Display Quotes

467 Display quotes by 400 unique authors

We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote against. Some we… — Ihab Hassan
We attract hearts by the qualities we display; we retain them by he qualities we possess. — Unknown Author
Nature is nowhere accustomed more openly to display her secret mysteries than in cases where she shows tracings of her workings apart from the beaten… — William Harvey
The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company. — Seneca the Younger
Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display? — Seneca the Younger
The greatest honor that can be paid to the work of art, on its pedestal of ritual display, is to describe it with sensory completeness.… — Camille Paglia
Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display. — Jerry Rubin
History knows no greater display of courage than that shown by the people of the Soviet Union. — Henry L. Stimson
I believe that now and always the conscious selection of the best for reproduction will be impossible; that to propose it is to display a… — H.G. Wells
Democracy is a way of life controlled by a working faith in the possibilities of human nature. . . . This faith may be enacted… — John Dewey
Talent is truth on display. — Terry Rossio
The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive grief. This will show others… — P.J. O'Rourke
We tend to set up success in Christian work as our purpose, but our purpose should be to display the glory of God in human… — Oswald Chambers
Mahatma Gandhi was a man of peace and non-violence and lived by the Hindu principle of ahimsa, action based on refusal to do harm. As… — Kevin Martin
The symbolic display seen by the abductees is identical to the type of initiation ritual or astral voyage that is imbedded in the [occult] traditions… — Jacques Vallee
Large parties given to very young children... foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress and display which is very… — Susanna Moodie
If the nature of the work is properly appreciated and applied, it will stand in the same relation to the higher faculties as food is… — Unknown Author
Most book things now (with a few exceptions) are just built around nice, safe books written for nice and safe book club readers. These are… — Scott McClanahan
Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of — Morgan Freeman
Listen to the stage manager and get on stage when they tell you to. No one has time for the rock star bullshit. None of… — Henry Rollins
The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons. — George C. Scott
I love the start of autumn when the trees in my garden change the colour of their leaves in one last dazzling display. — Michael Caine
We and you ought not to pull on the ends of a rope which you have tied the knots of war. Because the more the… — Nikita Khrushchev
Im more keen on the person Im involved with showing me his commitment rather than going through a marriage to display commitment to the world. — Greta Scacchi
It was not apathy or passiveness. For him, prayer was a display of the strongest possible activity. — Eric Metaxas

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