Quotes About Sophistication

Magnifique! ejaculated the Countess de Coude, beneath her breath.

Apart from the pleasure of looking at her and listening to her--of enjoying in her what others less discriminatingly but as liberally appreciated--he had the sense, between himself and her, of a kind of free-masonry of precocious tolerance and irony. They had both, in early youth, taken the measure of the world they happened to live in: they knew just what it was worth to them and for what reasons, and the community of these reasons lent to their intimacy its last exquisite touch.

Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet it alone.

the civilized instinct finds a subtler pleasure in making use of its antagonist than in confounding him.

Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet alone. To this end she had founded the Lunch Club, an association composed of herself and several other indomitable huntresses of erudition.

The Countess Olenska was the only young woman at the dinner; yet, as Archer scanned the smooth plump elderly faces between their diamond necklaces and towering ostrich feathers, they struck him as curiously immature compared with hers. It frightened him to think what must have gone to the making of her eyes.

The parents are of the expensive, cocktail-party-and-chromium kind.

and the most civilized portion of mankind.

Gotham admired Maeve. By day she managed money, and did it brilliantly, but she didn't find it satisfied her intellect. She spoke four languages. She played the piano seriously well. And she read books. Lots of them.

Snobbery is one of the things one should be most discriminating about

observe everything . . . ?trust nobody . . . ?despise your mother . . . ?effort is vulgar . . . ?things were better in the eighteenth century.

a genius of savoir faire

The best audience is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk.

And wine can of their wits the wise beguile, make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.

I always judge a man by his shoes and his watch.

If you want a watch with diamonds on the bezel, you don't need me.

When I was growing up, I was the most pretentious person I have ever met. I only read obscure books and watched obscure movies and only listened to obscure music.

I'm not one of those crazy collectors - I don't have a hundred watches. Only five or six. But I do like to wear a nice watch, especially if we're on the road and I'm wearing a nice suit.

I have some wonderful suits in my closet, a lovely car, some refined watches.

I actually have a number of lovely watches from the International Watch Company.

I do like watches. I like the sophistication of it all. Like the whole thing behind collecting watches is very grown man-esque, so it makes me feel more an adult.

Guys only really have watches and cars as show pieces, and that's why so many men love their watches - it's our show piece, it's our style. And what I like especially about Hublot is the variety.

I kind of grew up watching R-rated movies and more adult content because that's where all the best performances are.

What is elegance? Soap and water!