Critics are always complaining about the materialism of hip-hop and accusing the artists of living way above their means. But this ostentatious… — Simon de Pury Copy Share Image
The afrit batted his eyelashes with a ostentatious lack of concern. "Indeed? Have you a name?" "A name?" I cried. "I have… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.... — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The miserable consumption of the poor is partly the result of the ostentatious demands of the rich. There isn't enough for both,… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
I think I have in fact been situated in most of the squares on the political checkerboard, one after another and sometimes… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail. — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
How different is the ready hand, tearful eye, and soothing voice, from the ostentatious appearance which is called pity. — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
The extravagant and ostentatious lifestyles that pass for charisma in a time when almost anybody talks about charisma but if you think… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
There are as many attitudes to cooking as there are people cooking, of course, but I do think that cooking guys tend… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
The artistic taste of the Catholic priests is appalling and I am most anxious to have a Catholic church in which everything… — Giles Gilbert Scott Copy Share Image
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The grandest discourse ever delivered is an ostentatious failure if the doctrine of the grace of God be absent from it. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
A lot of parts of L.A. are interchangeable with suburbs in Joburg. Very big, ostentatious houses with palm trees and lawns. Lawns… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
The people seemed nearly ostentatious about minding their own business. — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
There's nothing worse than an ostentatious shot. Or some lighting that draws attention to itself, and you might go, 'Oh, wow, that's… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
For me it's a dedication to your real interests. It's an ability to be open-minded. Without an open-minded mind, you can never… — Martha Stewart Copy Share Image
Go over and over your beads, paint weird designs on your forehead, wear your hear matted, long, and ostentatious, but when deep… — Kabir Copy Share Image
As I glanced at the phraseology of the research report, dull and unfathomable to outsiders like me, I thought that if you… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Self-denial is taught much better by inspiring the love of our neighbor, than by the prohibition of innocent comforts and pleasures. Spirituality… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
