
(So), he who
displays himself does not shine; —
Lao-Tzu

To lovers of adventure and novelty, Africa
displays a most ample field. —
James Rennell

Lots of women love to accuse men of being immature when the fellow in question
displays a reluctance to 'commit.' —
Julie Burchill

My best works are erotic
displays of mental confusions.. with intrusions of irrelevant information. —
Marlene Dumas

God is not interested in our public
displays of piety. He's not interested in religion in terms of the outward show. He's interested in godliness. —
R.C. Sproul

Encountering potential partners via online dating profiles reduces three-dimensional people to two-dimensional
displays of information, —
Aziz Ansari

Topography
displays no favorites; North's as near as West.
More delicate than the historians' are the map-makers' colors. —
Elizabeth Bishop

Women continue to reward bold moves made by men because of the confidence it
displays. —
Roosh V

Document preparation systems will also require large screen
displays. —
Bill Joy

When a person in your life continuously
displays to you they do not care, there comes a point where you may want to start believing them. —
Mark W. Boyer

I'm not one for big public
displays of affection, anyway. Straight, gay, whatever. —
Melissa Etheridge

When humans act with cruelty we characterize them as "animals", yet the only animal that
displays cruelty is humanity. —
Anthony D. Williams

Pride counterbalances all these miseries; man either hides or
displays them, and glories in his awareness of them. —
Blaise Pascal

A horse is a thing of beauty ... none will tire of looking at him as long as he
displays himself in his splendor. —
Xenophon

I don't do marriage. I think it's incredibly naff. And I don't like vulgar
displays of ostentation. —
Jenny Eclair

Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive
displays of emotion. —
Elizabeth Peters

Terrible as is war, it yet
displays the spiritual grandeur of man daring to defy his mightiest hereditary enemy
death. —
Heinrich Heine

We're so used to thinking that vitality lies in
displays of power, but in truth our tenderness and basic sensitivity possess a much greater strength. —
Brooks Palmer

We know little about history beyond its public
displays, and even then what we know is reconstructed. —
Mark Wallace

Marriage is simply an economic necessity, and so there are no elaborate courtship
displays or marriage celebrations among the Eskimo. —
Peter Farb

Some were drawn towards
displays of physical showboating, when it came to cats, while others preferred subtle intellectual stimulation. —
Tom Cox

My father-in-law is so sensitive. Sometimes I think he
displays too much love for my children. —
Columba Bush

At places like Chelsea, often the garden
displays are so big and grand that you'd never be able to have them at home. —
Anton Du Beke

Men are forced to resort to ridiculous
displays of bravado in front of women. —
Kathleen Tessaro

I know my parents loved me - they certainly did everything they could for me - but
displays of affection were kept on a distinctly low flame. —
Laurie Graham

For the stage
displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality. —
Lascelles Abercrombie

Yes, she probably thought he was a few
displays short of an exhibition, seeing as he had yet to utter a single word. —
Liz Bower

Despite their
displays of bravado, young boys can be peculiarly susceptible to atmosphere
("Between Four Yews") —
Reggie Oliver

If computers are the wave of the future,
displays are the surfboards. —
Ted Nelson

Where God thus clearly
displays free mercy, have done with that empty imagination of merit. —
John Calvin

You can't hint a man into bestowing the ideal gift that
displays all the love, appreciation and understanding you feel is lacking the rest of year. —
Lynn Coady

The extent of our sacrifice coupled with the depth of our joy
displays the worth we put on the reward of God. —
John Piper

His response was to fight it with the only weapons at hand - passive resistance and open
displays of contempt. —
Kurt Vonnegut

The universe
displays no proof of an all-directing mind. —
Auguste Comte

garish
displays of wealth, —
Hanya Yanagihara

Evil is visible, it burns, it smugly
displays itself for all to see. —
Irene Nemirovsky

The world is a great stage on which God
displays his many wonders. —
Francis Of Assisi

But it is in the darkest nights, when storms are blowing and the agitated waves are phosphorescent, that the most impressive
displays are made. —
John Muir

Unlike most women I have known, she placed no value on shallow pretensions or hypocritical
displays of gentility. —
Pat Conroy

I know, by instinct, his reserve springs from an aversion to showy
displays of feeling - to manifestations of mutual kindliness. —
Emily Bronte

Every flower
displays its beautiful colours in autumn. —
Lailah Gifty Akita

There is no arena in which vanity
displays itself under such a variety of forms as in conversation. —
Blaise Pascal

Public
displays of inappropriate behavior are a favorite hobby of mine, a cheap thrill. —
Willow Madison

The good-humor of a man elated with success often
displays itself towards enemies. —
Thomas B. Macaulay

Shyness
displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness. —
Daniel Radcliffe

By 2009, computers will disappear.
Displays will be written directly onto our retinas by devices in our eyeglasses and contact lenses. —
Ray Kurzweil

The heaven that rolls around cries aloud to you while it
displays its eternal beauties, and yet your eyes are fixed upon the earth alone. —
Dante Alighieri

Behaviour is a mirror in which every one
displays his own image. —
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

On the stage on which we are observing it, - Universal History - Spirit
displays itself in its most concrete reality. —
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Google Glass is the wearable computer that responds to voice commands and
displays information on a visual display. —
Astro Teller

In fact, overwhelmingly museum
displays are artificial. —
Bill Bryson

You can't keep a juvenile moral institution alive on two
displays of its sash per year. —
Mark Twain

All conversation, in addition to whatever else it does,
displays, and asks for recognition of, our competence. —
Deborah Tannen

One acronym to live by: PDADP, meaning Personal
Displays of Affection Disturb People. —
Michelle A. Lammers