Quotes About Display

Indeed, cosmetic ads endlessly reminded women that they were on display, especially conspicuous in a world peopled by spectators and voyeurs: [...] Women were thus urged to transform the spectacle of themselves into self-conscious performances.

It was a museum of past meals.

Once he finally built those bookshelves, he could showcase an impressive collection. But he never got around to it.

what's most important is that the information we display is up to date, and that we constantly revise what we measure to make sure it's helping us understand progress toward our current target conditions.

She did find that the books displayed prominently in every chamber had been dusted, but the spines were pristine and uncreased. They had the sad, untouched air of literature paraded for display purposes but never actually used. It was profoundly depressing.

She did find that the books displayed prominently in every chamber had been dusted, but the spines were pristine and uncreased. They had the sad, untouched air of literature paraded for display purposes but never actually used. It was profoundly depressing. Wyndham's

They had the sad, untouched air of literature paraded for display purposes but never actually used. It was profoundly depressing.

Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public.

It is therefore the church's duty to display in an evil age of self-seeking, pride, and animosity the life and fellowship of the Kingdom of God and of the Age to Come. This display of Kingdom life is an essential element in the witness of the church to the Kingdom of God.

Renouard bared his teeth at her, displaying his fangs. Vampires showed their teeth for many reasons: to intimidate, to express joy, to snarl in frustration. But this one was a leer. Look at my teeth, baby. Aren't I amazing?

as far as creativity is concerned, isolation is required....the presence of others can only inhibit this process, since creation is embarrassing. For every new good idea you have, there are a hundred...foolish ones, which you naturally do not care to display.

Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal.

With 'Dawn,' I wanted the slick look; I wanted to bring out the nature of the shopping center, the retail displays, the mannequins. There are times when maybe you reflect that the mannequins are more attractive but less real - less sympathetic, even - than the zombies. Put those kinds of images side by side, and you raise all sorts of questions.

The whole motivation for any performer is 'Look at me, Ma.'

Some people make spectacles of themselves with a couple of glasses.

I think the level of devotion some sci-fi fans display turns other people off.

I have brought you to the ring, now dance if you can!

It was never built for the comfort and happiness of its citizens, but to astonish the world.

To attain, and to keep, a professional-managerial job requires class-specific human capital. Developing and displaying that capital is a central preoccupation of upper-middle class life.

We stop before a grimy storefront filled with mannequins in furry underwear.

Lion Face Boy' is the first single from Seabear's sophomore album, 'We Built a Fire,' and it's a perfect display of the band's knack for constructing mountains of instrumentation on a simple idea.

The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments.

Understanding that nature is not normative does not mean that anything goes. The fears come from the mistaken identification of wildness with the forest itself. Instead the landscape is an arena for the interaction of natural and social forces, a kind of display, and one that like all displays is not fully under the control of its authors.

Whether it's 90 minutes, or a half, 10 minutes or whatever, I want to show what I can do.