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Quotes About Sophisticated

Ascoltavo abitualmente Musical Caravan, lo show di Bill Cook, il sabato sera nella mia stanza buia. Il tema introduttivo era Caravan di Ellington, ritmi afro-orientali molto esotici, molto sofisticati, una cadenza da danza del ventre sulla quale, da sola, valeva la pena di sintonizzarsi; Caravan, nell'interpretazione del Duke, mi faceva sentire piacevolmente nell'illecito anche quando me ne stavo rannicchiato tra le lenzuola fresche di bucato di mia madre.
~ Philip Roth
Isn't that what the Mafia does? You give somebody something they can't talk about. Then you've got them.' 'You involve them in a mutual transgression, and you have a mutual corruption. Sure.' So his problem is that he's insufficiently corrupt.' 'Oh, yes. Absolutely. And unsophisticated.
~ Philip Roth
We were a quartet of idiots trying to look suave.
~ Philippa Gregory
As you know, Bob, what with DNA analysis, this whole business is getting highly sophisticated these days. Why, they can break down a sample into so many signatures that a person's blood is almost as unique as his fingerprints.
~ Dean Koontz
When we stopped in front of it and turned off the engine, we heard music coming from inside—jazz. It sounded sophisticated and lonely. We
~ Denis Johnson
we heard music coming from inside — jazz. It sounded sophisticated and lonely.
~ Denis Johnson
I had friends who were great fans of Star Trek and I don't know if I was smart enough to get it, or patient enough. What I loved about Star Wars was the visceral energy of it, the clarity of it, the kind of innocence and big heart of it. Star Trek always felt a little bit more sophisticated and philosophical, debating moral dilemmas and things that were theoretically interesting, but for some reason I couldn't get on board.
~ J. J. Abrams
It's time to rescue humor from its status as mere entertainment and recognize it for what it is—a sophisticated and peculiarly human form of intelligence that can't be replicated by computers and that is becoming increasingly valuable in a high-concept, high-touch world.
~ Daniel H. Pink
The Obama administration has been trying out a new policy toward Syria since the day it came to office. The Bush cold shoulder was viewed as a primitive reaction, now to be replaced by sophisticated diplomacy. Outreach would substitute for isolation.
~ Elliott Abrams
I am more vintage than I am high fashion.
~ Kat Graham
I like to look casual yet chic. I love high fashion, vintage, and places like Zara, of course.
~ Martha Hunt
But does that mean that war and violence are inevitable? I would argue not because we have also evolved this amazingly sophisticated intellect, and we are capable of controlling our innate behavior a lot of the time.
~ Jane Goodall
Videogames are indeed design: They're sophisticated virtual machines that echo the mechanical systems inside cars.
~ John Maeda
An element of virtually every national security threat and crime problem the FBI faces is cyber-based or facilitated. We face sophisticated cyber threats from state-sponsored hackers, hackers for hire, organized cyber syndicates, and terrorists.
~ James Comey
The Cold War's end pushed disarmament down most leaders' agendas. It's a sophisticated issue, which I think is one reason why it is not so hands-on to many people. It's not visceral. It's not like a starving child.
~ Michael Douglas
He was very clever, he gave the impression of being tolerant and kind, while actually being very dark, very cunning.
~ Louise Penny
We thought it proved Savannah was cosmopolitan, that we were sophisticated enough to accept a gay man socially.
~ John Berendt
Designing my shoes, I'm thinking timeless. Not trendy.
~ Christian Louboutin
I'm a big handbag lover and will always have one with me.
~ Tamsin Egerton
I'm not making movies for kids or family audiences.
~ Thiagarajan Kumararaja
it felt adult, sophisticated, slightly alcoholic.
~ Donna Tartt
pulled all of this stuff up using the database at Fox. I freelance for them so they give me office space when I need it and access to their systems for research. They have an extremely sophisticated database and the ability to search using facial recognition technology.
~ Unknown
It's a perfect storm for corruption. You start with people who are not that sophisticated, and suddenly they're raking in more profits than are imaginable. They attract all manner of crooks and con men who want to help.
~ John Grisham
the single ingredient in American literature that distinguishes it from other literatures of the world is a kind of giddy, illogical hopefulness. It is quite technically sophisticated while remaining ideologically naïve.
~ John Irving