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Quotes About Refinement

I can give you a cup of tea in no time-and you won't meet any bores.
~ Edith Wharton
There were moments when she longed blindly for anything different, anything strange, remote and untried; but the utmost reach of her imagination did not go beyond picturing her usual life in a new setting. She could not figure herself as anywhere but in a drawing-room, diffusing elegance as a flower sheds perfume.
~ Edith Wharton
Beden hiçbir engebe göstermeyen ve gözü bozmayan 'pürüzsüz yüzeyler' içerdiÄŸinde 'narin' olur.
~ Edmund Burke
and the most civilized portion of mankind.
~ Edward Gibbon
Snobbery is one of the things one should be most discriminating about
~ Edward St Aubyn
last year, says Guido. A bit less sugar and slightly higher total acidity. That's just what he wanted. Still, he tries to find a few nits to pick.
~ Edward Steinberg
The physicist cannot simply surrender to the philosopher the critical contemplation of the theoretical foundations for he himself knows best and feels most surely where the shoe pinches.... he must try to make clear in his own mind just how far the concepts which he uses are justified... The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
~ Albert Einstein
Ev'n copious Dryden wanted, or forgot,The last and greatest art—the art to blot.
~ Alexander Pope
The more an idea is developed, the more concise becomes its expression: the more a tree is pruned, the better is the fruit.
~ Alfred Bougeart
The first rule of resilience: allow your present crisis to refine you, not define you.
~ Alfred Ells
A leader should always approach a crisis from the perspective that God has something to teach him or her. Adversity is a pathway to refinement.
~ Alfred Ells
A bad or mediocre meal is more than just an unpleasant taste, it is an unnecessary negation of one of life's pleasures - a wasted chance to refine our palates, learn about the world, and share a rewarding experience.
~ Tyler Cowen
If you want a watch with diamonds on the bezel, you don't need me.
~ Richard Mille
I have some wonderful suits in my closet, a lovely car, some refined watches.
~ Pierce Brosnan
What is elegance? Soap and water!
~ Cecil Beaton
We must keep looking for ways to improve the game.
~ Marco van Basten
Every single pitcher is making changes every single start. You can talk to any pitcher about this.
~ Max Scherzer
I am from the planet of elegance.
~ Ron Carter
You never want to plateau out. Getting better every day is my expectation.
~ Jeffrey Lurie
If a horse won't eat it, I don't want to play on it.
~ Richie Allen
The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.
~ Lionel Messi
I just want to continue getting better and build as a player.
~ Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
Guys really do get better as the playoffs go along.
~ Bradley Beal
Everyone who plays this game wants to continue to improve.
~ Alex Bregman