Subtle Quotes

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A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways. — Ansel Adams
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. — Charles Baudelaire
I do believe babies are born potty-trained. They're born knowing and are able to give subtle signals that become very prominent if you reinforce them. — Mayim Bialik
Hanging out with politicians and corporations is very unhip work. But I think that the U2 audience have turned out to be incredibly subtle in… — Bono
Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to… — Carter Burwell
Nowadays, the process of growth and development almost never seems to manage to create this subtle balance between the importance of the individual parts, and… — Christopher Alexander
The subtle generational cues that make one thing cool and another uncool aren't always obvious to a parent. My children are my dinner-table sounding board.… — Nolan Bushnell
I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does… — Emily Carr
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come… — Winston Churchill
Water, whether still or in motion, has so great an attraction for the lover of nature, that the most beautiful landscape seems scarcely complete without… — William Montagu-Pollock
Ah come on, these streams of light are not so subtle. All along the ditch, signs of life in sinking puddles! — Sarah Harmer
Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate. — Sun Tzu
One of the most subtle burdens God ever puts on us as saints is this burden of discernment concerning other souls. He reveals things in… — Oswald Chambers
Sweet, can I sing you the song of your kisses? How soft is this one, how subtle this is, How fluttering swift as a bird's… — Arthur Symons
Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with the method and… — Oswald Chambers
Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make certain of the truth of their reports. — Sun Tzu
Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of business. — Sun Tzu
Nothing is harder to see into thanpeoples nature. The sage looks at subtle phenomena and listens tosmall voices. This harmonizes the outside with the inside… — Zhuge Liang
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I lost it.' — Sydney J. Harris

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