Tawdry Quotes

22 quotes by 22 authors

The making of a picture ought surely to be a rather fascinating adventure. It is not; it is an endless contention of tawdry egos, some… — Raymond Chandler
Have you never been moved by poor men's fidelity, the image of you they form in their simple minds? Why should you always talk of… — Georges Bernanos
Evasion of the unadorned immediacy of life is as deep-seated as it is relentless. Even with the ardent desire to be aware and alert in… — Stephen Batchelor
The last thing my mother said to me was, 'SuSu, your life is a celebration of everything that is cheap and tawdry.' I've always liked… — Susan Tyrrell
Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents. — Edmund Leach
Truth looks tawdry when she is overdressed. — Rabindranath Tagore
Advertizing, television and film all wield mighty powers to visually seduce us, while much fine art leaves us indifferent, confused or, at worst, repulsed. There… — John Walford
I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again. — Oliver Reed
The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing its contents seemed to be. — Arthur C. Clarke
This is newness: every little tawdry Obstacle glass-wrapped and peculiar, Glinting and clinking in a saint's falsetto. Only you Don't know what to make of… — Sylvia Plath
Dreams are tawdry when compared with the leading of God, and not worthy of the aura of wonder we usually surround them with. God only… — Jim Elliot
If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing… — Don Roff
Danger comes in many forms, I suppose. For some people, it might be jumping off a bridge or climbing impossible moutains. For others, it could… — David Levithan
... the greatest menace to our capacity for contemplation is the incessant fabrication of tawdry empty stimuli which kill the receptivity of the soul. — Josef Pieper
My city. I pondered that phrase, wondered why Barrons felt that way. He never said â€œour world.â€ He always said â€œyour world.â€ But he called… — Karen Marie Moning
And yet one arrives somehow, finds himself loosening the hooks of her dress in a strange bedroom-- feels the autumn dropping its silk and linen… — William Carlos Williams
Affection would not be affection if it was loudly and frequently expressed; to produce it in public is like getting your household furniture out for… — C.S. Lewis
All I can say is what you already know: some days are treasure. Not many, but I think in almost every life there are a… — Stephen King
Living is not this tawdry, mediocre, disciplined thing which we call our existence. Living is something entirely different; it is abundantly rich, timelessly changing, and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The artistic taste of the Catholic priests is appalling and I am most anxious to have a Catholic church in which everything is genuine and… — Giles Gilbert Scott

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22 authors contributed a total of 22 Tawdry Quotes as follows: