Exquisite Quotes

360 quotes by 241 authors

The mask means to me: freshness of color, sumptuous decoration, wild unexpected gestures, very shrill expressions, exquisite turbulence. — James Ensor
Apart from the pleasure of looking at her and listening to her-of enjoying in her what others less discriminatingly but as liberally appreciated-he had the… — Edith Wharton
Everybody tells me that they would love to knit, but they don't have time. I look at people's lives and I can see opportunity and… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
I tried to write worse but it was no good; my generalizations came out as before, each more exquisite than the last. I grew discouraged. — Peter De Vries
The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to the human heart, in the facility with… — Thomas B. Macaulay
I have experienced some amazing food! Yet when I think about the most luxurious and exquisite meals I have had, visions of simple food made… — Mark Hyman, M.D.
A hot bath! How exquisite a vespertine pleasure, how luxurious, fervid and flagrant a consolation for the rigours, the austerities, the renunciations of the day. — Rose Macaulay
We can rest contentedly in our sins and in our stupidities, and anyone who has watched gluttons shoveling down the most exquisite foods as if… — C.S. Lewis
Look up at the miracle of the falling snow,â€”the air a dizzy maze of whirling, eddying flakes, noiselessly transforming the world, the exquisite crystals dropping… — John Burroughs
When the first-rate author wants an exquisite heroine or a lovely morning, he finds that all the superlatives have been worn shoddy by his inferiors.… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization. — Andre Maurois
Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions. — Philibert Joseph Roux
Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness. — Dorothy Parker
Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term,… — William Safire
There is in the darkness a unity, if you will, that cannot be achieved in any other environment, a blending of self with what the… — Bernard Malamud
Along with its enchanting and exquisite melodies, West Side Story has attitude and a tremendous amount of frenetic energy. It's emotional, theatrical and technical. It's… — Steve Vai
I want to say at once that I frankly believe that Irving Berlin is the greatest songwriter that has ever lived.... His songs are exquisite… — George Gershwin
Clearly, many branches of science need an exquisite precision of timekeeping and the infinitesimal decimals of calibration, so space launches, for example, are not scheduled… — Jay Griffiths
The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of… — Gordon Gee
It is a holy blessing to be born with the exquisite qualities of a daughter of God. Women of God, both old and young, are… — Margaret D. Nadauld

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