Style Quotes

Style is effectiveness of assertion.

Instead of Otello being an Italian opera written in the style of Shakespeare, Othello is a play written by Shakespeare in the style of Italian opera.

If you can say a thing with one stroke, unanswerably you have style; if not, you are at best a marchande de plaisir; a decorative litt

He who has nothing to assert has no style and can have none: he who has something to assert will go as far in power of style as its momentousness and his conviction will carry him

For an entertainer, part of the thing you do is just style. And the coke did help me get into great runs of pure form.

There are various orders of beauty, causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles.

She's beautiful,' he murmured. 'She's a metre across the hips, easily,' said Julia. 'That is her style of beauty,' said Winston.

By the time you have perfected any style of writing, you have always outgrown it.

Football, a game in which everyone gets hurt and every nation has its own style of play which seems unfair to foreigners.

I'm a fan of the European style, naturalistic thriller.

I think each writer has to seek her most energetic prose style. She has to find a way to write so that nobody can deny it.

I've changed my style somewhat, as you know. I'm less - I pontificate less, although it may be hard to tell it from this show. And I'm more interacting with people.

Kyokoshin I've done most, but I competed in Sports Karate also, that's my style that I come from, and mixed with the wrestling that's how I got the takedowns.

Style supposes the reunion and the exercise of all the intellectual faculties. The style is the man.

I wear a lot of the boys jewelry - the chains as well - so it's kind of good for my style because I like wearing chunky jewelry.

Basically, my hair is very dry from all the backcombing! Hairdressers prefer if your hair is dry and damaged, as it makes it easier to style.

Jody Houser, who writes Mother Panic, has this noir-ish superhero style. She's very adaptable.

I'm passionately opposed to the nuclear family, with its mom and dad and their 2.4 children. I think it's the most neurotic life-style ever developed.

But then of course a philosophy is not the same thing as a style.

I'm most comfortable in T-shirts, but they have to have some style to them.

Russian fighters are always bouncing around and using a lot of effort with the punches they throw and grinding for takedowns. Anyone would get tired with that style.

All my work at Armani is based primarily on my personal vision of style, and while I differentiate between the look and mood of my various labels, I am never overly concerned with being 'on trend.'

I typically get around to most major cities at least once a year. I think people see that as their chance to go nuts for the year if they're into the style of music.

It was the first female-style revolution: no violence and we all went shopping.

I had set the standard for my style of relief pitching so high that when I came back to the rest of the pack, everybody said I was done.

I would love to play a 1940's style fast-talking reporter lady. That's probably the dream.

In a way my work is documentary. But I am also a photographer who has a distinct style. My photographs are a companion to the reality of the situation.

Someone might say that's a naïve way of looking at things now, and I would respect their opinion, but I also respect every woman's right to wearing her own individual style, including hair.

I don't have any style.

There are a lot of period movies where they say, 'This is a portrait of Lady Whatever.' And it's done in like a 1950s or 60s style.

Symphony musicians are not trained in improvising, certainly not in a jazz style.

I don't like the idea of agents in a typical form. The idea of agents, to me, brings up the idea of a man in a very boring suit who's not very good looking and doesn't have much attention to style.

It is in writing of the emotions that style becomes most individual, in moments of passion, betrayal, of life and death.

I'm embracing the punk. There's so much punk style in everything we do and wear everyday; we just never have the chance to do it all the way.

I like Colin Powell, I like his West Indian background, I like his intellect, I like a lot of things that he does and his style. What is at fault here is a policy that's taking this country to hell.

You basically have to play everything (in New Orleans), because you're getting calls to play gigs of all different styles, from classical to R&B to funk; modern jazz to traditional jazz.

I'm not a fast reader. I like to linger over each sentence, enjoying the style. If I don't enjoy the writing, I stop.

Jim Rohn is one of the most articulate, powerful, thought-provoking speakers I've seen. His unique delivery and style puts him head and shoulders above the rest.

The great writer finds style as the mystic finds God, in his own soul.

I always loved the style of Jean Seberg, Jane Birkin and Marilyn Monroe.

After all, I believe it is the style of thought entirely, and the style of expression, which makes the difference in books.

Much of our poetry has the very best manners, but no character.

As for style of writing, if one has anything to say, it drops from him simply and directly, as a stone falls to the ground.

Nature is mythical and mystical always, and works with the license and extravagance of genius. She has her luxurious and florid style as well as art.

Steady labor with the hands, which engrosses the attention also, is unquestionably the best method of removing palaver and sentimentality out of one's style, both of speaking and writing.

If you indulge in long periods, you must be sure to have a snapper at the end.

I love Jennifer Aniston's style. She is streamlined and never overdone. And Demi Moore always looks classic, gorgeous and sophisticated.

Modern reformers offer nebulous theories or write philanthropic novels. But your thief acts! He is as clear as a fact and as logical as a punch on the nose! And what a style he has!

I think every [fighting] style has the same core. It's all about changing and positioning, transitions.

[Richard M. Nixon was] a foul caricature of himself, a man with no soul, no inner convictions, with the integrity of a hyena and the style of a poison toad.