Please find below a curated list of 612 of The Best Subtle Quotes by notable women and men. Please consider sharing with others any of the Subtle Quotes that resonate.
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Christmas (749)
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Daughter (2,413)
Death (2,583)
Depression (569)
Design (3,752)
Diets (767)
Dream (12,522)
Education (2,808)
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Equality (604)
Experience (1,087)
Failure (1,163)
Faith (2,365)
Falling In Love (1,508)
Family (1,396)
Fear (2,616)
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Freedom (2,151)
Friends (771)
Friendship (2,374)
Funny (8,072)
Girl (8,630)
God (3,384)
Good Morning (148)
Good Night (176)
Government (9,237)
Graduation (518)
Gratitude (1,992)
Greatness (1,865)
Happiness (4,108)
Happy (59)
Happy Birthday (79)
Heartbreak (175)
Hilarious (222)
Hope (1,199)
Humor (3,972)
I Love You (231)
I Miss You (51)
Imagination (4,466)
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Inspiring (347)
Intelligence (771)
Jealousy (705)
Jesus (6,120)
Jobs (11,973)
Journey (3,399)
Karma (687)
Kids (11,998)
Kindness (2,136)
Knowledge (2,121)
Leadership (3,147)
Learning (2,361)
Life (15,228)
Love (10,214)
Loyalty (927)
Marriage (1,663)
Memorial Day (176)
Mom (3,005)
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Money (2,178)
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Movie (836)
Moving On (327)
Nature (3,204)
New Year (390)
Opportunity (7,923)
Optimistic (927)
Parenting (605)
Patience (619)
Patriotism (490)
Peace (3,089)
Poetry (1,234)
Politics (4,850)
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Power (1,679)
Quality (5,726)
Quiet (2,584)
Quirky (151)
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Relationship (1,358)
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Sympathy (455)
Teach (4,528)
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Thank You (369)
Thankful (201)
Thanksgiving (324)
Travel (1,769)
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Trust (742)
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Unconditional Love (238)
Uplifting (644)
Vacation (564)
Valentine (390)
Valentine's Day (368)
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War (14,640)
Wedding (389)
Wisdom (4,465)
Wise (4,297)
Women (3,398)
Work (2,414)
Xenophobia (42)
Yearbook (29)
Yoga (1,897)
You Are Beautiful (78)
You Make Me Happy (70)
Youth (2,805)
Zebras (43)
Zoos (173)
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What, unless biological science is a mass of errors, is the cause of human intelligence and vigour? Hardship and freedom: conditions under which the active, strong, and subtle survive and the weaker go to the wall; conditions that put a premium upon the loyal alliance of capable men, upon self-restraint, patience, and decision. And the institution of the family, and the emotions that arise therein, the fierce jealousy, the tenderness for offspring, parental self-devotion, all found their justification and support in the imminent dangers of the young.
Everything I write is personal, really. Even when I’m sarcastic, it’s quite personal. And on this record, from the production to the singing to the performances, I got it really honest. To the modern ear, it seems soft. When you hear it against other things, it seems vulnerable. Lyrically and musically, though, this is more subtle. And, yes, it’s asking a lot of someone who’s used to being hit over the head with bright neon to listen to this.