and fifty pounds, all dressed in black SWAT clothes,…
— Janet Evanovich
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For instance, I never complained that my birthday was overlooked; people were even surprised, with a touch of admiration, by my discretion on this subject.…
— Albert Camus
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Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.
— Duke of Wellington
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The modern designers are quite showy, and a lot of the young people really like it. Costume jewelry has always been about being noticed and…
— Judith Miller
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I think, in our life I think that when you are an actor, when you are a producer, you have to be very discreet about…
— Sophia Loren
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Remember, its all about you and the dress. Nothing more, so keep the accessories very discreet.
— Alice Temperley
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I lived the life of Londoners - and thence comes my immense gratitude and my deep attachment with the British people. I do not think…
— Maurice Druon
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Over the years, the idea seems to have grown up that brightly coloured flowers are vulgar, and that the only flowers to be admitted to…
— Craig Brown
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Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.
— Arthur Wellesley
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I try to learn from both, from features and documentaries. In both cases you have to find a way to make the camera as discreet…
— Michel Gondry
Who Wrote These Discreet Quotes
61 authors contributed a total of 69 Discreet Quotes, led by these top contributors: