Quotes About Extravagant

God's extravagant generosity toward us compels us to be extravagantly generous toward others.

There have certainly been many periods in history when virtue was more rare than under the Caesars; but there has probably never been a period when vice was more extravagant or uncontrolled.

Two hours of sparkling entertainment spread out over a four-hour show.

History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.

...I long to be known as an extravagant worshiper...that God would discover the song in my heart to be elaborate, overgenerous, and wasteful in my pursuit of Him.

If it's darkness we're having, let it be extravagant.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

'A Christmas Carol' is an extravagantly symbolic thing - as rich in symbols as Christmas pudding is rich in raisins.

It is curious to see how a science as 'positivist' as modern astronomy can occasion such extravagant daydreams

Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,The extravagant and erring spirit hiesTo his confine.

Let's have one other gaudy night.

The early meeting-houses in country parishes were seldom painted, such outward show being thought vain and extravagant. In the middle of the eighteenth century paint became cheaper and more plentiful, and a gay rivalry in church-decoration sprang up. One meeting-house had to be as fine as its neighbor.

I cap myself when I shop; I don't like to spend extravagant amounts on clothes. But, I do get lent clothes for events, it's scary to wear something so expensive, but I feel really pampered.

Weddings are super expensive. It is difficult to make money, but it flows out in weddings. Everybody wants it so elaborate without realizing it. People take loans to impress people. We didn't want to do that.

Hollandaise, I would like to pour over my head and just rub all over myself. Eggs Benedict is genius. It's eggs covered in eggs.

First, most people think the word prodigal means wayward or lost. It doesn't. Prodigal means lavish or wastefully extravagant. It's like spending money recklessly. It also means to give on a lavish scale. So, in the case of the prodigal son story, you could argue that the father was prodigal since he gave his love freely, on a lavish scale. You might even say recklessly.

But it'll cost the earth!

Even in her cap and gown Susan looked like a sunrise, extravagant and full of promise. Wherever she went things seemed, as they always did, to organize around her.

There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives.

Mo Udall didn't want the presidency bad enough. He was too sane. He was a marvelous guy, but you had the feeling there was another Udall outside his body watching the candidate Udall who was too extravagant, telling him to cut it out.

I had never been so extravagantly proud of having blood that clotted.

It is an extravagant gesture, ' she said, turning to the torpedo, 'which is just the sort of gesture I like.

Life is an extravagant gown, riddled with lice.

Most of the comedies I've done have been rather farcical and extravagant.