The aim of poetry, it appears, is to fill the mind with lofty thoughts--not to give it joy, but to give it… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
People who invest make money for themselves; people who speculate make money for their brokers. And that, in turn, is why Wall… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Come, Let's have one other gaudy night. Call to me All my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more. Let's mock the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“There was the gaudy patch of sunflowers beside the west gate of the palace of the Prince of Ombria, that did nothing… — Patricia A. McKillip Copy Share Image
This film "Phantom" takes everything that's wrong with Broadway and puts it on the big screen in a gaudy splat. — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
What is a butterfly? At best He's but a caterpiller drest. The gaudy Fop's his picture just. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
You're looking, sir, at a very dull survivor of a very gaudy life. Crippled, paralyzed in both legs. Very little I can… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,… — Horace Copy Share Image
Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There is no friend like the old friend, who has shared our morning days, No greeting like his welcome, no homage like… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Gratitude and treachery are merely the two extremities of the same procession. You have seen all of it that is worth staying… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Unformed people delight in the gaudy and in novelty. Cooked people delight in the ordinary. — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
This show does something very special for the gay community. There's a message hidden inside the totally gaudy package that is so… — Jesse Tyler Ferguson Copy Share Image
It's gaudy, ugly, and in terribly bad taste. It does, however, suit my personality almost perfectly. — David Eddings Copy Share Image
Delusions, errors and lies are like huge, gaudy vessels, the rafters of which are rotten and worm-eaten, and those who embark in… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Architecture is, to a certain extent, a sensual gratification. It addresses itself to the eye, and affords the best scope for the… — William H. Prescott Copy Share Image
And there's even a lord named Lord Dashwood [like the characters in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility]. It's very steeped in Austen.… — Jerusha Hess Copy Share Image
Baseball outfits went through their gaudy period during the disco '70's, when the White Sox looked like softball players and the Athletics… — George Vecsey Copy Share Image
My visual landscape as a child was the inside of a lot of these old churches. And the Baroque drama of the… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
