Do right and you will be conspicuous.

Was it my conspicuousness that distressed me? Not at all. It was merely that I was not beautifully conspicuous but uglily conspicuous - it…

— Mark Twain

Every young woman should dress well, that is, neatly, tastefully, modestly, whether she be rich or poor. Conspicuous dressing is vulgar. True refinement avoids…

— J.R. Miller

“Many millions of pregnancies—many if not most of which have each led to the birth of at least one child—were each used as nothing…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I believe the election and reelection of Obama were among the most conspicuous acts of denial in recent years. Voters just stopped paying attention.…

— Allen West

“I knew Sebastian by sight long before I met him. That was unavoidable for, from his first week, he was the most conspicuous man…

— Evelyn Waugh

Inconspicuous virtue brings conspicuous reward.

— Senora Roy

“I felt as conspicuous as a baby whale in a goldfish pond.”

— Stephen King

Where consumption is both conspicuous and competitive, humanity will never run out of new wishes. All the while, industry creates new desires that are…

— James Buchan

Fame legitimizes. Being conspicuous gets confused with being illustrious.

— Nina Easton

I don't think we're crumbling as a civilization, but this is not our finest hour, and it's good to be mindful that we're all…

— Mel Gibson

Conspicuous by his absence.

— Tacitus

“He had never known how exhausting it was to be conspicuous.”

— Lisa Ko

Nothing is more conspicuous than a farting princess.

— Jack Vance

This point seems counter-intuitive, given the amount of conspicuous vulgarity, vice, and immorality in America. Indeed some Islamic fundamentalists argue that their regimes are…

— Dinesh D'Souza

“This had happened to him before - in an effort to disappear, he had made himself more conspicuous.”

— Dave Eggers