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Quotes About Subtle

Confusion is an often too subtle sign of paranoia
~ Unknown
Fiel, honesta y prudente. Qué palabras tan pasivas, tan plácidas para describir lo que era ella.
~ Madeline Miller
The overpowering oriental out that had first led her there was tempered now by a much more varied and subtle fragrance palette. She could pick up strong threads of the most classic florals, rose, lily of the valley, magnolia, which Guy would have turned his nose up at before, alongside the more Mediterranean jasmine and neroli, with the warm notes of sandalwood and tonka, balanced by the bite of citrus.
~ Unknown
You do not want to base your decisions on fear. It sounds like we're repeating ourselves, but this is a subtle and important distinction. Fear-based decisions are usually bad ones. Think about the emotional decisions you've made in your lifetime. How many of those came back to bite you in the butt? It's normal for fear to be present. Acknowledge it and move on to handle the danger of the situation.
~ Marc MacYoung
The purpose of the referee is to present obstacles for players to overcome as they go about seeking their goals, not to constantly make trouble for them. This is a subtle distinction, and one that many beginners have trouble with.
~ Unknown
If sin be subtle, watchful, strong, and always at work in the business of killing our souls, and we be slothful, negligent, foolish, in proceeding to the ruin thereof, can we expect a comfortable event? There is not a day but sin foils or is foiled, prevails or is prevailed on; and it will be so whilst we live in this world.
~ John Owen
My second thought was to fire a gunshot, but the last time I did that his security robots jumped me. It only takes one cavity search by a robot to convince you that's an experience you don't want to have twice. This called for a more subtle approach.
~ John Zakour
Mind is not your brain, but mind is subtle clothing that is spread over your entire physical body and doesn't limit itself only with the physical part of the brain.
~ Roshan Sharma
Fear is the most subtle and destructive of all hueman diseases. Fear kills dreams!
~ Les Brown
The best things in life are the things that are over-looked by the human eye.
~ Unknown
Authentic art does not proclaim itself for it is achieved in silence.
~ Marcel Proust
As a manager your job is not to teach people talent. Your job is to help them earn the accolade "talented" by matching their talent to the role. To do this well, like all great managers, you have to pay close attention to the subtle but significant differences between roles.
~ Marcus Buckingham
Send me a whisper, but one so dim that only my soul could hear.
~ Unknown
A plate of food has to have balance. For example, a mild fish like skate mustnt be overwhelmed by the side dishes. They should have personality and color, but they also have to be subtle.
~ Geoffrey Zakarian
My dad makes food with very few delicate flavours.
~ Yotam Ottolenghi
The electrical matter consists of particles extremely subtile, since it can permeate common matter, even the densest metals, with such ease and freedom as not to receive any perceptible resistance.
~ Benjamin Franklin
If you must make a noise, make it quietly.
~ Oliver Hardy
without touching Annabelle, she managed to urge her along toward the vicarage.
~ Marion Chesney
A wink is like no other gesture. It's like a secret smile, a whisper with your face.
~ Marissa Moss
I'm like the wallpaper, there but barely noticed.
~ Unknown
I'm about as intimidating as a butterfly.
~ Dan Howell
No, but as a vampire, I'm able to detect subtle shifts in emotional energy.
~ Rachel Hawkins, Demonglass
Men are the enemies of women. Promising sublime intimacy, unequalled passion, amazing security and grace, they nevertheless exploit and injure in a myriad subtle ways. Without men the world would be a better place: softer, kinder, more loving; calmer, quieter, more humane.
~ Ann Oakley
True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.
~ Erich Segal