Display Quotes

467 quotes by 400 authors

I wondered why people consider escapism so bad, even the escapism on display right then. At first it might appear unseemly, but in the end… — Saadat Hasan Manto
The minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm. — Edward Tufte
Dogs display reluctance and wrath If you try to give them a bath. They bury bones in hideaways And half the time they trot sideaways. — Ogden Nash
The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger. — Henry Walter Bates
Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Churches are not museums that display perfect people. They are hospitals where the wounded, hurt, injured and broken find healing. — Nicky Gumbel
Democracy does not contain any force which will check the constant tendency to put more and more on the public payroll. The state is like… — Plato
We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character to display itself in what… — Woodrow Wilson
I remember a time at Yale when my work was being critiqued by Paul Rand. Mr. Rand told me only to use Helvetica as a… — Kyle Cooper
Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present incidents or characters… — Samuel Johnson
We show wisdom by a decent conformity to social etiquette; it is excess of neatness or display that creates dandyism in men, and coquetry in… — Robert Adam
The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices against half the human race that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition. — Eva Figes
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers. — Bill Joy
I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up. — Bill Joy
Lonesome Dove is a great book that had the rare fortune of being made into a great movie. And now, through Bill Wittliff's photographs, we… — Stephen Harrigan
I'm not here to be on display. And my body is not for public consumption. I will not be reduced to an object, or a… — Yasmin Mogahed
I don't quite comprehend why you'd force someone to bow when the purpose of the gesture is to display allegiance and respect. — Sarah J. Maas
Strapping a computer display to your face is not the answer. — John Gruber
People used to expect literary novels to deepen the experience of living; now they are happy with any sustained display of writerly cleverness. — Brian Reynolds
I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them;… — Abraham Cowley

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