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Embellishment Quotes

We don't wear sequins because we think we're great. We wear them because we think sequins are great.

We don't wear sequins because we think we're great. We wear them because we think sequins are great.

Gram Parsons
Thinking, Style, Embellishment

We have much to hope from the flowers.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Flower, Plant, Embellishment
"The Naval Treaty" (1893)

Embellishment is an irresistible and consuming impulse, going back to the beginnings of human history. ... Probably the strongest motivating force is the simplest: the inability of almost everyone to ever leave well enough alone.

Ada Louise Huxtable
Inability, Enough, Embellishment
Ada Louise Huxtable (1986). “ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?”, Random House

Uncommon expressions are a disfigurement rather than an embellishment of discourse.

David Hume
Expression, Style, Embellishment

But if there was embellishment, it only had to do with the facts.

Louise Erdrich
Facts, Embellishment, Ifs
Louise Erdrich (2009). “The Plague of Doves: Deluxe Modern Classic”, p.19, Harper Collins

I'm happy with embellishment in a chunky Prada-esque way, but I'm not into sequins!

Ashley Madekwe
Way, Prada, Embellishment
"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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