Famous Quotes & Sayings

Natalie Massenet

You can get a slouchy woman's tunic at different price points. But if you want a great pair of trousers or a dress with delicate pleating, you're going to have to spend a little more.

This was a sacred day ù a very delicate kind of thing. There was that little period where there was a no-fly zone on this subject matter, with a few exceptions. Probably now, enough time has passed and we're getting new perspective on this.

William Wordsworth

She gave me eyes, she gave me ears;And humble cares, and delicate fears;A heart, the fountain of sweet tears;And love and thought and joy.

The real excitement starts now as they gradually merge two operations. They've got the two-year window, but it will be a delicate act,

The people of Shishmaref want their community to survive, but they are holding on to their legacy by a very delicate thread indeed. The threat of their land disappearing is only the beginning.

Carlo Ancelotti

We are going through a delicate time and we must overcome this situation as soon as possible. We are making mistakes and as usual in football you pay for them.

C. L. R. James

The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.

Howard Staunton

Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Chana dal are skinless dried split chickpeas used in Indian cooking. They have a great texture and delicate flavour.

Jimmy Cliff

I have a career, which is important, but my family is the priority. First family, and then career. It's a delicate balance.

Ginger is delicate and fragile, and Ginger is looking for her partner. So it fit.

Ryan Murphy

I didn't want it to feel like a slasher movie, ... I wanted it to be a little more kabuki and delicate and weird.

Anthony Powell

He gave me a look of great contempt; as I supposed, for venturing, even by implication, to draw a parallel between a lack of affluence that might, literally, affect my purchase of rare vintages, and a figure of speech intended delicately to convey his own dire want for the bare necessities of life. He remained silent for several seconds, as if trying to make up his mind whether he could ever bring himself to speak to me again; and then said gruffly: 'I've got to go now.'

Floyd Abrams

There is a great reluctance on the part of journalists..to pick up the phone and sort of badger sources into relieving them of the promises they made, especially at the time that the promises are most important, when the source is in trouble. This is a very difficult and very delicate area.

Dwane Casey

We told him to pump fake and go. It's a very delicate thing because the worst thing you can do is start putting hesitation in a shooter's mind. It's learning, reading, being in that situation numerous times.

Two very important and delicate functions, swearing in judges and granting clemency, should not be fulfilled by the president himself in the near future, while he is under investigation by the police,

The government was very reluctant to take a position because it's a very delicate situation, but now they are really turning the pressure on.

The public expects the press to have credibility. If this service could enhance that, it might be helpful. Editors have to trust their reporters, so it would be a delicate balance. We don't use the service, but if we did, I doubt we'd run every story through it.

Doug Aitken

'Planet Caravan' by Black Sabbath is such a delicate song from such a surprising place.

We will return to the west. It's the most delicate part of Ivory Coast.

Philip Schultz

I think one's relationship with one's vulnerability is a very delicate and precious relationship. Most people try to hide, disguise that vulnerability, and in doing that, you, I think, diminish a great source of power.

Henry James

Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.

Henry David Thoreau

A pretty little graceful fellow, too small and delicate to be rapacious.

Roger Milla

Eliminated from the World Cup, the team is going through delicate moments, but I don't think there is fire in the Indomitable Lions' den.

Discrimination is a very delicate theme in Mexico.

David Stern

This a delicate subject. I would say that I see it as a potential for relocation more than for expansion. ... I think that 30 teams is enough right now.

I've always been interested in the paranormal, but 'Gray Matter' is a more subtle, mature expression of that - looking at the powers of the brain and more delicate evidence of the extraordinary.

The stars are the great Gothic churches: spires, naves, delicate flying buttresses, massive conventional buttresses, stained glass and grandeur, grandeur, grandeur.

Ehud Barak

the very delicate negotiations that we have to run with the Palestinians.

There's no question that oil is the strongest headwind for growth now. This is a very delicate moment, no doubt about it.

Frank Darabont

The tone of The Green Mile is so delicate and dramatic.

The interesting question is not just Hillary Clinton's history at Wal-Mart, but why it's delicate for her to talk about Wal-Mart. Plenty of Democrats denounce Wal-Mart, but there are also plenty of people who need it, love it and rely on it.

Nouriel Roubini

This is a very delicate moment. The economy is already very imbalanced. On top of that, we've had a massive oil shock and now we have a natural disaster that might be something of a tipping point.