Showing Off Quotes

“That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“How different would people act if they couldn't show off on social media? Would they still do it?”
― Donna Lynn Hope

“I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.”
― Rita Mae Brown, Alma Mater

“A car's not the right place for showing off to a girl—the bed's the place for that. The consequences of a mistake there are more upsetting, but less tragic.”
― Sergei Lukyanenko, The Last Watch

“We wish to learn all the curious, outlandish ways of all the different countries, so that we can "show off" and astonish people when we get home. We wish to excite the envy of our untraveled friends with our strange foreign fashions which we can't shake off.”
― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress

“Because knowledge is not for showing off. If I do good work, people should notice me.”
― Chetan Bhagat, 2 States: The Story of My Marriage

“I'm more dangerous than you think,' I flat-out bluster.

'So I see. I'm quaking in my boots.' The corner of his mouth rises in a mocking smile.

Fucking. Asshole.

I flip the daggers in my hand, pinching them at the tips, then flick my wrists and fire them past his head, one on each side. They land solidly in the trunk of the tree behind him.

'You missed.' He doesn't even flinch.

'Did I?' I reach for my last two blades. 'Why don't you back up a couple of steps and test that theory?'

Curiosity flares in his eyes, but it's gone in the next second, masked by cold, mocking indifference.

Every one of my senses is on high alert, but the shadows around me don't slide in as he moves backward, his eyes locked with mine. His back hits the tree, and the hilts of my daggers brush his ears.

'Tell me again that I missed,' I threaten, taking the dagger in my right hand by the tip.

'Fascinating. You look all frail and breakable, but you're really a violent little thing, aren't you?' An appreciative smile curves his perfect lips as shadows dance up the trunk of the oak, taking the form of fingers. They pluck the daggers from the tree and bring them to Xaden's waiting hands.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Not only are the poorest people the most generous but they don't expect anything in return, least of all recognition from others by means of showing off or posting a humble brag like so many from average society do and you can identify these people through the abundance of photos they post, literally with their hands in the air, showing off what they've done for the "less fortunate." I guess they missed the part where God said to be humble and to do good works in private.”
― Donna Lynn Hope

“The greater the outward show, the greater the inward poverty.”
― J. Krishnamurti

“If you have to boast about what you do for a living to attract attention, attraction or approval, then you’re seeking the wrong kind of people for it has nothing to do with who you are and everything to do with what you do. Is that the kind of people you want? The ones who are more attracted to your status than you?”
― Donna Lynn Hope

“There are those who believe that showing off is the coolest thing on earth and the rest of us who live a life of sharing is caring.”
― DON SANTO

“I grin, and he beams with pride.
“So what kind of hat is that?” I ask, unable to resist. He’s adorable when he’s showing off his wardrobe—like a puppy doing tricks. Although I remain cautious, knowing in the blink of an eye he can become a wolf again.
“My Peregrination Cap,” he answers.
“Huh?”
His smile widens—baring white teeth. “Peregrination. An excursion … a journey.”
“So, why don’t you just call it your traveling cap?”
“Then it wouldn’t be much of a conversation starter, would it?”
I raise an eyebrow. “Um, the fact that it’s made of living moths might give you something to talk about.”
Morpheus laughs. For once our relationship feels comfortable, friendly.”
― A.G. Howard, Unhinged

“Hiding some people’s possessions would reveal the depth of their shallowness.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“So many guys try to show off to a girl by boasting of their financial assets and flashing their cash around etc, but a girl who makes her own money and is building her own empire is not impressed by such things. -Show me the integrity not the money.”
― Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women

“Showing off is more ridiculous in instances where the thing that is being shown off was bought on credit.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Most people are usually unable to enjoy what they are doing, or what they have or are having, when there is no one to envy them.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If you really have to argue, do it to find better solution not to show off your intelligence.”
― Praveen Daga

“I watch the trees all dressed up in the Spring,
While posing as they stand in line,
Placing their best foot forward, showing off their leaves and fighting for attention,
One tree at a time”
― Charmaine J Forde

“Wear a hat and your hair goes flat.”
― Alain Bremond-Torrent, running is flying intermittently

“Some people are blessed with a well-paid job, but are cursed with an irresistible urge to give others the impression that they are well paid, through things such as their clothes, car, and place of residence.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“It struck Marra, watching, as an extravagance of grief. Someone wanted the world to know how sad he could afford to be.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

“dialectics as a symptom of decadence”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Why I Am So Wise

“It's so torturously true that wealthy does rhyme with healthy and yet poor does not mean to pour! If by showing off you look more like a dumb, being smart doesn't bring any luck if you are about to become a boasting bastard Try to strangle a stolen stone in the middle of a world so wrong or perpetrate a pearly trait in no more than a perishing fate and all your brightness goes down the drain.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, A-Z of Happiness: Tips for Living and Breaking Through the Chain that Separates You from Getting That Dream Job

“You can be twice as tasty without the show. Just do the business and piss off before you're spotted.”
― John King, The Football Factory

“Sweetness in speaking doesn't assure sweetness of the soul; beauty of a peacock doesn't stop it from swallowing a snake.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“The Empire State is always switching up its look; it doesn’t just run with the same thing night in, night out. Like the same business suit or business casual duds a dude would wear. The big beauty gets bored with classic white, goes all out with different colors for different occasions.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“Photography created, and then social media aggravated, the vast majority of people’s inability to enjoy what is happening … without the urge to capture it.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Daisy! How nice to see you." Madison's voice grated over her nerves, pulling her out of the moment. Her defenses slammed back into place and she jerked away.
"Madison." Turning, Daisy forced a smile and slid one arm around Liam's waist. He was broad and solid and mouthwateringly hard, like he spent his days pumping weights in the gym. "Nice to see you, too."
"We're together." Liam slid his arm around Daisy's shoulder and pulled her to his side.
"You're with him?" Orson's bushy eyebrows flew up like two dancing caterpillars.
"Oh, Orson." Daisy leaned into Liam's side, feigning surprise. "I didn't see you hiding there behind Madison."
She made the introductions. Orson glared as he shook Liam's hand. Madison was too busy checking Liam out to notice that her new boyfriend had spiked a jealousy fever.”
― Sara Desai, The Dating Plan

“Human courtship is about showing off what you have, and hoping that somebody, somewhere can appreciate it, if it's about anything.”
― Bradford Tuckfield

“Some desperately unhappy people will accuse you of showing off just because you’re happy. Pity them, but never allow them to extinguish your flame.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman