Quotes About Sophistication

I read very little contemporary anything.

'City Of Black And White' was me trying to do something more mature, more adult contemporary.

I love the clean elegance of cream and black.

You can be covered and be very sexy. It's not what you show; it's what you have in mind, the way you cross your legs, the way you talk to people.

Artistic credentials are au courant in the important business of being seen as cultured, elegant and, of course, stupendously rich.

I listen to Steely Dan. I really like Steely Dan.

The first autonomous cars date back to the late 20th century. But recent increases in sophistication and reductions in cost - reflected, for example, in cheap LIDAR systems, which can 'see' a street in 3D in a way similar to that of the human eye - are now bringing autonomous cars closer to the market.

Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.

Luxury lives in the finer details. It's a cloth napkin at a dinner table. It's a mint on your pillow before bed.

I was always intrigued by the idea of bringing things together that are considered taboo or risque and bringing them together with something of high elegance and sophistication.

I'm not a tacky person, I think.

Football tactics are rapidly becoming as complicated as the chemical formula for splitting the atom.

Men always look smart in a well-fitted, tailored suit. Conversely, they can be incredibly handsome in jeans combined with a cashmere jumper or a beaten-up leather jacket or even just a cotton T-shirt.

I love a freshly tailored white shirt, dungarees and cute loafers, like Prince George.

When you buy a new suit, take the time to get it tailored, and you'll thank yourself every time you put it on.

I don't want football to not be played, but I would like the sophistication brought forth to take care of those who need to be taken care of and to take the precaution, at the sacrifice of winning, to take care of people.

My first husband, John Barry, was a composer. I couldn't believe that this sophisticated, talented genius chose me and not any of the other girls. I was so flattered, so excited, so in love with him. Of course, my parents were horrified, as he'd been married once and had a daughter with the au pair girl.

Good talkers are only found in Paris.

As I got older, I realised fake tan was rather messy and I wanted to look cleaner, classier and more demure.

That afternoon I came to understand that one of the deepest purposes of intellectual sophistication is to provide distance between us and our most disturbing personal truths and gnawing fears.

Oh, gig, capisco. Spazi pubblicitari. E che rivista è?" "L'American Scientist". "Sta scherzando? Be', tanto di cappello. Pubblicano materiale sofisticato. Se lei capisce quella roba dev'essere…" "Non la capisco. La vendo e basta". "Come fa a vendere qualcosa che non capisce?" "Non è quello che fanno gli psichiatri?

Yes, but still, if it was as adult and sophisticated as all that, why couldn't she decide what to do with her sweater? Why was she having such an awful time thinking of what in the world she could possibly say to the man?

No, thank you," said Adrian. "These hands don't sully themselves with fighting.

He can go to a boardroom meeting . . . he's very proper now." - Sydney Sage