Top Subtlety Quotes

The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.

He said that it was very difficult to become an astronaut. I said that I knew. You had to become an officer in the air force and you had to take lots of orders and be prepared to kill other human bein...

Subtlety Definition

(n.) The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness.

(n.) Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination.

(n.) Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive.

If you don't want to be noticed, you don't use a Star Destroyer.

If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.

We can do subtle, I assured her.It's our middle name, Andrea added.For some odd reason Rene didn't look convinced.

One of the presidential campaigns unveiled more of an infrastructure in place for the next contest than was previously thought to be present, with a spokesperson saying that one of the campaign's stre...

People fail to realize there's a difference in kinds of money. There is old money and there is new money. Old money has political power but new money has only purchasing power. (1963)

Atmosphere, not action, is the great desideratum of weird fiction. Indeed, all that a wonder story can ever be is a vivid picture of a certain type of human mood. The moment it tries to be anything el...

Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose.

Persuasion is a strong but subdued outrider.

Sublime, close at hand but mysterious With the living silence of the rose.

The man once wrote: Tolkien had that one mostly right.I stepped forward, let the door bang closed, and snarled, Fuck subtle.