Quotes About Subtle

Ryan Alvanos is an offbeat, insanely inventive singer-songwriter who sneaks up on you with a sly wit and subtle power.

Americans must place greater emphasis on the more subtle dimensions of national power, such as innovation, education, the balance of force and diplomacy, and the quality of political leadership.

If you are minimal, then even a small gesture becomes a big deal.

A leader is best When people barely know that he exists.

The method of political science is the interpretation of life its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.

Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.

Smudges of darkness were beginning to collect around the roots of the trees, but they were still faint, as if the night had agreed to hold off for a bit longer.

In this light, I believe that one of the subtle forces producing a post-evangelicalism today is discontent with Jesus-according-to-US-white-evangelicalism.

In fact, it's entirely plausible that the factors affecting people's preferences are microscopic and fleeting.

She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways.

If he were champagne, full of fizz threatening to escape the bottle, she was a delicate liqueur, subtle and languid.

Dread begins to inch in. No. Dread isn't one of those subtle emotions. It moves in and takes over, and then it drips and hands, like Spanish moss.

Dread begins to inch in. No. Dread isn't one of those subtle emotions. It moves in and takes over, and then it drips and hangs, like Spanish moss.

It's as subtle and significant as a heartbeat.

I move from realism to fantasy without the spectator ever noticing.

The trees are whispering to me, reminding me of my roots, and my reach... shhhhhh... can you hear them? Selflessly sharing their subtle song.

Not all magic is fireworks and fanfare. Sometimes magic is quiet and sneaks up on you. An illusion is what needs all the bells and whistles to make itself appear grander than it really is, which is just a trick that can be explained.

subtle or bold, The Weird acknowledges that our search for understanding about worlds beyond our own cannot always be found in science or religion and thus becomes an alternative path for exploration of the numinous.

the atmosphere of the town was an artificial creation whose existence relied on the subtle attentions of its inhabitants.

For the first time, I had been struck by the excitement of the traveler who looks history in her subtle face.

I had been struck by the excitement of the traveler who looks history in her subtle face.

Racism is a poison so insidious it finds its way through the tiniest slit in the soul and does its damage there even before one is aware.

Rather a tremor on the air than an audible sound.

boredom dulls your ability to make the right decisions. Boredom creeps up on you slowly, wraps its tendrils around you and tugs at you in such a subtle yet constant way, you'll do anything to escape it. You'll behave recklessly and stupidly.