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Quotes About Display

Mere display left her with a sense of superior distinction but she felt an affinity to all the subtler manifestations of wealth.
~ Edith Wharton
Twenty-two acknowledged concubines, and a library of sixty-two thousand volumes, attested the variety of his inclinations; and from the productions which he left behind him, it appears that the former as well as the latter were designed for use rather than for ostentation.
~ Edward Gibbon
It was the aim of the one to disguise, and the object of the other to display, the unbounded power which the emperors possessed over the Roman world.
~ Edward Gibbon
Watch me do it, Jeff! Watch me do it, square!
~ Albert Payson Terhune
There were at least 32 attacks by suffragettes on art on public display between 14 January 1913 and 17 July 1914.[6] There is dispute about whether or not the targets of attacks were all specifically chosen for their symbolic value or whether some were random. Whilst attacks on representations of beautiful mythological women seem to be planned defacements of conventional images of femininity,[7] others seem haphazard choices directed by impulse and opportunity.
~ Alexander Adams
It was tremendously satisfying to watch this color parade.
~ Erno Rubik
When chimps threaten, they open their mouth and show their teeth. It's a little like waving a knife in front of you. It's very primitive, and therefore bizarre.
~ Helen Fisher
I don't want to talk too much. I want to show it on the pitch.
~ Memphis Depay
Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress.
~ John Berger
All I can do is play football, put it on film.
~ Aaron Donald
Online advertising is display plus search.
~ David Filo
I'm not gonna deny it, I walk around with hundred dollar bills hanging out of my pocket.
~ Cris Collinsworth
Public displays of puritanical religiosity mask the private perversions of the real Washington behind closed doors.
~ Gavin Esler
My Emmy is in my china closet. People don't really look at it, though.
~ Tammy Blanchard
Exhibitions usually are not collected; they disperse after they take place.
~ Hans-Ulrich Obrist
One of the best things to do with tablescapes in my experience, is really curating them with things that you've collected.
~ Jeremiah Brent
giving with display is not giving, but trading. I give you money, you give me prestige. Philanthropy that does not degrade is done so quietly not even the rescued learns the name of his rescuer.
~ Rich Cohen
This parcel of penguins really performs!
~ Richard Atwater
standing in front of the jewelry store.
~ Rick Mofina
Leo had recently discovered how to change the display, like the Times Square JumboTron,so now the banner read: Merry Christmas! All your presents belong to Leo!
~ Rick Riordan
Lei had recently discovered how to change the display, like the Times Square JumboTron,so now the banner read: Merry Christmas! All your presents belong to Leo!
~ Rick Riordan
We passed hieroglyphic scrolls, gold jewelry, sarcophagi, statues of pharaohs, and huge chunks of limestone. Why would someone display a rock? Aren't there enough of those in the world?
~ Rick Riordan
The CAD image was drawn by an electron beam onto a green phosphorus coating on the inside of the glass TV tube. The
~ Rick Smith
Naturalists claim that however much the female may be said to love the accoutrements of fashion and furnishings, it is the male who is driven to display himself.
~ Kate Elliott