subtlety

It was easy to conclude: The night was young and alive, in its ever so subtle way.

The most dangerous ideas are not those that challenge the status quo. The most dangerous ideas are those so embedded in the status quo, so wrapped in a cloud of inevitability, that we forget they are ideas at all.

When it comes to doing something about what is wrong in the world, Jesus is best known for his fondness for the minute, the invisible, the quiet, the slow _ yeast, salt, seeds, light. And manure.

In preaching conservative doctrine, Goldwater's jeremiads seemed to be preaching the end of the old world, while Reagan's pep talks seemed to trumpet the beginning of a new one.

A confused and weak man hides his weakness and uncertainty with fiery speeches.

He had no desire to grandstand for his country or himself.

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 strengths is that it does not make an effort to draw attention to with every asset.

Purple prose attracts attention more than converts.

The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.