Quotes about Sensibilities

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. Votes: 2

I've got my dad's height and smoking habit. But I think I've got my mum's looks and sensibilities. Votes: 2

It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities. Votes: 2

I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement. Votes: 2

I want big ideas to have aesthetic relevance. I want to tickle people's intellectual sensibilities and instill a sense of wonder. Votes: 2

Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always be the favorite beverage of the intellectual. Votes: 2

The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally. Votes: 2

In America today, if your sensibilities are offended by something that has happened, you get an enormous amount of credibility and are taken very seriously. Votes: 2

As liberty and intelligence have increased the people have more and more revolted against the theological dogmas that contradict common sense and wound the tenderest sensibilities of the soul. Votes: 2

Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves. Votes: 2

The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities; the scientist accepts an existing field of knowledge and seeks to map out the unexplored terrain. Votes: 2

I don't think a movie today that captured all the things that we did in the seventies could come close, because it's like asking to recreate the seventies and the audience sensibilities and that's impossible. Votes: 2

I constantly try to reinvent my sensibilities and my ideas. I enjoy some of the satisfaction that I get when I feel good about what I've done. But the process is quite lonely and quite painful. Votes: 2

As a necessary prerequisite to the creation of new forms of expression one might, I suppose, argue that current sensibilities respond uniquely to the notion of exhaustion as exhaustion, although that does de facto seem rather limiting. Votes: 2

If you are living a life that feels right to you, if you're willing to take creative chances or a creative path that feels like it's mostly in keeping with your sensibilities, you know, aesthetic and artistic, then that's what matters. Votes: 2

The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man, blunted the edge of his finest sensibilities, and annihilated all his most generous impulses and sympathies. Votes: 2

I think I am a product of my mother's sensibilities and my mother's values. There has been lots of battling and lots of love and it's never an easy road for us. But in the deepest recesses, I do have my mother's values. Votes: 2

We have a society in which one of the greatest things you can do is a platform to see victim status, and one of the qualifications for that is that you have these exquisitely tender feelings about things and sensibilities which are easily offended. Votes: 2

You know, I was really privileged to meet Woody Allen, who is now a filmmaker, let's be honest. He's also an actor. And he's classic. And because I have no conception of what classic fashion is now, I respond to his slightly outdated sensibilities. Votes: 2

In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry. Votes: 2

I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to grow up for myself and then kind of re-enter the industry with a sound understanding of what my sensibilities and my values are as a relatively formed human being. Votes: 2

I think scent is sensual. I guess evoking a mood or a spirit is key, and I think with the women's fragrances we have evoked different types, moods or sensibilities of a woman - whether it's Daisy with the sweetness and the innocence or Lola which is more provocative, sexy and sultry. Votes: 2

If you asked an 18-year-old what they want to do with their life, and the options are 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he's probably shipping out for 'Transformers.' If you ask a 26-year-old what he wants to do, 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he'd probably pick Lars von Trier. So, my sensibilities are changing as I change. Votes: 2

My mother's songs are really turning out to be masterpieces. I have inherited this incredible legacy and am so fortunate to bathe in her sensibilities. It is tinged with tragedy. I'd much rather she was here in person, but there is still a positive force to come out of her death and that is having the gift of music that she gave. Votes: 2

I lost my mind at 15. I'd been shown a world where there were no boundaries, where everyone gave me all the power. And I was like, 'This is great!' Then that was gone. But I was like, 'Yeah, but I still want that.' I'd lost my humble, very quiet, introverted sensibilities which I think I definitely had as a kid. Votes: 2

It is easy to bare your body, but it is difficult to bare your soul. What works for me is that I am not a city-raised boy with city-raised sensibilities. I can play the vulnerable tough man, the guy with a gun in his hand, tears in his eyes, fire in his heart, innocence in him, and in his arms a woman he loves. Votes: 2

Women are just different. Their sensibilities are different. Votes: 0

You're not hurt, are you?" "Only my delicate sensibilities. Votes: 0

I think that most people have deeply creative sensibilities. Votes: 0

My husband is my best friend; he knows my sensibilities. Votes: 0

My sensibilities are like, 'I want it to be weirder.' Votes: 0

Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can. Votes: 0

The treatment for jaded sensibilities is not to shatter them, after all. Votes: 0

My one concession to American sensibilities was to remove my nail polish. Votes: 0

Women endowed with remarkable sensibilities enjoy much; but they also suffer much. Votes: 0

Very often I suspend my musical sensibilities to enjoy music as a fan. Votes: 0

Steel your sensibilities, so that life shall hurt you as little as possible. Votes: 0

Art begins when an observer's sensibilities engage with the understatements of a calculating craftsman. Votes: 0

In a Union of 15 now, you must take into account the sensibilities of everyone. Votes: 0

A good dose of fantasy is exercise for your sensibilities; it keeps your avatar strong. Votes: 0

The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves. Votes: 0

My parents have always been offended by my weight, embarrassed maybe. It didn't fit with their sensibilities Votes: 0

Generally I wouldn't accept work on projects where I didn't agree with the sensibilities behind the main character. Votes: 0

I think that my sensibilities are becoming slightly less delicate and I'm venturing out in a storytelling world. Votes: 0

I wouldn't tell anyone to study werewolves - I studied wolves, how they moved, their tendencies and sensibilities. Votes: 0

I am a Congregationalist with Catholic sensibilities. Which probably explains how I ended up in a Episcopal church. Votes: 0

People invade your space and offend your sensibilities because, to be plain, they couldn't care less about you. Votes: 0

No barrier stands between the material world of science and the sensibilities of the hunter and the poet, Votes: 0

Faith takes a great many forms, suited to a variety of sensibilities, and mine happens to suit me very well. Votes: 0

Greed stains our culture, soaks our sensibilities and has replaced grace as a sign of our intimacy with the divine. Votes: 0

The sensibilities and the emotions of Muslims must be taken into consideration in the context in which we live today. Votes: 0

The mother's love is at first an absorbing delight, blunting all other sensibilities; it is an expansion of the animal existence. Votes: 0

Before doing any interviews I like to know who I'm meeting with and get a bit of an idea of their sensibilities. Votes: 0

An artist needs the best studio instruction, the most rigorous demands, and the toughest criticism in order to tune up his sensibilities. Votes: 0

If any writer thinks the world is full of middle class people of nice sensibilities, then he is out of his mind. Votes: 0

I don't believe artists should be subjected to experiences that harden the sensibilities; without sensibility no fine work can ever be done. Votes: 0

Mel Alexenberg offers a scintillating experiment in creativity. His work is an invitation to deepen your spiritual sensibilities as you extend your imagination. Votes: 0

Loud dress becomes offensive to people of taste, as evincing an undue desire to reach and impress the untrained sensibilities of the vulgar. Votes: 0

A happy home is the single spot of rest which a man has upon this earth for the cultivation of his noblest sensibilities. Votes: 0

I love working with women - I love women - and we need more women directors. We need more feminine sensibilities in movies. Votes: 0

No one has a right to obstruct another exercising his faculties innocently for the relief of sensibilities made a part of his nature. Votes: 0

An American soldier, Saddam in his sights, has a picture of a naked, buxom woman on his dashboard, an obvious affront to Muslim sensibilities. Votes: 0

Moral sensibilities are nowadays at such cross-purposes that to one man a morality is proved by its utility, while to another its utility refutes it. Votes: 0

My 'Idea of India' calls not just for tolerance, but a celebration of all points of view. Where the sensibilities of every individual are respected Votes: 0

I make no pretense to accuracy. I shall be quite content if the sensibilities of no one are wounded by anything I may reduce to type. Votes: 0

... a large portion of those who demand woman suffrage are persons who have not been trained to reason, and are chiefly guided by their generous sensibilities. Votes: 0

I was like many another who starts an intrigue timidly. Once into it, I had to go on, and therefore I had to harden my sensibilities. Votes: 0

In effect, I feel like a blind, deaf, and illiterate person working through the sensibilities and multiple, real talents of other people. Everything I do is collaborative. Votes: 0

All education should be directed toward the refinement of the individual's sensibilities in relation not only to one's fellow humans everywhere, but to all living things whatsoever. Votes: 0

