Quotes About Subtlety

Gee, Cingle, that's pretty subtle." She spread her arms. "Subtlety ended for me the day I hit puberty.

Susan cast her eyes down. Demure—it was a word that Ilene had heard before but never quite gotten. But that was what she was seeing right now. How many men would weaken—had weakened—at such a move? It

Girls bat their eyelashes and act like they don't know anything in front of guys they like, or give a little bit of eye contact, but not too much, or a bit of touching. Or being coy. Sure, I do a bit of that.

When playing big festivals, I tend to play big, over the top techno tracks, like hands in the air songs that make sense being played in front of 30,000 people. I steer away from subtlety in the interests of big bombastic dance music.

I like density, not volume. I like to leave something to the imagination. The reader must fit the pieces together, with the author's discreet help.

Why in general, when you're putting together a White House staff and putting together a good one, you're looking for someone there who is not someone who's going to be heavy-handed.

One must learn, if one is to see the beauty in Japan, to like an extraordinarily restrained and delicate loveliness

Millie was never possessive, never effusive, and never demonstrative. Her even-tempered approach to her marriage should have been enough to convince everyone that she admired, but did not love, her husband. Yet for years now, his sisters had suspected something else. Perhaps unrequited love was like a specter in the house, a presence that brushed at the edge of senses, a heat in the dark, a shadow under the sun.

I will have you know that I have the brightest mind and the keenest wit. Why, people are often astounded by the perspicacity of my discourse and the subtlety of my insight!" He

She had expressed herself, as women will, in a smug broadside of pastel shades. Nothing clashed because nothing had the strength to clash; everything murmured of safety among the hues; all was refinement.

I had a vibrator once. Had two speeds. Oh, My and Oh, God. Big Al, I called it. Seemed more subtle than big Dick.

Satan is an opportunist.

I don't like overacting or putting in way too much in a role when it is not required. It takes away the natural performance which you can give.

I do like the idea of women not showing too much, of them being quite reserved in a way, and quite covered.

The men I find myself attracted to are the ones who don't say anything and are quite shy.

Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.

Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.

Simple things don't interest me.

The secret of a good lie is don't overly explain, and throw in one good detail.

El secreto de una buena mentira es no dar demasiadas explicaciones y aportar un buen detalle.

I'm sorry I thrust so much on you at once. I'm not known for subtlety. My delicate side wore away many years ago.

O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible, and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

Si solo eres capaz de asegurar la victoria tras enfrentarte a un adversario en un conflicto armado, esa victoria es una dura victoria. Si eres capaz de ver lo sutil y de darte cuenta de lo oculto, irrumpiendo antes del orden de la batalla, la victoria así obtenida es una victoria fácil.

Divino arte de la sutileza y el secreto! Si se aprende a ser invisible, e inaudible, se puede tener la suerte del enemigo en las manos.