Sophistication Quotes

123 Sophistication quotes by 112 unique authors

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige… — James Thurber
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. — Leonardo da Vinci
A turtleneck is about sophistication. — Dwyane Wade
When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the… — Vera Wang
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. — Oscar Wilde
Big government inevitably drives an upward distribution of wealth to those whose wealth, confidence and sophistication enable them to manipulate government. — George Will
Although I didn't think so at the time, things were a lot simpler in 1969. All you had to do to express yourself was throw… — Haruki Murakami
The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as… — Douglas Adams
From being quite sure of himself and his future he becomes not at all sure. If he be an imaginative boy a door is torn… — Sherwood Anderson
Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary... — Ernest Hemingway
Despite all that education and experience can do, I retain a certain level of unsophistication that I cannot eradicate and that my friends find amusing.… — Isaac Asimov
From a tale one expects a bit of wildness, of exaggeration and dramatic effect. The tale has no inherent concern with decorum, balance or harmony.… — Peter Straub
Sophistication isn't what you wear or who you know, or pushing people down to get you where you want to go... soon your gonna find… — Taylor Swift
For the true measure of agriculture is not the sophistication of its equipment the size of its income or even the statistics of its productivity… — Wendell Berry
simplicity is the best sophistication — Leonardo da Vinci
To be inclusive you must accommodate different levels of sophistication. — Jeffrey Eugenides
Why does any kind of cynicism appeal to people? Because it seems like a mark of maturity, of sophistication, like you’ve seen everything and know… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
So that’s our approach. Very simple, and we’re really shooting for Museum of Modern Art quality. The way we’re running the company, the product design,… — Walter Isaacson
Without pain, how could we know joy?' This is an old argument in the field of thinking about suffering and its stupidity and lack of… — John Green
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication-- Steve Jobs turned this into the slogan behind an early Mac advertising campaign. Which doesn't make it less true. — Steve Jobs
Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right. — Anne Lamott
Sophistication isn't what you wear and who you know. — Taylor Swift
The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication - this "nerdification," to put it bluntly - is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm,… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The cynics, they can only speak of the dark, of the obvious, and this is not hard. For all it’s supposed sophistication, it’s cynicism that’s… — Ann Voskamp
Sophistication and lifestyle is understanding the difference between trinkets and treasures. — Jim Rohn

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