Refined Quotes

210 Refined quotes by 186 unique authors

Barack Obama's life was so much simpler in 2009. Back then, he had refined the cold act of blaming others for the bad economy into… — John Sununu
The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are. — Paul Tournier
She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that… — Mark Twain
Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here… — Morihei Ueshiba
The more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being. — Andrew Weil
My dear fellow, the truth isnâ€™t quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl. What extraordinary ideas you have about… — Oscar Wilde
...how much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners... — Nikolai Gogol
Wise wretch! with pleasures too refined to please, With too much spirit to be e'er at ease, With too much quickness ever to be taught,… — Alexander Pope
While boasting of our noble deeds we're careful to conceal the ugly fact that by an iniquitous money system we have nationalized a system of… — Horace Greeley
You donâ€™t want a general houseworker, do you? Or a traveling companion, quiet, refined, speaks fluent French entirely in the present tense? Or an assistant… — Dorothy Parker
Every accomplishment, every refined talent, every useful attainment in mathematics, music, and in all sciences, and art belong to the Saints. — Brigham Young
How guilt refined the methods of self-torture, threading the beads of detail into an eternal loop, a rosary to be fingered for a lifetime. — Ian Mcewan
One must shed the bad taste of wanting to agree with many. "Good" is no longer good when one's neighbor mouths it. And how should… — Friedrich Nietzsche
When a man sleeps, he is steeped and lost in a limp toneless happiness: awake he is restless, tortured by his body and the illusion… — Flann O'Brien
[A] process was going on in which people were transformed into things, into pieces of reality which pure science can calculate and technical science can… — Paul Tillich
The man who has fed the chicken every day throughout its life at last wrings its neck instead, showing that more refined views as to… — Bertrand Russell
A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely… — Mao Zedong
All looked distant and peaceful and strange. The shore seemed refined, far away, unreal. Already the little distance they had sailed had put them far… — Virginia Woolf
The future looks like gasoline. . . . crude oil . . . is the future before it has been refined. It is like a… — Chris Cleave
Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful. They tend to brighten… — Joseph B. Wirthlin

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