Elegant Quotations

Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person.

Their elegant shape, showy colours, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great that they form quite a feature in the physiognomy of the forest, compensating for the scarcity of flowers.

I like the beach and would also love to learn golf because I think it is rather elegant for an older lady.

I became an American on Nov. 4, 2010, at an elegant ceremony in Great Hall of Bullfinch's Faneuil Hall, Boston, beneath a vast painting of Daniel Webster debating the preservation of the Union with Robert Hayne of South Carolina, before the Civil War.

I hoped the dramatic power of the play would rest on that tension between elegant structure - the underlying plan is that you see the first and last meeting of every couple in the play - and inelegant emotion.

Anyone who has ever stopped to watch a hawk in flight will know that this is one of the natural world's most elegant phenomena.

My parents have influenced my fashion choices. I inherited many of their older garments, and I like their style. I love my mother's elegant and dramatic couture dresses and the feeling for colour my father has.

There is nothing like roast chicken. It is helpful and agreeable, the perfect dish no matter what the circumstances. Elegant or homey, a dish for a dinner party or a family supper, it will not let you down.

Queen Victoria did not regard art, letters, or music as in any way springing from national character: they were something quite apart, elegant decorations resembling a scarf or a bracelet, and in no way expressive of the soul of the country.

Usually all I care about is how elegant or over-the-top the pieces are, it's nice to really get to understand what the customer wants and needs as opposed to just focusing on the aesthetic.

I really like the risk takers. I like people who make those different choices on the carpet. I really like Charlize Theron. I think she's elegant and edgy as well. I love Zoe Saldana.

Artistic credentials are au courant in the important business of being seen as cultured, elegant and, of course, stupendously rich.

I am a close friend of Robert Loggia. And I just love how, with actors, there's the screen persona. Here is Robert, known for his portrayal of many characters, including gangsters. But in real life, he is elegant and erudite. He sits in the garden reading the sonnets of William Shakespeare.

I was taken to my first fashion show - Nina Ricci haute couture - in Paris by the White Russian princess, down on her luck, whom I was boarding with in Paris in 1963. I was captivated by the glamour of the gilded salon, the elegant clothes, and the audience of grand ladies.

I swam with my first shark in the 1980s. I was 20 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, working with a group of marine scientists. Late in the day, a 5-foot long blue shark swam into our chum slick. For the next hour, I marveled at the animal's stunning indigo color and the elegant way she moved effortlessly through the sea.

I always envisioned myself having a traditional and elegant wedding.

When the Great Fire of London destroyed most of the medieval city in 1666, Christopher Wren was invited to design a new one. Within days, he had drawn up an elegant grid of broad boulevards leading to majestic squares, but it came to nothing - the existing landowners wanted things as they had been.

All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.

Barack Obama is an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world. He is widely read in philosophy, literature, and history - as befits a former law professor - and he has shown time and again a surprising interest in contemporary fiction.

It's funny to have become an elegant skier now. But my drive is still the same.

I think that a woman that is elegant herself is somebody who can dress herself easily and effortlessly.

The great pleasure for me in writing short stories is the fierce, elegant challenge.

Beyonce is a beautiful, elegant woman who is also a wonderful dancer. And her voice is sublime. Just like her husband, Jay-Z, Beyonce has real talent. They are both the kind of truly great artist who will be remembered by history. Their child will be lucky to have such talented parents.

I always loved Michelle Kwan's outfits. Most of them were designed by Vera Wang, and they're just so simple, but the fabric that they used and the way that it was sewn together look so elegant and rich. You could tell that time had been put into it. It wasn't just another spandex, stucco-covered costume.

Simple ingredients can be used to make elegant dishes with just a little extra attention to detail.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is just perfect-looking. Whether she's walking down the street, she looks so regal and elegant all the time, and I love that.

Verse in itself does not constitute poetry. Verse is only an elegant vestment for a beautiful form. Poetry can express itself in prose, but it does so more perfectly under the grace and majesty of verse. It is poetry of soul that inspires noble sentiments and noble actions as well as noble writings.

We know how to do this... there's kind of an elegant dance, as they say.

We're looking for an upscale crowd who knows beers. The target market is your parents and grad students. It's a sleek, elegant place where faculty can come.

There are millions of people who think that having heard about something is the same as knowing it, and their notion of culture is a mixture of elegant lifestyle and big names.

When I'm going to events, I like Armani because I think they do a cross between my relaxed rocky feel and a really smart elegant look really well.

What a women reads makes her more attractive and more elegant than what she wears.

Like all Chrysler branded products, a key component of the Chrysler 300's success is the fact that it is competitively priced and offers exceptional value in its segment, ... The Great American Package is further proof of our commitment to provide a vehicle with elegant design, inspired engineering and exceptional value.

Make no mistake, inside that tall, handsome, elegant and eloquent exterior, inside that, beat the heart of a fierce but principled competitor.

