Delicate Quotations

The pigeon here is a beautiful bird, of a delicate bronze colour, tinged with pink about the neck, and the wings marked with green and purple.

I like the collarbone, a very clean collarbone. I think there's something also very delicate and balletic about that part of a woman's body, and I'm not really a cleavage person, but I do like a back or a shoulder; I think there's something very alluring about backless dresses.

I know it is a somewhat delicate matter to refuse a gift, but in this case the statue is so atrocious that every endeavour should be made to keep it out of the church.

We will not play with inflation. We are living a delicate moment. President Obama spoke to me today about the high unemployment affecting the United States. In this crisis period, when the developed nations are not recovering, it's prudent to maintain the established inflation target.

The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one.

One must learn, if one is to see the beauty in Japan, to like an extraordinarily restrained and delicate loveliness.

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

I believe every editor should stand to edit. That's just my particular soapbox. Some things are so delicate and depend on such fine, delicate work. One frame in one direction or another can make such a difference and it is, in that, like brain surgery.

I perceive myself as rather uninhibited, with a certain mathematical facility and more interest in the broad aspect of a problem than the delicate nuances. I am more interested in discovering what is over the next rise than in assiduously cultivating the beautiful garden close at hand.

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.

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

There's definitely a delicate line you have to walk in telling someone else's story that's not quite as delicate in telling your own story. I think when I'm working on a personal story, there's less pressure to try to get it exactly right.

I think we are always right to worry about damaging consequences of new technologies even as we are empowered by them. History suggests we should not panic nor be too sanguine about cool new gizmos. There's a delicate balance.

The bigger question is how does a rogue species called humans - whose population just blew through the seven billion mark on it's way to nine billion members - manage to survive the next century on a planet with finite resources, without destroying its delicate balance in the process.

The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it.

Independent cinema is more thoughtful, delicate. While Western blockbusters can have their own kind of delicateness, it's not delicate enough. You have to be ready to compromise to enter that field. I will do so only if it's worth it.

To pray is to have a conversation with Deity. This sacred and supernal communication with Heavenly Father is a divine and delicate process. This crucial communication should be conducted with great care and in compliance with sacred counsel.

I was recently asked about the business side of 'Biggest Loser,' but as long as we entertain people, we can keep coming back and making a difference. It's a delicate balance, but one feeds off the other. I feel so good about the show - it's uplifting and inspiring and entertaining at the same time.

The Swedish language combines the strong manhood of the German with the delicate beauty of the Italian.

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.

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

Love, as life, will fortunately remain an eternal mystery which no science will be able to penetrate and which reason cannot rule. Our only hope for the future is that man, endowed with a more delicate sense, will listen to the secrets of his own life.

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.

It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.

We are at a very important and delicate point in our relationship with the People's Republic of China and how this is handled will go a long way as to the future of that relationship,

We are at an extremely delicate stage in Chad - right on the edge.

We're still in a delicate balance, with people still concerned about a major supply disruption.

We have to get the feeling that they are on a path, in a reasonable period of time, to stop manipulating the currency, to let it float freely. It's a delicate game, it's a delicate gambit, because the Chinese are very sensitive about being pressured into things.

I'm feeling a little delicate.

The press secretary who starts to narrow down or close the president's options because he answers delicate negotiating questions no longer serves the president.

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.

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.

To produce and direct a movie today, a man really ought to have two heads. It is like trying to be a traffic cop and write a poem at the same time. You need an executive head to handle all the vast paraphernalia of movie-making. You need another, more sensitive head to get the delicate human emotional values you are trying to put on film.

Liberty Township is in a very delicate balance right now ... You're the gatekeepers.

Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantelpiece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his long, white, nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle, and rolled back his left shirt-cuff. For some little time his eyes rested thoughtfully upon the sinewy forearm and wrist all dotted and scarred with innumerable puncture-marks.

One sees that dead, vacant look steal over the rarest, finest of women's faces . . . in the very midst, it may be, of their warmest summer's day; and then one can guess at the secret of intolerable solitude that lies hid beneath the delicate laces . . .

