Ostentatious Quotes

Without the Name of the Lord, there is no peace. Having tried all sorts of ostentatious displays, I have come to see this. Intuitively imbued with His Praises, one is saved, crossing over the terrifying world-ocean. - Sri Guru Granth Sahib

There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth. - Glenn Close

The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf. - Mark Twain

The lifestyle of many of our colleagues has been very pompous. They conduct weddings and birthdays in such an ostentatious manner that it pains me a lot. It appears that they are making fun of our commitment to the poor. - Sonia Gandhi

The higher powers of the reflective intellect are more decidedly and more usefully tasked by the unostentatious game of draughts than by all the elaborate frivolity of chess. - Edgar Allan Poe

The herdsman comes to the pasture lands - what good are his ostentatious displays here? When your allotted time is up, you must go. Take care of your real hearth and home. - Sri Guru Granth Sahib

The artistic taste of the Catholic priests is appalling and I am most anxious to have a Catholic church in which everything is genuine and good, and not tawdry and ostentatious. - Giles Gilbert Scott

The actors memorize the sonnets and deliver them usually in an ostentatious manner. As big and proud as possible. There's lots of prancing around. - Nathan Anderith