Quotes About Subtle

I love Indian food - it's my favourite cuisine. I love the mixture of spices and the subtle flavours. It's really erotic the spices are so sensuous.

The argument for collectivism is simple if false; it is an immediate emotional argument. The argument for individualism is subtle and sophisticated; it is an indirect rational argument. And the emotional faculties are more highly developed in most men than the rational, paradoxically or especially even in those who regard themselves as intellectuals

Pues la costumbre, verdaderamente es una violenta y traidora institutriz. Poco a poco y con disimulo, establece en nosotros el pie de su autoridad; pero tras este suave y humilde comienzo, una vez asentado y plantado con ayuda del tiempo, pronto nos revela un talante furioso y tiránico contra el que no podemos ya ni alzar la mirada.

Only hidden and undetected oratory is really insidious. What reaches the heart without going through the mind is likely to bounce back and put the mind out of business.

It was the softest, sneakiest coup in history.

Stories do not change the world. I've learned that. But perhaps in some secret, subtle way.... I mean it's not the world I want to change.

I met Kendrick when I was younger but he's not really the flashy type. You'd never know if he had a dollar or a million dollars.

I love simple dresses and use only minimal make up.

Information implicite : même quand il ne se passe rien, il se passe des choses.

Our motivations thus influence our beliefs through the subtle ways we choose a comforting pattern from the fabric of evidence.

But nothing is more insidious than the evolution of wishes from mere fancies, and of wants from mere wishes.

She wondered if men actually regard that kind of manipulation as subtle.

Her smile and voice suggested the kind of excitement that comes when the first words in a long, silent relationship are spoken at last - a subtle excitement secretly incorporating into this one moment everything that has happened until now.

E poi disse la cosa più sottile, l'astuto seduttore: disse questo, che l'amante è più divino dell'amato perché Dio è nel primo ma non nell'altro – forse il pensiero più tenero che sia mai stato pensato e dal quale sgorga la malizia e la più segreta voluttà del desiderio.

makeup supposed to look like no makeup or whatever

Nothing overdone, nothing racy, which made her all the more alluring.

Comedy should never be over-analysed. It's either funny or it isn't. There's a subtle difference between those who say funny things and those who say things funny.

She was gentle and pale, and her eyes seemed always to dream of something I didn't understand.

Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts,...Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape.

The ordinary lunatic is generally a harmless, isolated case; since everyone sees that something is wrong with him, he is quickly taken care of. But the unconscious infections of groups of so-called normal people are more subtle and far more dangerous.

He's a man of few words," Danielle said with her patented lah-de-dah intonation, although the set to her face belied her tone.

She's still beautiful. Not in an obvious Vanessa LeGrande or Byrn Shraeder kind of way. In a quiet way that's always been devastating to me.

So dark you almost miss it

Let's be honest," Patty says. "Priority 1 is whoever is yelling the loudest, with the tie-breaker being who can escalate to the most senior executive. Except when they're more subtle. I've seen a bunch of my staff always prioritizing a certain manager's requests, because he takes them out to lunch once a month.