Oddly, in this age of the blinding white Oprah pantsuit, when everything is illuminated, it seems a Victorian lace curtain still hangs over the delicate womanly matter of our personal expenditures.

Right now it is a market of indecision. There's no clear theme to build on. If retail sales come in very strong, it is going to tip that delicate scale into the direction of a strong economy, a hot economy and higher rates.

Nearly all children have a feeling for rhythm in words, for the delicate pattern of nursery rhymes. Many adults have lost this feeling and, if they read verse at all, demand a far cruder music than that which they once appreciated.

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

I'd like to be reincarnated as a French tart. They're so beautiful and delicate - they're like my opposite. I'm more of a comfort food: goat cheese with garlic.

I'd be lying if I said five or 10 years from now that this year was a success. We had plenty of opportunities and we didn't take advantage of them. It's a learning experience and you find that success is a very delicate item.

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.

I have always had to walk in that delicate gray zone between those things that some would consider the scourge of the earth and others say is the future of music.

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

Glaciers are delicate and individual things, like humans. Instability is built into them.

He understands that the process is delicate one with equal chances of falling flat and moving forward. So he is keeping his options open to wash his hands off, if the need arises.

He has got enough room, not very large, but he has created some room for himself in a very delicate situation. Everybody should help him to get it to work,

He is doing a delicate dance trying to please everyone. At the end of the day people are going to walk out of this hearing room being uncomfortable.

He made it very clear, literally in the first five minutes he talked in admissions today, that he thinks all of this is a delicate balance and that we have that balance about right,

What drives the play is the delicate nature of happiness and why it is that some people just cant find it. Carol is not a depressed person. She has some things in her life that are troubling her marriage is falling apart. But she is actually a huge-hearted, generous person. Its been interesting and even exciting to see how theatrical the play is, and the echoes and connections. Its woven more tightly than I thought, and the humor comes through also.

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.

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.

Going into the hurricane we had a shortage of refining capacity anyway. This just throws a hand grenade into the already delicate balance.

I think it is a very delicate moment for the country and we are going to wait until the end, until the electoral tribunal has processed all the votes because with such a small difference, anything can happen.

It is a delicate time, but on the other hand, this is an opportunity for us to reinforce the great attributes of this university.

I think the announcement Monday was a good thing because it showed it had gotten to a resolution. It was really traumatic for everyone and given guys perspective of how delicate and special your career is. You realize you're really fortunate to have this kind of life.

I think that in delicate games like these it's indispensable to have complete autonomy.

It is hard to find a stylish yet functional cell phone case. I have designed a line that will accessorize any outfit, whether casual or dressy. Some of the cases can be used as a small purse, and have delicate embellishments inspired by my Celtic collection,

It is a nice buttery, flaky fish that is so pleasant to eat. It requires a delicate cooking method. It can hold up with a lot of flavors and combinations with ingredients. My favorite is with citrus and this will be great when we introduce it this spring at DC Coast for the first time.

Restarting a refinery is a very delicate operation. These things can blow up. They are complicated, old and cranky.

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

Our position is that it must be implemented as is. It's a very complex agreement. A lot of detail. Very delicate proposition and any tinkering with the proposed compensation package would cause it to unravel. And that's a view held very clearly by our experts who were involved in the negotiations.

That delicate forest flower,With scented breath and look so like a smile,Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould,An emanation of the indwelling Life,A visible token of the upholding Love,That are the soul of this great universe.

That delicate forest flower, With scented breath and look so like a smile, Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould, An emanation of the indwelling Life, A visible token of the upholding Love, That are the soul of this great universe.

My theme for the year was diversity. Chuck's contributions fit so well with my mission and he was able to work in a delicate area very effectively.

