Quotes about Subtlety

It is the way of my people to use light words at such times and say less than they mean. We fear to say too much. It robs us of the right words when a jest is out of place.

Hi, Mikey, how are you doing? Do you have any big plans for the weekend?" Mikey stood nervously in the conference room, looking back at Charlie. The eye fuck he gave him was not the most subtle. "No, Mr. Sanders, I mean, I don't know what I'm doing this weekend. I've been too busy this afternoon to really give it much thought." "Well

You don't have to be naked to be sexy.

There are some things we may not understand, but we can sense them perfectly well.

True restoration takes patience, subtlety, skill, and grace.

Painting as it is now promises to become more subtle - more like music and less like sculpture - and above all it promises color. If only it keeps this promise.

God knows we are subtle creatures who are more than able to use candour to avoid acknowledging our deceptions of others and ourselves.

I'm almost sometimes too subtle in my acting.

Most works are most beautiful without ornament.

You don't want to bash viewers over the head with a blunt message or lecture them - they'd soon get bored with that.

God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms.

The anonymous1 author wrote, "Wherefore play the game of life warily, for your opponent is full of subtlety, and take abundant thought over your moves, for the stake is your soul.