Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

It's a delicate process. In this arena, you've got guys with a lot of money and huge egos.

It's a delicate game of strategy right now.

It's a delicate balance. Because you don't want the race to go without you.

It's a very difficult and delicate theme that requires prudence.

It's good to see public education taking more risks ... but it is a very delicate balance. Meanwhile, it's the students and their families that are hurt.

William Ramsay

It's not an easy topic because it gets at some fairly delicate issues. The source of some of the smuggling, who's involved, means it is probably not that easy a topic to tackle.

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.

Henry David Thoreau

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

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.

Derek Jones

It's a huge undertaking to try to portray. That's such a delicate subject that's still fresh on everyone's mind.

It's very delicate to ship. The season is short.

Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps they can just smash open the termite nest,

Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest.

Jenna Morasca

When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.

John Bell

I can understand his frustrations. But this is a delicate situation. We don't want to go in there gung-ho and get somebody hurt.

John Bell

I can understand his frustrations, ... But this is a delicate situation. We don't want to go in there gung-ho and get somebody hurt.

Stephen Robinson

I am pretty comfortable with using tools very carefully. But no doubt about it, this is going to be a very delicate task. But as I say, a simple one.

Henry James

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

Marie Lu

I don't like seeing her this delicate.

Johnnie Cochran

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

Raymond Chandler

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

Peter Woo

Judgment is a delicate thing and does not come overnight.

Robert B. Laughlin

The questions worth asking, in other words, come not from other people but from nature, and are for the most part delicate things easily drowned out by the noise of everyday life.

Whitney Houston

To learn your artistry and to be able to perfect that, is overwhelming. Especially when you are exuding love. The human emotion is a very delicate thing, so you have to be careful about how you present it because it can be kind of scary, or too overwhelming if you're not careful. So I try to just keep it love.

Stephen King

The horror genre is an extremely delicate thing. You can talk to filmmakers and even psychologists who've studied the genre, and even they don't understand what works or what doesn't work. More importantly, they don't understand why it works when it works.

Sydney Pollack

The dance that happens, between actor and director, is a very delicate thing...it's why people tend to work together on many films over and over.