Delicate Quotes

Comedy is a very delicate business, especially comedies that sort of attempt to do things in an honest way and in a very naturalistic way the way that 'No Strings Attached' is.

There is nothing worse than silence, strung like heavy beads on too delicate a conversation.

In thought I am living wholly with Theo and Vincent, oh, the infinitely delicate, tender and lovely [quality] of that relation[ship].

I am a great foe of favoritism in public life, in private life, and even in the delicate relationship of an author to his works.

There are much better ways to handle the delicate male ego. With a two-by-four? Only as a last resort and never in public.

Survival is an art. It requires the dulling of the mind and the senses, and a delicate attunement to waiting, without insisting on precision about just what it is you are waiting for.

It is a language which is being molded by writers to do delicate things and yet be in the grasp of superficially educated people.

There are travelers who fear to own delicate hands more than to meet a lion, and soldiers who would rather lose a limb than gain a beautiful nose by artificial methods.

The delicate sensitivity of a frightened rattlesnake.

One series of notes, high and delicate, sang of a sweet moonlight kiss gone sour; another line of music rippled with regret over opportunities forever lost.

Come lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the world, serenely arriving, arriving, In the day, in the night, to all, to each, Sooner or later, delicate death.

Is it not certain that the Creator yawns in earthquake and thunder and other popular displays, but toils in rounding the delicate spiral of a shell? -Yeats, The Trembling of the Veil

An opening statement is like a guide or a road map. It's a very delicate thing.

How describe the delicate thing that happens when a brilliant insect alights on a flower? Words, with their weight, fall upon the picture like birds of prey.

Judgment is a delicate thing and does not come overnight.

Although emotionally delicate and eminently bruisable, teenagers are short on empathy. That comes later in life, if it comes at all.

It's a delicate thing for me, with how involved I am in social media and being a part of people's lives in a way that they want me to.

Culture in its higher forms is a delicate plant which depends on a complicated set of conditions and is wont to flourish only in a few places at any given time.

I heard no longer The snowy-banded, dilettante, Delicate-handed priest intone.

'Affinity' is beautiful and intense, with no laughs. It's a rather delicate and emotional love story, with a spooky element.

My son loves my carbonara. I've tried to master that recipe - it's very simple but very delicate. Once prepared it must be eaten quickly.

... the most ordinary everyday living is as delicate, as breath-taking, as difficult, takes as terrific physical and mental control and effort, as walking a tightrope.

The press secretary who starts to narrow down or close the president's options because he answers delicate negotiating questions no longer serves the president.

Don't be afraid to pile on the midi rings! I like to play around with metals and pair delicate rings with chunkier ones.

The delicate droop of the petals standing out in relief, is like the eyelid of a child.

I'm feeling a little delicate.

Blind Willie Johnson is a pretty big vocal influence. He can be very harsh, like gargly, gruff vocals, but also just slip into some very delicate, vulnerable soft stuff. I like that combination.

The Word of Wisdom does not promise you perfect health, but it teaches how to keep the body you were born with in the best condition and your mind alert to delicate spiritual promptings.

a revolutionary marriage ... [is] one in which both partners have work at the center of their lives and must find a delicate balance that can support both together and each individually.

But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes.

Simon: 'You know men. We have delicate egos.' Clary: 'I wouldn't describe Jace's ego as delicate.' Simon: 'No, Jace's is sort of the antiaircraft artillery tank of male egos.

I'm quite a broad girl, not at all delicate. I watch what I eat to stay in shape, but I'm against diets. I eat when I'm hungry, three meals a day.

A delicate thought is a flower of the mind.

Refinement is the delicate aroma of Christianity.

There is always a very delicate interplay between individual actions and institutional conditions.

Not everything you hear about yourself can be considered good publicity. And if you have delicate sensibilities, the currycomb of public imagination frequently rubs your vanities the wrong way.

I love you, rotten, Delicious rottenness. ...wonderful are the hellish experiences, Orphic, delicate Dionysos of the Underworld.

The reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable but infinitely subtle and delicate.

There are those who, while reading a book, recall, compare, conjure up emotions from other, previous readings. This is one of the most delicate forms of adultery.

Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we may fall.

People take the mickey out of mental health, but it is very delicate.

Psychic beings are childlike, delicate and easily destroyed.

With Zen we do it more through slight of hand, a very subtle and delicate shift in consciousness, which shifts the world. It's kind of done from the inside out.

... love is too delicate a flower to rise again when one has trampled it under foot.

Simplicity, a delicate silence about oneself, increases their worth and makes one love those whom one admires.

My complexion is delicate, so I have to use things that won't irritate it. I switch moisturisers often.

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!

Our taste is too delicate and particular. It says nay to the poet's work, but never yea to his hope.

For in the wood these golden days Some leaf obeys its Maker's call. And through their hollow aisles it plays With delicate touch the prelude of the Fall.

A flawless cup: how delicate and fine The flowing curve of every jewelled line! Look, turn it up or down, 'tis perfect still-- But holds no drop of life's heart-warming wine.