Embellishment Quote by Boyd K. Packer

The essential trait in the moral consciousness, is the control of some feeling or feelings by some other feeling or feelings.

— Herbert Spencer

Flying is hypnotic and all pilots are victims to the spell. Their world is like a magic island in which the factors of life…

— Ernest K. Gann

I loved fairy tales as a kid. I've always been drawn to fantasy. They're always exciting. There's never a dull moment. I just love…

— Gail Carson Levine

At a distance from the theatre of action, truth is not always related without embellishment, and sometimes is entirely perverted, from a misconception of…

— George Washington

Southerners have this love of embellishment. Even when you read a police report, there's some backstory.

— Karin Slaughter

The inspiration starts with the armor my parents collected. The references are subtle, whether in the mix of textures (woven, quilted, pleated) or in…

— Tory Burch

Beauty has so many charms, one knows not how to speak against it; and when it happens that a graceful figure is the habitation…

— Laurence Sterne

But if there was embellishment, it only had to do with the facts.

— Louise Erdrich

You come by your style by learning what to leave out. At first you tend to overwrite—embellishment instead of insight. You either continue to…

— Billy Collins

The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.

— Vera Wang

Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be caressed on their own terms; and he that will…

— Samuel Johnson

I’ve always been very detail orientated, but I have gone from embellishment to nudity - from designing for a woman that likes to be…

— Christian Louboutin