Seven years ago, when I started free soloing long, hard routes in Yosemite - climbing without a rope, gear or a partner - I did it because it seemed like the purest, most elegant way to scale big walls. Climbing, especially soloing, felt like a grand adventure, but I never dreamed it could be a profession.

She's established herself as the most beautiful and elegant skater in the world. Now she has to stay on her feet.

She had a flair for doing things in a very elegant way. At the same time, you felt like you were right there in her living room. She paid attention to people so that she was seeing to it everyone's little needs and egos were met.

She had more than people who lived very well in elegant homes.

Sheehan has obviously taken a short course in the Michael Moore/Ramsey Clark school of Iraq analysis and has not succeeded in making it one atom more elegant or persuasive.

My leaving Schwab was on less than elegant terms, ... What is really humbling is to have time to reflect on what you've done and what you could have done better.

Brutality is what brings fans to the game. Savagery is what has made boxing great. It has elegant moments and it has savage moments. But it's still a great game. One on one it can be beautiful.

Barry's wife, Linda, had the table set with china, crystal and elegant silverware, but I saw it and told her that just wouldn't work. So I asked if they had any newspaper, and she just poured the crawfish all over that elegant table.

I'm a mechanical engineer, and I grew up on a farm, so I like practical hardware - somebody's elegant solution that proves itself over the long term.

I don't view it as an elegant place. It's a nice building, but it's mainly a home.

He was a tall man with an astonishing and somehow elegant curvature of the spine, formed by an enlarged lower abdomen, which he carried in a stately and contented way, as if it contained money and securities.

We take pride in the unique craftsmanship - it's elegant and it's flashy.

What we want to create here is an elegant ambiance.

I think the time is ripe for a return to the refinement of lifestyle that the pocket watch embodies. A personal pleasure that you know you have in your pocket, which requires an elegant gesture to use and show to others.

I think there's something very elegant about the way that Christophe is directing horror. And, his inspiration is, you know, coming from a very highbrow kind of level in art. So If you're into horror I would say this is the movie to watch because it's elegant horror.

Janet has been in the art world for many, many years. She has certainly worked with galleries, but the idea of exhibiting in a home furnishings store, which is so in keeping with what she's doing in her paintings, is a wonderful complement and fresh approach, a twist on the exhibit world. At Rodney Hunter, we specialize in teak wood furniture, so her warm tones enliven our pieces, and our furniture, as elegant as it is, elevates her work.

Our IPTV solution offers a bunch of better TV features, like an elegant user interface, easy navigating, instant channeling, and an interactive program guide.

The amazing thing about the house is the quality of the craftsmanship. The detail, whether in the woodwork or the glass of the windows, there is infinite detail, things I can constantly appreciate. The other thing is that it is elegant but not formal.

The annual meeting used to last eight hours. I think we've come up with a pretty elegant solution. Now we can get to the grass-roots shareholders without a lot of contrived filibustering.

The 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management list is our annual opportunity to recognize the companies we believe best exemplify the ideals of true knowledge management - the ones whose products and services continue to fundamentally transform the way organizations operate. These companies meet the needs of our readership in solving critical business problems, and they are united by one quality: they listen to their customers. Long gone are the days of developing elegant software in a vacuum and expecting the world to beat a path to your door. Decision makers and users grow more savvy each year, and these companies realize that the key to adding value is staying close to their customers.

When I tried to figure out how computers worked, I was disgusted. I thought it was totally brute force. I felt there had to be a more elegant way to do this.

We're challenging the very best in the segment by offering refined Scandinavian luxury -- in other words, clean and elegant lines combined with intelligent functionality. Every single detail has been designed with a firm focus on the user's well-being.

We believe the wholesome, intelligent, elegant celebrities that promote our brands make a huge difference. These women can be seen as role models. They are inspirational.

We are now challenging the best in the segment with a very special car. The S80 radiates what we call 'Scandinavian Luxury,' clean and elegant lines and intelligent functionality where every single detail has been designed with the user's well being in mind.

We are kindred all of us, ... killer and victim, predator and prey, me and the sly coyote, the soaring buzzard, the elegant gopher snake, the trembling cottontail, the foul worms that feed on our entrails, all of them, all of us.

What I feel the studios will realize is that we are going to provide them with a very tasteful and elegant way to promote their films in our stores. We are building awareness in a way that we feel will be a very effective model for the studios.

True simplicity is elegant.

Elegant is not what you wear, and it's not about how you wear it, but it's more about who you are.

When I was growing up, there were very few women athletes. I remember watching Olga Corbett, but Peggy Fleming and Janet Lynn were my role models. I never dreamt that I could be at that level. I remember thinking they seemed so elegant and regal and powerful and feminine.

When I signed up for Google Plus, my reaction after playing around with it for a little bit was like, 'Huh, I think Facebook should be scared.' In part, because it's a really elegant product. It's very fast.

Token ring was a very elegant way of sharing bandwidth on a LAN, ... What killed it was LAN switching because all that matters there is price per port. Ethernet was simpler and supported by more vendors, so it was cheaper to build Ethernet chip sets.

