Sophisticated Quotes

419 Sophisticated quotes by 374 unique authors

She laughed with thrilling scorn. "Sophisticated-God, I'm sophisticated! — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Anyone who thinks they're too grown up or too sophisticated to eat caramel corn, is not invited to my house for dinner — Ruth Reichl
The ever more sophisticated weapons piling up in the arsenals of the wealthiest and the mightiest can kill the illiterate, the ill, the poor and… — Fidel Castro
It's one of those places that are supposed to be very sophisticated and all, and the phonies are coming in the window. — J D Salinger
However, displayed right alongside all the Confederate flag paraphernalia is a bunch of American flag merch – American flag place mats, patriotic “body crystals,” flag… — Sarah Vowell
He hated crowds, never liked punk. He couldn't handle the nakedness of the rage -his own so sophisticated and finely tuned. He could never see… — Janet Fitch
The Tezuman priests have a sophisticated calendar and an advanced horology," quoted Rincewind. "Ah," said Eric, "Good." "No," said Rincewind patiently. "It means time measurement."… — Terry Pratchett
For belligerent purposes, the 14th century, like the 20th, commanded a technology more sophisticated than the mental and moral capacity that guided its use. — Barbara Tuchman
In an initial period, Photography, in order to surprise, photographs the notable; but soon, by a familiar reversal, it decrees notable whatever it photographs. The… — Roland Barthes
He spoke of human solitude, about the intrinsic loneliness of a sophisticated mind, one that is capable of reason and poetry but which grasps at… — Nicole Krauss
If you paid me for work," continued Max, whose rhetoric was more sophisticated than you might expect from a man with food in his beard,… — Richard Russo
your culture has become sophisticated, like a computer, or a drug that you take for a headache. You can use it, but you cannot explain… — Chris Cleave
Chickens can do many things, but they cannot make sophisticated deals with humans. — Jonathan Safran Foer
I sat on the bed. Neither of us said anything. I wasn't slick and sophisticated enough for this. What do you say to boyfriend A… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Sadly, at a time when so much sophisticated cultural criticism by hip intellectuals from diverse locations extols a vision of cultural hybridity, border crossing, subjectivity… — Bell Hooks
Another ten points from Gryffindor,” said Snape. “I would expect nothing more sophisticated from you, Ronald Weasley, the boy so solid he cannot Apparate half… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected… — David Rockefeller
Rule of thumb: if you think something is clever and sophisticated beware-it is probably self-indulgence. — Donald A. Norman
One dictionary defines denouement as "a final part in which everything is made clear and no questions or surprises remain." By that definition, it is… — Pseudonymous Bosch
He destroyed in her the knowing, doubting, sophisticated Ella, and again and again he put her intelligence to sleep, and with her willing connivance, so… — Doris Lessing
The Hopi, an Indian tribe, have a language as sophisticated as ours, but no tenses for past, present and future. The division does not exist.… — Jeanette Winterson
I remember learning German - so beautiful, so strange - at school in Australia on the other side of the earth. My family was nonplussed… — Anna Funder
There he is, tall, tanned, Italian, sophisticated. So what do you do?" I said, "Er, leap on him and snog him within an inch of… — Louise Rennison
Ah,” said Magnus. “Nerd love. It is a beautiful thing, while also being an object of mockery and hilarity for those of us who are… — Cassandra Clare
In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D.C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, unspoken promise to work for large corporations — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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