Subtle Quotes

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There's a subtle reason that programmers always want to throw away the code and start over. The reason is that they think the old code… — Joel Spolsky
What is to be sought in designs for the display of information is the clear portrayal of complexity. Not the complication of the simple; rather… — Edward Tufte
Language is the amber in which a thousand precious and subtle thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved. — Richard Chenevix Trench
[About the great synthesis of atomic physics in the 1920s:] It was a heroic time. It was not the doing of any one man; it… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
Language is not subtle enough, tender enough, to express all that we feel; and when language fails, the highest and deepest longings are translated into… — Robert Green Ingersoll
It may be that a more subtle person would find for this thing a reason of greater subtlety: but such is the reason that I… — Dante Alighieri
Flowers . . . have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the… — Henry Ward Beecher
As the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most wonderful work ever… — William E. Gladstone
Emotional abuse is any type of abuse that is not physical in nature. It can include everything from verbal abuse to the silent treatment, domination… — Beverly Engel
To be a genuine individualist requires a great deal of strength and courage. It is never easy to chart new territory, to cross new frontiers,… — Toller Cranston
Wonder is a very subtle, precious emotion, often lost in the gross hustle and bustle of modern life. When we feel wonder, we are immediately… — Doug Henning
I love this word decadence, all shimmering in purple and gold. It suggests the subtle thoughts of ultimate civilization, a high literary culture, a soul… — Paul Verlaine
We live in the age of Noah (a.s.) in the sense that a flood of distraction accosts us. It is a slow and subtle drowning.… — Hamza Yusuf
Theres a lot to be said for doing what youre not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what youre supposed to do are… — Richard Ford
Leaders with empathy do more than sympathize with people around them: they use their knowledge to improve their companies in subtle, but important ways. — Daniel Goleman
The very sight of a teapot puts a smile on the face of most people. One cannot help but think of more serene and genteel… — Barbara Roberts
An empathic way of being can be learned from empathic persons. Perhaps the most important statement of all is that the ability to be accurately… — Carl Rogers
Take time to listen to what is said without words, to obey the law too subtle to be written, to worship the unnameable and to… — Laozi
The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future. And for that there is no… — Henry Mintzberg
While other guitars may have more twang or an esoteric atmosphere, the Les Paul is like a T-Rex thampling everything in it's path .. it… — Miles Zuniga

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