We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
It takes a wonderful brain and exquisite senses to produce a few stupid ideas.
But we never get back our youth… The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot. We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were too much afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to.
Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy —the joy of being Salvador Dal× and I ask myself in rapture: What wonderful things is this Salvador Dalà going to accomplish today?
My ex-girlfriend was exquisite, while my current girlfriend is merely quisite. The ex always makes the past seem more excellent than the present.
If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite things to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony.
For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of leaving is the bravest and most beautiful of all.
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it. The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible.