Quotes About Sophistication

I love a white shirt; there's nothing sexier on a woman than a white men's shirt.

I like women with style to wear my shoes.

My shoes are perfect for the very sexy woman who wants to be elegant.

People who dance well, dress well, are well groomed and know how to behave seem to know others who dance, dress and behave well.

Being funny is very complex.

There was, of course, nowhere better in the world to be than New York City. This fact was the foundation of her family's satisfaction with itself, the platform from which all else could be ridiculed, the collateral of adult sophistication that bought them the right to behave like children.

The floors were like marble chessboards, and the ceilings were like cakes.

She wore a pleated skirt, a white cotton blouse, and simple black shoes with knee high stockings. At the arc of each step, the skirt would rise to expose a few inches of her taut thighs. Neither Earl nor Duke could recall what Chad was wearing.

Good taste is the flower of good sense.

Yeah, but there's nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant.

Society expects man to be a passive social animal who believes like the People of the Field in "Jurgen" that "to do what you always have done" and "what is expected of you" are the twin rules of life. This, is course, is not true. The wanton crucifixion of impulses, the unnecessary blocking and frustration of the drives and urges, are an evil that reflects itself in sophistication, ennui and boredom, dissatisfaction, melancholy, fatigue, anxiety and neurosis.

I pull alongside him," Hawk said. "And you roll down the window. Ask that motherfucker if he got any Grey Poupon." "I was thinking the exact same thing," I said. "Or perhaps we discreetly tail him hither and yon to find a good place for a proper introduction.

When it is good, this is a city of fantastic strength, sophistication and beauty. It is like no other city in time or place. Visitors and even natives rarely use the words urban character or environmental style, but that is what they are reacting to with awe in the presence of massed, concentrated, steel, stone, power and life.

It's certainly better to be a little old-fashioned but honest and loyal, than to be over-sophisticated and modern, with inferior character, and thus typically ignorant and inefficient.

in certain circles honesty is taken as an index of stupidity.

We humans have grown cleverer but not wiser .

Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.

Pearls, including cheap ones, are always in good taste.

I love how easy pearls are to wear with anything and everything.

There's something about a Gucci loafer kicking on a fuzz pedal.

Every day is a great day when you have a brand new Marlen pen.

The Peninsula - it's a combination of great service and good design.

Nothing would have shocked Proust more than to hear that his work was perceived as difficult or inaccessibly rarefied.

Hugo Boss is one of those brands that fits me perfectly.