Conspicuousness Define Quotes & Sayings

There is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces. — Baron De Montesquieu

I needed all of it. Both families, both families, both Jacobs - all of Emma. I knew I would have to chose, and I was afraid it would split me in half. — Ransom Riggs

While I was always successful ... I never thought I'd be one in the world. — Lindsay Davenport

Infosys was going to be a different type of company. It was going to be very ethically run, meritocratic, quality-conscious, transparent. People didn't confuse the personal with the corporate. — Nandan Nilekani

Novelists and poets are the landscape artists and portrait painters; academic writers are the people with big paint sprayers who repaint your basement. — Paul J. Silvia

1. Everything is a consequence of Something. The element of coincidence doesn't exist. We only think it exists because we cannot keep up with all processes that happen around us. — Ruben Papian

One day he was perfectly content, playing at home, having three best friends for life, sliding down banisters, trying to stand on his tiptoes to see right across Berlin, and now he was stuck here in this cold, nasty house with three whispering maids and a waiter who was both unhappy and angry, where no one looked as if they could ever be cheerful again. — John Boyne

How does a band like System of a Down get big? — Daron Malakian

It seems that the concealed carry policy now in effect in 30 states is unfair to goblins. They cannot tell who is armed and who is not, and when their intended victim shoots back it hurts their feelings - along with other things. — Jeff Cooper

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious. — Samuel Richardson

You want it, you slutty little bookworm. — Charlotte Stein

As a girl, Scarlett had been drawn to the idea of Legend's magic. But Tella always wanted to hear about the master of Caraval's darker side. A part of Scarlett couldn't deny there was something seductive about winning the heart of someone who'd vowed to never love again. — Stephanie Garber

I tried to talk about it to Lily, to make her see that for once, I'd earned a feeling. [p. 174] — Sue Miller