Quotes About Sophistication

Corvino, whose contribution is—like its author—sophisticated, civil, and well-informed.

In France, I found there is a lot of attention to the little details and to the quality of life.

Anybody can lead a frivolous life. A frivolous writer, however, must have taste and intelligence.

The only propaganda which will ever tend to weaken itself as the world becomes more sophisticated and intelligent, is propaganda that is untrue or unsocial.

No matter how sophisticated, how cynical the public may become about publicity methods, it must respond to the basic appeals, because it will always need food, crave amusement, long for beauty, respond to leadership. If

The flowery character waves perfume in tone and pours sweetness in speech.

To be secure everywhere is the mark of sophistication. To be unshakeable is the mark of courage. To be permanently in love with every person is the mark of masculinity or femininity. To forgive is the mark of strength. To govern our senses and passions is the mark of freedom.

To be secure everywhere is the mark of sophistication, to be unshakable is the mark of courage, to be permanently in love with every person is the mark of masculinity or femininity, to forgive is the mark of strength, to govern our senses and passions is the mark of freedom.

There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe.

has its rectum running through its heart; this is considered rather unsophisticated.

You should always own a black dress because no one ever remembers a black dress.

A ella todo le salía, escogía bien las películas que iban a ver, los libros, los amigos, se manejaba con seguridad. Con ella eran buenas las conversaciones y buenas las comidas. Mucho más madura que las de su edad; llevarla a su lado, ahuecando el pecho, su pelo de lino alborotado, era una certeza equiparable a saber que la tierra gira en torno al sol.

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

The more refined one is, the more unhappy.

People should be beautiful in every way—in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts and in their innermost selves.

A man of wit could not be a knave or villain.

She had a quality he had never known- she WAS quality.

High thoughts must have high language.

A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art.

if you're going to be degenerate, you might as well be a lady about it, don't you think?

In the stout-hearted person of Harrison Ford, Indy was a new generation's Ethan Edwards—a young John Wayne-bwana dispatched to curate the Third World. Not an identity-cloaked sci-fi superhero but a bullwhip-toting, fedora-wearing, two-fisted sophisticate who respected the Bible and saved the children of India—a superb hero yet an intrinsically nostalgic figure.

I like quality over quantity.

All heist movies are about gadgetry, ultimately, which feels very queer.

I love Comme des Garcons. I think everything she touches is almost like gold. And she does it so quietly. No branding.