Quotes About Subtlety

I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.

We paint a slow picture. You can see the brushstrokes. We don't get to the point, and sometimes when we do, our readers don't notice, in fact. It's so couched in nuance, it can fly right over a person's head. 'What was that you said? I couldn't quite make it out.'

Most of our lives aren't that exciting, but the drama is still going on in the small details.

I love unisex perfumes because men don't realize they're attracted to the way that other men smell. I'm like, 'I smell like a dude right now, and you don't even know!'

TotuÈ™i, tot ceea ce pot s? realizeze scriitorii în general este s? ridice în aer un deget sensibil È™i s? presimt? o schimbare a vremii; foarte rar ei înÈ™iÈ™i provoac? schimbarea.

No one plays the silent flute better than she does!

the rat of India is pernicious to the crocodile, since nature has created them enemies; in such wise when the violent reptile takes his pleasure in the sun, the rat lays ambush for it in moral subtlety; perceiving that the crocodile, lying unaware for delight, is sleeping with his jaws agape, it makes its way through them and slips down the wide throat into the crocodile's belly, gnawing through the entrails of which, it emerges at last from the slain beast's bowel

Las transformaciones decisivas para el devenir de las relaciones amorosas no siempre suelen deberse a acontecimientos dramáticos sino, con frecuencia, a circunstancias que a primera vista pasan completamente desapercibidas.

Con un oroscopo, in effetti, si può influenzare a meraviglia, anzi dirigere, il comportamento delle persone. Si può facilmente raccomandare loro certi comportamenti, distoglierli da altri e condurli all'umiltà con sottili allusioni a catastrofi future.

I love sight gags and broad stuff, but you can get to such a subtle degree, especially with CG animation.

Things are more beautiful when they're obscure.

Honestly, I don't aspire to be a huge movie star. I really just fell in love with acting... Everything I do on-screen is very subtle.

It is the subtle things in life that you have to look for because the deepest love speaks at a whisper that only two people can hear.

But there's this thing in her voice, like what my mom called "doublespeak." Saying one thing and meaning another. Aunt Nora told me it was leftover from English rule. She said, "That's the only good thing to ever come of colonialism, Kevin. The Irish can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip.

Subtlety and indirection are important tools, but you can't scale the highest peaks with these tools alone.

Its important to understand that a legalist isn't just someone with higher standards or more rules than you. A lot of us wrongly stereotype a legalistic person as one who doesn't go to the movies, or who thinks that any music with a beat is evil. Legalism is much more subtle and serious than that. Here's a simple definition that I use: Legalism is seeking to achieve forgiveness from God and acceptance by God through obedience to God.

You know what this is? A test, that's what. That slippery, hot-blooded weasel is trying to push me as far as he can. He thinks I'm not tough enough. He wants mucho macho. He wants machetes and machine pistols and nightscopes. He wants us to dress in fatigues and crawl through minefields and bite the necks off live chickens. That's his idea of revolution. No subtlety, no wit, no goddamn style.

But nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.

Cosmos is a Greek word for the order of the universe. It is, in a way, the opposite of Chaos. It implies the deep interconnectedness of all things. It conveys awe for the intricate and subtle way in which the universe is put together.

Vetinari gave him a look that did not actually employ a raised eyebrow but which implied that one might be forthcoming if the recipient of the look pushed his luck.

The really odd thing about human sex, though, was the way it went on even when people were fully clothed and sitting on opposite sides of a fire. It was in the things they said and did not say, the way they looked at one another and looked away.

I think less is more when it comes to kissing in the movies.

I leaned back in my chair, stretching luxuriantly, delibrately letting my jacket fall open. Predictably, his eyes moved down my body-some things outlast even the change. I grinned and he looked away, a rueful smile twitching at his lips. I finished breakfast in peace.

I love introverted wines because, like introverted people, they know they are good; they don't have to show off.