Quotes About Refinement

Details are but trifles, but details make for perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

I recall Lina as extremely intelligent, with refined European tastes.

The most exquisite Folly is made of Wisdom spun too fine.

Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity.

Yale's greatness carries an urgent need to guard against the fall of excellence into exclusivity, of refinement into preciousness, of elegance into class and convention.

I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.

Over the course of those 12 episodes we discarded what didn't work and kept what did and that refined it.

Why must we love the Lord? Because as we do so, we become refined, pure, and holy.

Audiences in the U.S. can sometimes be a lot less refined. If they like something, they tend to express it more loudly.

In fact, scientific results are a careful attempt to objectively measure reality, and although they may be refined over time, they are always our best hope of getting at the truth.

What has helped me: There aren't a lot of girls who dance, who are as refined in dancing. That is what draws people to see me. The dance, and the prettiness.

The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect.

The feeling of an evolution is a constant for every artist who is pursuing the search of refinement and enlargement of his/her own means of expression.

Modern man is in crisis. He has degenerated from the redoubtable pillar he became through centuries of refinement and slipped resignedly into the popular depiction of himself as a witless under-achiever, incapable of looking after himself or those around him.

Is it 'a drag' that passions don't come to us all at once, as epiphanies, without the need to actively develop them? Maybe. But the reality is that our early interests are fragile, vaguely defined, and in need of energetic, years-long cultivation and refinement.

I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.

The imagination is an innate gift, but it needs refinement and cultivation; this is what the humanities provide.

It has always seemed to me that a love of natural objects, and the depth, as well as exuberance and refinement of mind, produced by an intelligent delight in scenery, are elements of the first importance in the education of the young.

Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure.

I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.

Chestnuts are my favorite ingredient to use in the fall, especially for the holidays. I always find that they are meaty, hearty and have a mysterious refinement when cooked or roasted over sea salt.

I think 'Chef' is about somebody who's in the middle of his life, and he's kind of lost his passion and his voice, so he seeks out some refinement and redemption.

I like to play the lute full-bloodedly, with passion, as well as with delicacy and, I hope, refinement.

I'm really looking to reach any woman who's interested in refining and embracing her personal style.