Quotes About Refinement

Culture makes all men gentle.

No words are too good for the cutting-room floor, no idea so fine that it cannot be phrased more succinctly.

we can't let "best" be the enemy of "better.

Madem tüm seçenekler saçma, o zaman gelin en asilini seçelim." - Flaubert

survey—preparation and overview, or introduction • contextual analysis—consideration of the historical and literary contexts of the text • formal analysis—of the form, structure, and movement of the text • detailed analysis—of the various parts of the text • synthesis—of the text as a whole • reflection—on the text today • expansion and refinement—of the initial exegesis

It paid to be cultured, just as long as you didn't start growing bacteria.

Man is, in short, 'perfectible'—meaning continually improvable rather than capable of actually reaching absolute perfection.

literature has always carried positive connotations in the world of luxury goods.

Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.

Trifles go to make perfection,And perfection is no trifle.

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

However hard you try one can never be a great Hindu, Muslim, Christian, or whatever. One can only be a great unbranded soul once the soul becomes refined, undefined. It simply dissolves its greatness into humility personified, ego neutralized, and gets eternally MickeyMized.

At Linus Pauling's sixtieth birthday celebration, a student asked him, "Dr. Pauling, how does one go about having good ideas?" He replied, "You have a lot of ideas and throw away the bad ones.

Each cycle—and there may be many cycles between initial examination and launch—isn't expected to produce a complete product, but add to the quality of understanding and to flesh out the feature set.

Big books are old fashioned. Now we focus on quality rather than quantity.

Madame de Pompadour excelled at an art which the majority of human beings thoroughly despise because it is unprofitable and ephemeral: the art of living.

Exactness of intention produces elegance of style.

Sempre gostei de grã-fina. A grã-fina é a única mulher limpa. A grã-fina nem transpira. peixoto

Plato advocated discipline and perfectionism, the effort to produce quality in small quantity rather than a vast range of what is second-rate.

missed that place. Lavish, finely decorated

Albinoni streamed as clear as the sun into the dining room. The old mahogany glowed like bronze. The flatware winked.

The ignoramus believes that the expression "aristocratic manners" signified insolent behavior; whoever investigates discovers that the expression signified courtesy, refinement, dignity.

Civilization is what is born when the soul does not surrender to its congenital vulgarity.