Quotes About Sophistication

God knows we are subtle creatures who are more than able to use candour to avoid acknowledging our deceptions of others and ourselves.

I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties.

It's not a country of articulate people, sophisticated people. There's too little subtlety. Men and women don't enjoy each other very much in Australia. I don't find very many men sexy in Australia. Of course, I'm married and out of it, but still.

Chic rarely bothers to leave the Rue De Faubourg Saint-Honore.

The spirit of Mayfair beats in the soul of dandies and dandizettes everywhere.

I was just finishing up my drink then I was off to get the night bus.' Carol grinned. 'Your sophistication never ceases to amaze me. What's wrong with a taxi?' 'You get a better class of nutter on the night bus. I blend in perfectly

What is it about wearing a tuxedo or that little black dress, that makes us feel confident, beautiful, splendid, even invincible? We put on formal wear and suddenly we become extraordinary. On the days when you feel low and invisible, why not try this on for size: imagine you are wearing a fantastic tailored tuxedo or a stunning formal gown. And then proceed with your day.

When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business.

Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside.

Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.

Grooming is the secret of real elegance. The best clothes, the most wonderful jewels, the most glamorous beauty don't count without good grooming.

Delicacy is to the affections what grace is to the beauty.

A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.

I think beauty has a lot to do with class. A bit of mystery. Rarity.

Serenity of manners is the zenith of beauty.

Clothing should be quieter than the woman so that her true beauty can shine through.

Style is to see beauty in modesty.

The first effect of modernism was to make high culture difficult: to surround beauty with a wall of erudition.

Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time.

Elegance and beauty have been banished.

I've had my best times when trailing a Mainbocher evening gown across a sawdust floor. I've always loved high style in low company.

I feel more mature than most people my age.

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.

It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.