Exquisite Quotes

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions.

Steve Martin is such an exquisite and precise writer. Everything is so clear; it's like a bell. He says what he means and says it so beautifully.

I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.

In the name of Hippocrates, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival.

Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term, perhaps one with a nuance that flatters my readership's exquisite sensitivity.

Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.

Science shows us truth and beauty and fills each day with a fresh wonder of the exquisite order which governs our world.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

It gave me a moment of exquisite satisfaction to find myself moving away from civilisation in this rude canvas canoe of a model that has served primitive races since men first went to sea.

In the Netherlands I read the first chapter of Exquisite Corpse to an audience that laughed in all the places I thought were funny - an experience I've never had in America!

Louis Armstrong, who learned to be in exquisite dress, came from the bottom, and he's not a trash can.

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

But every company of the future is going to be in the business of exquisite care - which means quick turnaround time and convenience. To deliver exquisite care, you need an organization that coordinates well and listens well.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

I read some, and then visited with people involved in this curious, exciting and somewhat misunderstood sub-culture. I met with a fang maker, who offered to fit me for an exquisite pair.

In the name of Hypocrites, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival.

I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by night, a little bit outside society, moving between delinquency and conformity.

Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment.

It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it.

I have experienced some amazing food! Yet when I think about the most luxurious and exquisite meals I have had, visions of simple food made from a few natural ingredients are what most excite me.

When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.

The matter of international relations is very subtle and exquisite.

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.