Display Quotes

467 Display quotes by 400 unique authors

Scratch the surface of what's socially normal. I suppose in some way all of us have something we display to the public and things we… — Michael Fassbender
It is the political task of the social scientist â€” as of any liberal educator â€” continually to translate personal troubles into public issues, and… — C. Wright Mills
God appears, and God is Light, to those poor souls who dwell in Night; but does a Human Form display to those who dwell in… — William Blake
Hitler ... lacked the [inclination] for anything more than the occasional sensational display of emotion, in particular the great set-piece speech which mesmerized the mob… — John Keegan
I don't display emotions. I have every feeling that everyone else has, but I've developed ways to suppress them. Anger is one of my most… — Curtis Jackson
God's eternal plan has always been to display his glory not just through individuals but through a corporate body. — Mark Dever
Decorators never quite saw the point of massing books. Books brought colour to a room and filled it up, but shelves bearing just one thing… — Peter York
Fashion is primitive in its insistence on exhibitionism, which withers in isolation. The catwalk fashion show with its incandescent hype is its apotheosis. A ritualized… — Stephen Bayley
The photographic enthusiast likes to lure us into a darkened room in order to display his slides on a silver screen. Aided by the adaptability… — Ernst Gombrich
A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced courtesy for the elderly writer who wants to display the… — John Cheever
Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or the display of family portraits, O Ponticus? — Juvenal
Fond man! though all the heroes of your line Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine In proud display; yet take this truth from… — Juvenal
If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display. And let thy strength be seen: But O, if Fortune fill thy sail With more than a… — William Cowper
And as, when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The Holly leaes a sober hue display Less bright than they, But… — Robert Southey
What if in Scotland's wilds we viel'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed; Where the rug's two-fold use we might display, By… — Oliver Goldsmith
A mockingbird... was heard to blend the songs of 32 different kinds of birds into a 10 minute performance, a virtuoso display that served no… — Tom Robbins
I am pleased with the exhibition... everything on display was sold for a good price to decent people. It has been a long time since… — Claude Monet
Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with… — Nathanael Emmons
Go to your confessor; open your heart to him; display to him all the recesses of your soul; take the advice that he will give… — Saint Francis de Sales
I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms. — Edgar Quinet

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