Would you care to elaborate?

The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.

— Anonymous

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

— Anonymous

In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was…

— Anonymous

“What am I more than elaborate sentience?”

— Derek Parfit

Instead of inventing imaginary friends, I invented whole imaginary worlds. They were elaborate scenarios about spies and adventurers and top secret missions. I crawled…

— Robin Wasserman

The Metropolitan Opera, of course, is the gold standard in opera. The Met experience includes the huge stage, the vast audience, the elaborate sets.…

— Karen DeCrow

“I had to get out of this before I was killed with some elaborate cutlery.”

— Rachel Hawkins

“I actually really don't want to know," I admitted. "Up until a few seconds ago I had a lot of illusions about you being…

— Katherine Pine

At the time, my personal research objectives were to provide Keynesian economics with more rigorous foundations and to tighten and elaborate the logic of…

— James Tobin

My dog has the intellectual capacity of a lime wedge, yet even he possesses an elaborate set of assumptions, based on his ability to…

— Martha Beck

We routinely participate in elaborate nonverbal exchanges even when we are not consciously aware of doing so.

— Leonard Mlodinow

Structure that really pays off is all based on emotion. I don't write down an elaborate plan. It's really done by feel. It's one…

— Graham Swift

“But what was it in himself he needed to look at so much that he'd invented this elaborate scenario?”

— Allan G. Hunter

I hope that if you are employed full-time, you are doing it to ensure that basic needs are met and not simply to indulge…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

The Internet's been so great, and it's so nice to have fans do nice, elaborate websites, but I think the downside is some of…

— Denise Richards