Refined Quotes

210 Refined quotes by 186 unique authors

You took a walk on a Sunday afternoon and came to a nice neighborhood, very refined. You saw a small one of these trees through… — Betty Smith
Sometimes success demands a certain refined insanity. — Isobelle Carmody
Passion should believe itself irresistible. It should forget civility and consideration and all the other curses of a refined nature. Above all, it should never… — E. M. Forster
In the end things must be as they are and have always been--the great things remain for the great, the abysses for the profound, the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
This group had a kind of dark glamour within the castle. They were a motley collection; a mixture of the weak seeking protection, the ambitious… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
He is not the same person as when we met, but . . . neither am I. Time has refined us, but instead of pushing… — Ann Aguirre
I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Soft, amiable natures they would have refined to saintliness; of strong, evil… — Charlotte Bronte
Generally speaking, our prisoners were capable of loving animals, and if they had been allowed they would have delighted to rear large numbers of domestic… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
In Europe the rich are refined enough to act as if they're not wealthy. That is how civilized people behave. If you ask me, being… — Orhan Pamuk
Was it me you were discussing?â€ he countered with lifted brows. â€œI couldnâ€™t tell from the description you were giving. Since when am I kind,… — Judith McNaught
I suppose there is no place in the world where snobbery is quite so ever-present or where it is cultivated in such refined and subtle… — George Orwell
The Rights Revolutions too have given us ideals that educated people today take for granted but that are virtually unprecedented in human history, such as… — Steven Pinker
Our Press and our schools cultivate Chauvinism, militarism, dogmatism, conformism and ignorance. The arbitrary power of the Government is unlimited, and unexampled in history; freedom… — Arthur Koestler
And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are a person's most… — Augusten Burroughs
Already, he was dreaming of a refined solitude, a comfortable desert, a motionless ark in which to seek refuge from the unending deluge of human… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
I was originally supposed to become an engineer but the thought of having to expend my creative energy on things that make practical everyday life… — Albert Einstein
Each part of the mind sees only a little of what happens in some others, and that little is swiftly refined, reformulated and "represented." We… — Marvin Minsky
We may... have to relinquish the notion, explicit or implicit, that changes of paradigm carry scientists and those who learn from them closer and closer… — Thomas Kuhn
What I like about the American woman is she usually has a lot of dynamism. In the U.S., women have a tendency to go forward,… — Francoise Gilot
Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

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