Those type of elegant black tie events, for whatever reason, didn't continue into the late 20th century, and we have heard countless stories about them from our patrons and we wanted to offer that.

What Apple does so well is to focus on research and design to produce the most intuitive device and the most elegant device.

What's very elegant about what they've done is they've made it possible for me to search a wide range of information using just my thumb and a single button on the phone.

The puma... the cat... is not just about power and speed and strength... but it is also a very elegant animal. That's what we've tried to reflect in our products.

This simple and elegant design, ... enables the quickest access to information about beauty salons in the Washington D.C. Metro area.

We did a couple of little simple beaded tulle jackets. There are tulle blouses, tulle baseball jackets that have silver hammer work on them. So they're very sporty, but very relaxed and elegant at the same time,

Everyone who has seen it agrees, ... You have to see the Gyre's elegant motion in action. A description just won't do it.

Asigra Televaulting for Enterprises is an elegant solution to the issue of excessive license costs for large-scale VMware sites. The combination of a robust backup engine and the capacity-based pricing model makes Asigra an appealing choice for any organization that is dealing with excessive backup/recovery licenses.

Engineers love to optimize problems. Now I optimize logistical problems. I ask: 'What's the goal? What are our constraints? What is the optimal, elegant way to get to that goal within those constraints?' I break it down in terms of a data funnel: 'Where in the funnel are we inefficient?' That analytical background really helps.

Even if it may not be the most elegant or cool feature, if people are using it, and they think it's important, then it needs to be there for people to upgrade. There will be some things that we thought were cool, but no one ever used, so that doesn't make it. This is a chance to do it the right way.

There's nothing more elegant than the juxtaposition of very light with very dark. It's easy on our eyes, with a very calming effect. And contrary to popular opinion, white is very easy to clean.

The tools makers are lining up to dance with the ISPs. Tool vendors have to have an elegant way to interface with potential clients: supporting a tool through an ISP is like a hot knife through butter.

The Times has a sophisticated and fast-growing audience of women and men. Our renaissance readers are passionate about quality content and Times2 will provide them with the best writing in Britain, the cleverest columnists and the most elegant design in the land.

I've checked out a lot of the new clubs, and I really think this one's my favorite. They treat you well and the attitude is so casual, but it's elegant at the same time.

I've been making the best movies at Elegant Angel since Tom Byron left.

Property Specification Language (PSL) gives designers an elegant way to work with the intricate software inherent in very large scale integration that goes well beyond the limits of natural design languages based on words. It also increases confidence that chip and system designs are correct before fabrication. The PSL version in IEEE 1850 is unique in that it supports formal specification and verification of design intent across all major hardware description languages.

After years of giving Mr. Blackwell great material for his list, Geena needs to tone down. Her past gowns have been outrageous and not a bit flattering. She is now playing the president of the United States and needs to look elegant and, most of all, intelligent. (Giorgio) Armani would be a great choice.

Affirmative action was never a very elegant solution to the problem of racial injustice.

Compared to other terrestrial animals, penguins have an excessive amount of side-to-side, waddling motion. If humans waddle too much they fall, but penguins somehow overcome this. They may have an elegant movement strategy for stability that we're unaware of.

Apple was there first. They provided an elegant solution and a vertically integrated solution that works very well.

A short story can be packed with meaning and impact, with the concentrated density of a collapsed star, but should preferably also have a kind of elegant simplicity.

You want it to still look classy and elegant - as much as it can look, anyway. It is still kind of gaudy, but you don't want it to be extreme.

This combination of useful technology and luxury features will appeal to a wide range of customers who value high levels of safety, quality, performance and comfort in a graceful and elegant vehicle,

They were determined this church be handsome. That was the word in those days. Well-made, elegant and appropriate.

This is what we think is missing in New York City. A luxurious and comfortable Italian restaurant expressing everything we know about Italian culture in a slightly rarefied atmosphere. The food is to be elegant and simple without losing the essential heart of the Italian purity. As a gastronomic experience it's everything I have to offer.

It was elegant and creative and beautiful - it's who she is. Her personality always came out in her jewelry.

It was a very elegant line, the Royal Viking.

It's a very sleek and elegant building. It has a lot of windows to bring in natural light and increase worker productivity.

It really has changed the way we operate in a fundamental way, ... I knew (the technology) existed. I just didn't know how simple and elegant it could be.

It's a jewel. It's beautiful, ... It's just a very elegant device. You want to hold it.

It's a very exclusive party, but if you are an actor or actress, it's not like a studio party -- you don't have to work. It's relaxed and it's got a casual and lovely and elegant atmosphere. People have fun.

Construction is under way and interest is strong for both of our towers. The Pinnacle at City Park South will be among Denver's most elegant high-rise communities, with a tremendous park-side location and incredible views of downtown Denver and the mountains.

It's much more elegant and sophisticated to pretend it had to do with a violation of academic standards.

It's not an elegant solution and it's not even clear if it's a viable solution.

Everybody is there. Every Irish organization in the county is represented. It's really a nice and elegant evening.