Quotes About Refinement

I usually go with the 'less is more' approach.

If you have a good product, like football, you should also think about limiting it to keep the quality high.

I have tweaked little things in my game, nothing major. When you change little things, the impact is big.

I cut up loads. I always want everything shorter, shorter, shorter.

I want to keep a luxurious look in daywear.

Luxury and style have been key elements in all my projects.

My production got better, songs, lyrics, everything; the sound, the quality, everything.

Why was it, she asked herself, that animals can sometimes subdue their predatory ways in only a few months, while humans, despite centuries of refinement, can quickly grow more savage than any beast?

Why was it, she asked herself, that animals can sometimes subdue their predatory ways in only a few months, while humans, despite centuries of refinement, can quickly grow more savage than any beast?

to hell with anything unrefined has always been my motto

Even if the first versions of a product are well done, human-centered, and focused upon real needs, it is the rare organization that is content to let a good product stay untouched.

Always try to improve on your performance. Do

All experienced writers know the key to great writing isn't in what they say; it's in what they don't say. The more we cut out, the better the screenplay or book.

Rolex, Mercedes, Louis Vuitton y otras marcas de lujo, en realidad, venden algo más que coches y relojes: venden la identidad asociada al poder, el prestigio y el refinamiento.

You don't know how many years it took to tone it down to that.

Some people think of editing as the physical act of cutting," Hirsch says. "But that's a misconception. The French use the word montage for editing, which means 'to build.' And I think that is a more precise description.

S. T. Dupont lighter

Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.

In Britain, Prime Minister William Gladstone (1809–98) opposed suffrage because to involve women in politics would be, he said, 'to trespass upon the delicacy, the purity, the refinement, the elevation of their nature'.

The war has changed you, too, Caroline. Your faith is stronger, your compassion deeper, your love more intense than ever before. It's as if all the qualities I saw in you and fell in love with have been refined and purified.

The emotions that feel so intense today will ease up over time as long as we let them. We just have to watch how we think and talk about this rejection. If we give it the power to define us, it will haunt us long-term. But if we only allow it enough power to refine us, the hurt will give way to healing.

The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization.

There is always room for improvement; you can make something better and better, but it will never be perfect.

Tall and svelte, he oozed sophistication and was "very pleasant in the sight of gentlewomen.