I don't think science is necessarily incompatible with mystical or spiritual sensibilities. I often weigh them equally in my thinking, which sometimes finds itself into the work. Votes: 0

The gift art gives us is that instead of seeing only our own world, we see into other times, which offers a window into other cultures and sensibilities. Votes: 0

I decided to coin the term 'cosy crime noir' for Brighton Belle. That is 'cosy crime' for today's sensibilities because there is that slightly edgy element to it. Votes: 0

Music... will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy alive in you. Votes: 0

As a band, it's just me trying to please my own basement-hardcore sensibilities that I grew up with. It's not actually the future of anything, it's totally nostalgia. Votes: 0

Bands like Nirvana had theatrical sensibilities, playing with image, challenging assumptions people were making about them, the apex being Kurt Cobain in a dress to make a point. Votes: 0

Not everything you hear about yourself can be considered good publicity. And if you have delicate sensibilities, the currycomb of public imagination frequently rubs your vanities the wrong way. Votes: 0

Immortality was overrated, as far as he was concerned. Hardy had enough problems as it was; living forever sounded like a death sentence for someone with his practical sensibilities. Votes: 0

The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being. Votes: 0

Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded as wicked and degrading. Votes: 0

They went inside. The young ones shuffled to a stop as their ironic sensibilities, which served them in lieu of souls, were jammed by a signal of overwhelming power. Votes: 0

Humanity is a cage, and our puritanical sensibilities comprise the bars. We are confined by our own reason and intellect, and yet most of us don't even know it. Votes: 0

I didn't have the sensibilities of your ordinary filmmaker, let alone your ordinary African-American filmmaker. My heroes were John Waters, Pedro Almodovar, and actors that were part of that world. Votes: 0

Frequently parents forget that children are people. I don't try to treat Kristen as an adult, but I do try to treat her as a person, with a child's sensibilities. Votes: 0

When it comes right down to it, developing a critical sensibility about parenting isn't really about disapproval; it's about honing your own sensibilities, figuring out how you want to parent. Votes: 0

I have no artistic sensibilities. I wish I did. It is probably really cool. I have work habits and work ethic. For me, all the things I do are jobs. Votes: 0

Why is it that aggression in the name of God shocks secular liberal sensibilities, whereas the act of killing in the name of the secular nation, or of democracy, does not? Votes: 0

Personally, my interest in social history ends around 1959, by which time I was an adolescent. I've always attributed this to my particular sensibilities. I like formality and elegance, and I'm fundamentally conservative. Votes: 0

It is always the psychic and social grounds, brought into play by each medium or technology, that readjust the balance of the hemispheres and of human sensibilities into equilibrium with those grounds. Votes: 0

The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that we're disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning. Votes: 0

The purpose of art is always, ultimately, to give pleasure - though our sensibilities may take time to catch up with the forms of pleasure that art in a given time may offer. Votes: 0

Johnny Depp is, to me, a rare kindred spirit with like sensibilities, who has escaped the beast. He's probably one of the few people that have survived Los Angeles as a human being. Votes: 0

Society bends over backward to be accommodating to religious sensibilities but not to other kinds of sensibilities. If I say something offensive to religious people, I'll be universally censured, including by many atheists. Votes: 0

I am suspicious of guilt in myself and in other people; it is usually a way of not thinking, or of announcing one's own fine sensibilities the better to be rid of them fast. Votes: 0

Is lawlessness to be permitted, simply because it is effected with a certain style? Jane, Jane! Where are your finer sensibilities? All o'erthrown, by a man with a golden tongue and a mocking glance? Votes: 0

Please, Lord Maccon, use one of the cups. My delicate sensibilities." The earl actually snorted. "My dear Miss Tarabotti, if you possessed any such things, you certainly have never shown them to me. Votes: 0

Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities. I've never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me. Votes: 0

It's ironic, really, because I've spent the bulk of my career making my living in a very commercial realm: network television. And yet, my sensibilities don't necessarily line up with how I pay my rent. Votes: 0

Keyboardists whose chief asset is mere technique . . . more often than not astound us with their prowess without ever touching our sensibilities. They overwhelm our hearing without satisfying it and stun the mind without moving it. Votes: 0