Subtleties Quotes

54 Subtleties quotes by 52 unique authors

The greatest realities are physical and economic, all the subtleties of life come afterward. — Joyce Carol Oates
Through imagination, thanks to the subtleties of the irreality function, we re-enter the world of confidence, the world of the confident being, which is the… — Gaston Bachelard
I am never in a hurry to reach details. First and above all I am interested in the large masses and the general character of… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging,… — Camilla Belle
When you're doing lots and lots of episodes and you're playing the same character, it's great because you really get to know the character and… — Misha Collins
Fraternity has subtleties. — Fernando Pessoa
A mathematician of the first rank, Laplace quickly revealed himself as only a mediocre administrator; from his first work we saw that we had been… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to… — Khalil Gibran
It is also difficult to articulate the subtleties in cinema, because there aren't words or metaphors which describe many of the emotions you are attempting… — Conrad Hall
With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with… — Conrad Hall
A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in… — Karl Marx
I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties. — Jeremy Renner
Diversity on the bench is critical. As practitioners, you need judges who 'get it!' We need judges who understand what discrimination feels like. We need… — Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also. — Billy Wilder
I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties. — Rachel Zoe
In general, men are wired to notice obvious signs that convey interest in mating - a warm smile, for example - and ignore other subtleties,… — Helen Fisher
Every Valentine's Day, the student council sponsered a holiday fundraiser by selling roses that would be delievered in class. The roses came in four colors:white,… — Melissa de la Cruz
We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,- - This debt we pay to human guile; With… — Paul Laurence Dunbar
If he thinks he would harm Mirabelle, he would back away. But he does not yet understand when and how people are hurt. He doesn't… — Steve Martin
He was bored now when Emma suddenly began to sob on his breast; and his heart, like the people who can only stand a certain… — Gustave Flaubert
Such physical matters were nice, yet, to him, intelligence and passion born of living, the ability to move and be moved by subtleties of the… — Robert James Waller
I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours. — Oscar Wilde
I must know, he thinks. It must be clear to me. There is a world which is closed to him, a world of shadings, gradations,… — Anais Nin
When you read a great book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. There may be a superficial escape – into different… — Julian Barnes
You seem to know a lot about it," she said. "And you do subtleties." "Yeah. Like I've always wanted to destroy the Nine Worlds while… — Joanne Harris

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