Judge, the tapes are sickening, and you know...I don't know so much about conflict, but there is certain parts about Lt. York that I tell you what the real problem may be, even more than this, and this is a very delicate issue and I don't want to talk about this out here. It is going to have to do with credibility, because, you know, her declaration... this guy, unless he is absolutely lying... and Marcia will back me up on this, the contacts he has with Lt. York are the kind that are very hard to forget him.

I wasn't born to be a fighter. The causes I have fought for have invariably been causes that should have been gained by a delicate suggestion. Since they never were, I made myself into a fighter.

When I think of the delicate balance of tremendous promise and urgent peril in today's world, I think particularly of the nations of Latin America, ... Because yours is a region that truly hangs in that delicate balance. It is in many ways a microcosm of the world in which we live, and it is therefore a place in which all that the United Nations stands for is put to test.

Without a doubt, this is the worst birthday he could have from a judicial standpoint. This is by far the most delicate situation he's gone through.

You always have to remember your place. You can be close to the person, but you must know who you are and who he is. It's a fine balance. A delicate balance. It depends on your upbringing.

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

We're not seeing really big bold patterns. We're seeing really delicate patterns, which really emphasizes what we're seeing with the soft colors: soft colors, soft designs.

We are concerned about maintaining an odor cap. Our treatment pond is about a quarter-mile from the residential community. We've got a delicate situation. Even a slight amount of odor can arouse complaints from the community.

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.

There are benefits in that you have a more accurate picture of how students are doing, ... But administering, scoring and assessing a test takes a great deal of time away from classroom instruction. It's that delicate balance of the seesaw: When is it too much testing?

This would be a positive signal of building confidence, and this is what we need at the beginning of these delicate negotiations.

We don't know much about bursts so there is a risk this is misleading. It is a blunt tool to measure a delicate effect.

I heard no longer The snowy-banded, dilettante, Delicate-handed priest intone.

The contrast is that we're very different people, in terms of our personal lives and our personalities. We don't step on each other's toes. It's a delicate balance.

Hope is delicate suffering.

There is always a very delicate interplay between individual actions and institutional conditions.

We have been concerned about the effect of various congressional actions on what is a delicate and sensitive situation,

There have been some, even in the Park Service, who advocate spraying Delicate Arch with a fixative of some sort - Elmer's glue perhaps or Lady Clairol Spray Net.

There is a delicate balance with ease of donation. People really need to feel something from the organizations they give to. Even if a lot of your giving is done online, it's going to be because there was a personal contact or connection made at some point.

You have to be delicate with how you can portray characters other people are having a worship over.

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,

But raising tuition has a negative impact on enrollment. It's a delicate business issue, in addition to the politics and student welfare.

But just as delicate fare does not stop you from craving for saveloys, so tried and exquisite friendship does not take away your taste for something new and dubious.

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.

To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment

Today, when we're approaching the moment of truth, when courageous people have to make courageous decisions, ... it is a must that they will talk to each other and see whether it is possible to get to the permanent solutions and to touch all the delicate issues.

We all want to be out there. Still, you have to use a little common sense. The more he pitches, the more he has to monitor himself. Making so many pitches affects your stuff. Once it affects your stuff, you can give up runs, and then you're kicking yourself. Your body has to tell you. Your arm might feel good, but then your legs might not feel so great. It's a delicate balance.

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.

This was a delicate situation. My communication with Chris and Allen should have been better. I take responsibility, I'm the coach.

To his pure and knightly soul not Edith alone, but every woman, sat high and aloof, enthroned and exalted, with a thousand mystic excellencies and virtues which raised her far above the rude world of man. There was joy in contact with them; and yet there was fear, fear lest his own unworthiness, his untrained tongue or rougher ways should in some way break rudely upon this delicate and tender thing.

We just got away from our game plan. and let them force the tempo. Bobby (Golden) and Bradley (Blair) were both in a delicate foul situation. They both got a fourth early in the half.

We are certainly at a very delicate moment where there is also a great deal of potential.

We could say we were releasing oil to drive prices down until they get to $25 a barrel, ... Then OPEC could say it'll cut production to keep prices up. It's a very delicate subject to tinker with.