They're pretty conspicuous." "Why? Are they green and…

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

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

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