Subtle Quotes

That subtle knot which makes us man So must pure lovers souls descend T affections, and to faculties, Which sense may reach and apprehend, Else a great Prince in prison lies.

If you come up with a new product, you can very easily track its contribution to the bottom line. But often the challenge can be both large and subtle.

There is a subtle and unmistakable touch of love and pride, beyond mere skill, almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art - which is art.

If you're living with a scientist, you see the world differently than you do with a humanist. It's in some ways very subtle, the differences in perceiving reality.

On the earth, even in the darkest night, the light never wholly abandons his rule. It is diffused and subtle, but little as may remain, the retina of the eye is sensible of it.

It was nice that there [ in the Bourne Ultimatum ] was a reference to the relationship . It's very subtle - it's actually without dialogue. I do think it's powerful even without words.

Part of the sin of Pride is a subtle but deep racism.

I thought there was a good chance the fridge was possessed. It was subtle about it, but I had its number. I knew its ways. Oh yes.

I've always loved subtle acting, and that's what I got to do.

There's a practical problem about time and energy, and a more subtle problem of what it does to a writer's head, to continually analyze why they write, where it all comes from, where it's going to.

God created the world to be praised on the subtle nature of his existence.

I think jewelry is beautiful on all women and I think it's sentimental - and Disney is sentimental. It's subtle and it's low-key and it's just a sweet reminder of sweetness.

It didn't escape Karou's notice that he found subtle ways of touching her.

We desire to understand the world by giving names to the things we see, but these things are only the effects of something subtle.

Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend.

If your virtue is especially radiant, it can be possible to open a pathway to the subtle realm and receive these celestial teachings directly from the immortals.

The subtle differences in language and humor that get lost in translation, for example, make it almost impossible for big companies to do something that will appeal at home and abroad.

The subtle performances of the leads, the remarkable Irrfan Khan and the engaging Nimrat Kaur, make 'The Lunchbox' a pleasure to watch.

Perspective is a most subtle discovery in mathematical studies, for by means of lines it causes to appear distant that which is near, and large that which is small.

How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains.

A history that should pursue all the subtle threads from end to end might be eminently valuable, but not as a tribute to peace and conciliation.

People show surprise that I have interests outside my political career. There is subtle surprise, for example, that I would be interested in a recipe.

A subtle-witted man is like an arrow, which, rending little surface, enters deeply, but they whose minds are dull resemble stones dashing with clumsy force, but never piercing.

A little of true nonviolence acts in a silent, subtle, unseen way and leavens the whole society.

The woman has circumvented man in a variety of ways in her unconsciously subtle ways, as the man has vainly and equally consciously struggled to thwart the woman in gaining ascendancy over him.

The truth is that cowardice itself is violence of a subtle type and therefore dangerous and far more difficult to eradicate than the habit of physical violence.

Though we are politically free, we are hardly free from the subtle domination of the West.

I love doing meta-humor, as long as it doesn't become too distracting and it's subtle.

For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights us.

Here we go. Kerrick was as subtle as a thunderstorm.

Creating the world we want is a much more subtle but more powerful mode of operation than destroying the one we don't want.

Your questions regarding that gentleman are very delicate, very subtle, very much like being smacked in the head with a mallet...it's a tuba among the flutes.

Creative memory is the historian's most subtle opponent.

They weren't pressed together as closely as normal, but his shoulder bumped hers, then remained there. It was very subtle, and possibly even accidental, but it was enough.

Sound is a subtle form of speech and then more subtle than sound is silence and that's like the realm of being.

I usually control the environment I'm in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.

Amateurs write when they are inspired. Professionals are inspired when they write. This is a subtle but important distinction.

One of the most subtle and powerful writers of dark fiction - a unique voice.

As an example of wealth, good taste, and subtle intimidation, it took first prize.

The past is such a subtle thing. [But] in the end, nothing else exists, everything is made of the past, even the future.

In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.

Value gives the artist the means of showing subtle changes in a form's surface-state, and it helps clarify the relative distance between forms.

Happiness is like a butterfly - the more you chase, the more subtle, but if you stop moving and quietly wait for it to land on you.

Men like women who know how to be subtle.

I'm a big fan of things in writing in general that are subtle, that suggest something without actually in-your-face saying it.

A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music.

In the best travel books the word alone is implied on every exciting page, as subtle and ineradicable as a watermark.

The range of human skin colours is quite narrow when you think about it - and I do - and subtle - beige, pink, white, tan, taup.

I love sight gags and broad stuff, but you can get to such a subtle degree, especially with CG animation.

Dalai Lama is taking a subtle and nuanced view of politics and he is thinking in terms of events well beyond our lifetime.