#subtlety

Seemingly minor yet persistent things penetrate the mind over time making it difficult to ever realize the impact; hence, though quite unfortunate, the most dangerous forms of corruption are those that are subtle and below the radar. ↗

— Criss Jami

#consciousness #corruption #dangerous #impact #mass-media

One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety. ↗

— Mo Yan

#biggest problems #lack #literature #problems #subtlety

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#because #devise #direct #does #her

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#obvious #pays #reputation #subtlety #you

I think the players, I put in the book for example that we should go back to wood rackets, probably they laughed at me, I'm a dinosaur, but I think that you see these great players, have even more variety and you see more strategy, there'd be more subtlety. ↗

— John McEnroe

#book #dinosaur #even #example #for example

I like songs with a lot of heart and feeling and subtlety. ↗

— Norah Jones

#heart #i #like #lot #songs

You're about as subtle as a fucking train wreck. On a boat. ↗

— Doug Walker

#nostalgia-critic #simile #subtlety #train-wreck #simile

There's the conventional wisdom, of which I have none, where you get a record deal, you get a publicist, you get a campaign, and you do the tour, but none of that adds up to things like nuance and subtlety and dynamic. ↗

— Chris Robinson

#campaign #conventional #conventional wisdom #deal #dynamic

The man once wrote: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Tolkien had that one mostly right. I stepped forward, let the door bang closed, and snarled, "Fuck subtle. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #humor #subtlety #tolkien #anger