I have had enough of an interesting life to not embellish…

I'm sure you have a theme: the theme of your life. You can embellish it or desecrate it, but it's your theme, and as…

— Agatha Christie

I talk about things that happened in my life. Now, do I embellish? Absolutely. Come on, we all do it. It makes for a…

— Leslie Jordan

I'm a songwriter, and I understand artistic licence. We can embellish, go on little journeys and explore our inner selves. It can be quite…

— Laura Marling

When we revel in hindsight, we have a tendency to embellish. We weave romantic and poetic fibres into the gaps in our memory.

— John Whaite

Life is hard enough, you don't have to embellish the drama!

— Marianne Williamson

When you meet someone, you meet their face. It's the most potent part of the body to embellish.

— Philip Treacy

I just find things that work and embellish them.

— Lindsey Buckingham

You've got people who tell the truth, and you've got people who embellish. It's a part of life, I think. It can be interesting…

— Phaedra Parks

My hair is an untidy bob. I am very dark, but I embellish the roots because I am white in one clump.

— Erin O'Connor

I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.

— Kate Smith

Once you find the right idea, then go ahead and embellish it.

— Vincente Minnelli

If you have a piece by Bach, he often develops the piece to such a high level that you can hardly do much more…

— David Russell

The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to make things up.

— Donna Tartt

I do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit.

— Miranda Lambert

There's a tendency for designers to embellish the size of their business. I never lie.

— Carolina Herrera