Quotes About Delicate

Under his shock of grey hair their father's face looked as if it had been carved out of wood by a man who had not yet mastered the tools for delicate work.

The trouble with bubbles is, they burst.

The most similar activity to writing an API is writing a book: one writer and a lot of readers. The readers know something of the writer, but the writer knows little or nothing about the readers. Guessing their skills and knowledge correctly is part of the delicate art of making an API that is easy to understand.

Flowers, more fleeting, more ethereal, and more delicate than the plants out of which they emerged, would become like messengers from another realm, like a bridge between the world of physical forms and the formless. They not only had a scent that was delicate and pleasing to humans, but also brought a fragrance from the realm of spirit. Using the word "enlightenment" in a wider sense than the conventionally accepted one, we could look upon flowers as the enlightenment of plants.

Beden hiçbir engebe göstermeyen ve gözü bozmayan 'pürüzsüz yüzeyler' içerdiÄŸinde 'narin' olur.

a face like a crème brûlée after the first blow of the spoon

Trust was such a delicate thing, so fragile, not easily earned and harder to repair.

I've always preferred food be on the blander side.

When a new generation watches the films, people might mention that it has improved their lovemaking. I guess it's because it isn't threatening. It was very sweet and delicate.

I hate weedy thin delicate women's watches, gets on my nerves, I like big men's watches.

The only good things I've seen emerge from a steamer are tamales, couscous, and dumplings - maybe the occasional artichoke or delicate fish fillet. But baby turnips with their tender greens still attached should be boiled in water as salty as the sea until their flesh is silky and soft.

The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?

I don't really find girls to be any more dramatic or delicate than boys; I've known plenty of little boys who've had miserable breakdowns over things... in fact, I was one of them!

I like my coffee light.

Off the ice, I can be soft, and I can be elegant and sweet.

I love really sweet, soft scents.

I think it's important to be subtle, sweet, and powerful.

Reedlike, that's what Hedy Kiesler is, sweet and reedlike, and when she wants to talk to you she doesn't lean over your shoulder and arch herself out behind like a debutante....She leans back from you [and] takes a good look in your eyes and a firm grip on your name before she will allow herself to say a word.'

With humans... Leo felt helpless. They broke way too easily.

Daisies, just starting to close their petals, littered the grass like fallen stars.

He had china arms and china legs, china paws and a china head, a china torso and a china nose.

I'm watching an operation, I told her. It's to do with the pancreas. It's amazing, Madame. The surgeon is removing something called the tail. It's a complex and delicate operation, but the surgeon makes it look so easy. He's using all sorts of tools and he's so quick and precise. But what I keep wondering is, could Artificial Friends learn to do things like this themselves?

Birmingham was a dirty industrial city, and from the plane it had a delicate rose-pink aura of pollution, like the chiffon scarf around the neck of an old prostitute.

Power is a delicate thing. The most powerful storms on earth intensify rapidly, but dissipate just as fast if not faster.