Quotes About Sophistication

There is nothing funny about a well-adjusted, intelligent person making the right choices.

The 50s are the age of elegance. That's kind of my intention when I get dressed: casual elegance.

As far as I'm concerned, you can't have fun in a high neckline - I don't care how witty you are.

One of the greatest was the blonde, urbane Ina Claire, who seemed a Dorothy Parker story or New Yorker cartoon come to life.

Although the medieval witch-cult of Western Europe derived from a primitive, non-selfconscious nature-religion, with sophistication it had become corrupt (as had paganism in ancient Greece) and developed into a pathological cult in which the doctrine and rites of the Christian Church were deliberately parodied, and evil instincts and desires were sanctioned and encouraged.

The man was so smooth he wouldn't slide on an oil slick.

Gemma crossed a pair of legs, clad in expensive hosiery

Anava enfundat en un vestit blau marí, collita Rodier, calçava sabates noves de trinca i lluïa una corbata amb dibuixos verds i vermells sobre fons blanc, que li queia com un joc de maraques en mans de Montserrat Caballé.

On President Trump's on actually hurting Mexico with tariffs, "That might be his play, if we can ascribe any sophistication to it. That's a big if, because he may just be insane."

The compleat gentleman is not a perfect man.

A gentleman is contemplative in that he never ceases to refine his sense of reality.

I was always of the opinion that progress made things easier. But it don't look that way to me. If anything, things seem more complicated. Is that the whole idea of progress - to complicate matters?

Too touristy a move for such a sophisticate as moi? Of course. But there is a reason certain activities become touristy, no? My

Today I'm wearing a light-blue Savile Row hand-tailored suit, Lilly Pulitzer tie, Hermès pocket square in the breast pocket, and Bedfordshire bespoke shoes custom made by G.J. Cleverley's lead craftsman on Old Bond Street. I

Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink.

Although I didn't think so at the time, things were a lot simpler in 1969. All you had to do to express yourself was throw rocks at riot police. But with today's sophistication, who's in a position to throw rocks? Who's going to brave what tear gas? C'mon, that's the way it is. Everything is rigged, tied into that massive capital web, and beyond this web there's another web. Nobody's going anywhere. You throw a rock and it'll come right back at you.

A cat's tail waved above the arm of the couch like an elegant hand in a black glove waving goodbye.

Oh, darling, you can't go around with that tatty green canvas thing. You look like some sort of Mary Poppins person who's fallen on hard times.

Most of our customers want something glamorous. They want to be looked at, but not for the wrong reasons.

I don't get cast as the guy who steps off a yacht in a white linen suit with a martini.

'Titania' is the best yacht currently afloat of its kind and size. There is very little, if anything, that anybody would go wanting for on 'Titania.'

For many years, even as users became more sophisticated, personal computers took too much effort to use without problem-solving, keeping alive the yearning for greater simplicity. Microsoft's dominant Windows platform, in particular, was a home for all manner of bugs and problems that required IT people to straighten out.

I loved ghost stories. I love horror stories. I love all of that stuff, but I really yearn for something to actually frighten me. It's more of a yearning for that than something that has to necessarily be cerebral or sophisticated. Good storytelling and something that actually frightens you.

Can you say that in 20 years people would still use the iPhone? Maybe not. Maybe we'd have a new product or something more innovative. What I can say today is that, in 20 years, I'm quite convinced that people will still drink Dom Perignon.