Displays Quotes

Her Grace is all she has -
And that, so least displays -
One Art to recognize, must be,
Another Art, to praise. — Emily Dickinson

Wine displays every little spot of the soul in its utmost deformity. — Joseph Addison

displays at the bottom of the screen. Tap the keys to enter your selection and use the appropriate buttons to continue on to the next action. — Amazon

Love, all agreeable as it is, charms more by the fashion in which it displays itself, than by its own true merit. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

History displays the events of time. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Character displays the weighty impatience of having to explain something that should already be understood. — Nathan McCall

We may lack some polish,' he said. 'But distrust the society which displays overmuch dangerous charm. — Dorothy Dunnett

We Canadians are not given as a people to great patriotic displays. — Kim Campbell

heart lurches because the glance he directs at me displays neither love, nor hate, but a careless indifference, — Magda Alexander

Nature displays beauty in its pure state. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Displays of weapons will not be able to bring peace, only displays of love and understanding can do that. — Debasish Mridha

Some of football's gaudiest displays of manliness are purely aesthetic. It's not what players do, it's how they look doing it. — J.R. Moehringer

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed. — Benjamin Franklin

Saint Laurent has excellent taste. The more he copies me, the better taste he displays. - Coco Chanel — Justine Picardie

Death displays nothing if not variety in its methods, which are often surprising and sometimes amusing. — Alan Dean Foster

An erudite is someone who displays less than he knows; a journalist or consultant the opposite. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The content that Jessica Nigri puts out, really displays cosplay in the wrong light. — Yaya Han

I think Gypsy [Rose Lee] would be appalled at today's rawer, more blatant displays of the female form. She was, in her own way, a prude. — Karen Abbott

Displays of force in response to mostly peaceful demonstrations can be counterproductive. — Eric Holder

Men and women sit penitent over their little displays, watching their little programs, forgetting where they are in favor of where they'd wish to be. — Pierce Brown

Yves Saint Laurent is a young man of excellent taste; the more he copies me the more taste he displays. — Coco Chanel

What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think. — Edward De Bono

(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