Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.
Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts
The eye that directs a needle in the delicate meshes of embroidery will equally well bisect a star with the spiderweb of the micrometer.
I am a great foe of favoritism in public life, in private life, and even in the delicate relationship of an author to his works.
Even dreams, the most delicate and intangible of things, can prove remarkable difficult to kill.
To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero.
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.
You know men. We have delicate egos.
A hero's love is as delicate as a maiden's.
Beauty is a hard thing. Beauty is a mean story. Beauty is slender girls who die young, fine-featured delicate creatures about whom men write poems. Beauty, my first girlfriend said to me, is that inner quality often associated with great amounts of leisure time. And I loved her for that.
Hunger is never delicate.
The press and politicians. A delicate relationship. Too close, and danger ensues. Too far apart and democracy itself cannot function without the essential exchange of information. Creative leaks, a discreet lunch, interchange in the Lobby, the art of the unattributable telephone call, late at night.
It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.
I think that my sensibilities are becoming slightly less delicate and I'm venturing out in a storytelling world.
I think it's funny to be delicate with subjects that are explosive.
Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we may fall.
Respect the delicate ecology of your delusions.
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.
A woman's character is as delicate as her eye; it can bear no flaw.
Such is the brutalization of commercial ethics in this country that no one can feel anything more delicate than the velvet touch of a soft buck.