Refinement Quotes

145 quotes by 127 authors

I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavor to acquire strength, both… — Mary Wollstonecraft
Of course he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful man should; it is almost a test of refinement. — E. M. Forster
The indifference, callousness and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering in animals, and second… — Ashley Montagu
True refinement seeks simplicity. — Bruce Lee
I think the time is ripe for a return to the refinement of lifestyle that the pocket watch embodies. A personal pleasure that you know… — Richard Mille
I use doodling for a variety of reasons: I use it to get clarity around a concept, I use it to relax, I use it… — Sunni Brown
The feeling of an evolution is a constant for every artist who is pursuing the search of refinement and enlargement of his/her own means of… — Andrea Bocelli
Rawness and refinement are not opposite ends of a luxurious spectrum... they are two complementary features with which to populate a luxe environment. — Kelly Wearstler
Wealth brings with it refinement, the spirit of conservation, while poverty inspires adventurous ideas, the desire to change things, and has little care for life. — Jose Rizal
Experimental work of great refinement is necessary in order to determine atomic weights. No relationships between them have yet been certainly found which make it… — Theodore William Richards
It is a very great mistake, and a very common one, even for well-read persons, to adopt the idea that the progress of the human… — Samuel Freeman Miller
There is still refinement needed - we are working on being able to do the same things at lower light levels and with a larger… — Stefan Hell
But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties. — Donald G. Mitchell
We were astonished by the beauty and refinement of the art displayed by the objects surpassing all we could have imagined - the impression was… — Howard Carter
The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of… — Felix Adler
Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants. — Robert Andrews Millikan
RIBROASTER, n. Censorious language by oneself concerning another. The word is of classical refinement, and is even said to have been used in a fable… — Ambrose Bierce
Knowledge increases with the refinement of intelligence because it becomes easy to grasp knowledge. — Yajur Veda
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not,… — William Ellery Channing
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not… — William Ellery Channing

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