“Those type of elegant black tie events, for whatever reason, didn't continue into the late 20th century, and we have heard countless stories about them from our patrons and we wanted to offer that.”

“It's a very exclusive party, but if you are an actor or actress, it's not like a studio party -- you don't have to work. It's relaxed and it's got a casual and lovely and elegant atmosphere. People have fun.”

Five hundred years ago the notoriously savvy Henry VIII discovered an elegant way to solve both his theological problems and his personal liquidity crisis —he dissolved the monasteries and nicked all their land.

He has such a patronizing tone and manner, and such a sarcastic sense of humor. I found him rather brutal, a kind of elegant brutality which appealed. No, I think he came pretty much off the page.

At first glance, the ball seemed to be an elegant success. However, re-evaluation would allow an observer to see more than a graceful party. Many well-thought plans highlighted what this really was: a marriage market.

The instruction here is not for every kind of writer - not for the writer of nurse books or thrillers or porno or the cheaper sort of sci-fi - though it is true that what holds for the most serious kind of fiction will generally hold for junk fiction as well. (Not everyone is capable of writing junk fiction: It requires an authentic junk mind. Most creative-writing teachers have had the experience of occasionally helping to produce, by accident, a pornographer. The most elegant techniques in the world, filtered through a junk mind, become elegant junk techniques.)

Ralston looked down his long, elegant nose at the vile creature at his feet, and said, “You just impugned the honor of my future marchioness. Choose your seconds. I will see you at dawn.”Leaving Oxford sputtering on the ground, Ralston spun on one elegant heel to face Benedick. “When I am done with him, I am coming for your sister. And, if you intend to keep me from her, you had better have an army at your side.

“The Times has a sophisticated and fast-growing audience of women and men. Our renaissance readers are passionate about quality content and Times2 will provide them with the best writing in Britain, the cleverest columnists and the most elegant design in the land.”

“(It's) like a Parisian punkette. You know, originally the punk (were) English so it's the French version of punk which means a kind of bourgeois. A little chic, elegant and (some kind of) accident (can) happen,”

“We think we are going to great lengths to create a wonderful, elegant evening. The arts are all around us every day. It's just a way of looking at the world. ... We want to make the arts accessible to people.”