Top 171 Conspicuous Quotes & Sayings

Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous, one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence.

In beauty faults conspicuous grow; The smallest speck is seen on snow.

Nothing is more conspicuous than a farting princess.

the conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners

Technology loves and thrives and makes gobs of money on conspicuous consumption.

Was it my conspicuousness that distressed me? Not at all. It was merely that I was not beautifully conspicuous but uglily conspicuous - it makes all the difference in the world.

Fierce invectives against women form a conspicuous and grotesque portion of the writings of the Church fathers.

Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.

The struggle between Liberty and Authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of history with which we are earliest familiar; particularly in that of Greece, Rome, and England

There is, I think, great difficulty in writing of one's self: it is almost impossible to present subjects where the chief actor must be conspicuous and not seem to be, or really be, egotistical.

The requirement of conspicuous wastefulness is... present as a constraining norm selectively shaping and sustaining our sense of what is beautiful.

I just don't like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful.

I'm all for rational enjoyment, and so forth, but I think a fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan

One meets the cat in nearly all forms of art...curiously enough she is not a conspicuous figure in Roman or Greek art.

Historically, individuals possessed of the confidence that privilege and good fortune bestow have often proved conspicuous reformers: think only of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Status-driven, conspicuous consumption thrives from the language of novelty.

Most men are notable for one conspicuous virtue or grace - Moses for meekness, Job for patience, John for love. But, in Jesus you find everything.

Too great carelessness, equally with excess in dress, multiplies the wrinkles of old age, and makes its decay still more conspicuous.

Good men, whether they be Christians or rationalists, do not desire to discriminate between races, but the distinctions implanted by Nature are too conspicuous to escape the observation of our senses.

My function in life was to render clear what was already blindingly conspicuous.

Lives that are so conspicuous have a claustrophobic feeling. Once you're in charge of running a country, you're under scrutiny all the time. That's a trap.

I think the collision between the First and Third world is going to become more and more conspicuous. It's the big cliff that we've all got to climb.

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

Conspicuous by his absence.

The Catholic religion doesn't have conspicuous symbols.

The students [of the 60's] substituted conspicuous compassion for their parents' conspicuous consumption.

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

Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure.

In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence

The smaller the number and the more permanent and conspicuous the station of men in power, the stronger must be the interest which they will individually feel in whatever concerns the government.

Out on the lawn I lie in bed, Vega conspicuous overhead.

I'm much more conspicuous having long hair than I will be with it short.

Circles in water as they wider flow The less conspicuous in their progress grow, And when at last they trench upon the shore, Distinction ceases and they're view'd no more.

Honesty is not only the best policy, it is rare enough today to make you pleasantly conspicuous.

Great men do not content us. It is their solitude, not their force, that makes them conspicuous.

Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.

We may be certain that whatever God has made prominent in His Word, He intended to be conspicuous in our lives.

Blondes are like white mice, you only find them in cages. They wouldn’t last long in nature. They’re too conspicuous.

Christianity is not rationalism, but faith in Gods revelation. A conspicuous, all-important item in that revelation is the resurrection of the body.

Time has the same effect on the mind as on the face; the predominant passion and the strongest feature become more conspicuous from the others retiring.

Merit is never so conspicuous as when coupled with an obscure origin, just as the moon never appears so lustrous as when it emerges from a cloud.

The graceful ivy, clasping the oak that supported it, would form a whole in which strength and beauty would be equally conspicuous.

Among the several cloudy appellatives which have been commonly employed as cloaks for misgovernment, there is none more conspicuous in this atmosphere of illusion than the word Order.

The gap between ideals and actualities, between dreams and achievements, the gap that can spur strong men to increased exertions, but can break the spirit of others -- this gap is the most conspicuous, continuous land mark in American history. It is conspicuous and continuous not because Americans achieve little, but because they dream grandly. The gap is a standing reproach to Americans; but it marks them off as a special and singularly admirable community among the world's peoples.

Be yourself-but don't be conspicuous.

Do right and you will be conspicuous.

The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.

A standard of living is of the nature of habit. ...it acts almost solely to prevent recession from a scale of conspicuous expenditure that has once become habitual.

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the rank of the offender

An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.

Christianity is not rationalism, but faith in God's revelation. A conspicuous, all-important item in that revelation is the resurrection of the body.

Time has the same effect on the mind as on the face; the predominant passion and the strongest feature become more conspicuous from the others' retiring.

Shadows are in reality, when the sun is shining, the most conspicuous thing in a landscape, next to the highest lights.

When you deny something your power is much more conspicuous than when you approve it.

Growing up in Hollywood meant there were a lot of film stars' kids at my school - but no conspicuous wealth. It wasn't cool to show off that you had money.

Hollywood has gone from the capital of conspicuous consumption to the cutting edge of conspicuous conservation.

Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence.

A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

Fame legitimizes. Being conspicuous gets confused with being illustrious.