Flashy Quotes

• My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run.

  Dennis Conner

  Inspirational, Funny, Running

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• Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination.

  Chad Smith

  Hands, Feet, Important

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• I wasn't very funny or flashy, I was kind of boring.

  Katie Holmes

  Kind, Boring

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• I don't enjoy good food. I don't enjoy flashy cars. I don't care if I live in a dump. I don't enjoy good clothes. This is the best I've dressed in months.

  Jack Kevorkian

  Clothes, Car, Months

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• The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of.

  Fred Hoyle

  Journey, Men, Air

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• Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Stay Strong, Luxury, Ikea

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.

  Freddie Mercury

  Noise, Bigs, Bits

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• I`ve always liked Dennis Chambers, he`s real flashy.

  Travis Barker

  Real, Chamber

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• The Bush Cabinet is quite interesting, there are no flashy people in there. No stars. They all seem quite focused and serious and knowledgeable about the areas to which they have been appointed.

  Morley Safer

  Stars, Interesting, People

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• Hoods are good parts because they're always flashy and attract attention. If you've got any ability, you can use that as a stepping stone.

  Richard Widmark

  Attention, Use, Stones

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• I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.

  Kate Bosworth

  Deals, I Can

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• Don't be cocky. Don't be flashy. There's always someone better than you.

  Tony Hsieh

  Inspirational, Business, Cocky

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• When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I won't miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the 'Eventocracy.' All this flashy 'art-fair art' and those highly produced space-eating spectacles and installations wow you for a minute until you move on to the next adrenaline event.

  Jerry Saltz

  Art, Moving, Space

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• James Brown is the perfect example of flashy but classy. Classy doesn't have to mean boring. His gear was flamboyant but without being so over the top. The cape was probably the biggest part of his persona. He looked like Superman.

  Mayer Hawthorne

  Mean, Perfect, Example

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• Years ago, while I was watching a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers, I remember staring in awe at Cal Ripken. I realized during this game that 'you don't have to be flashy' or have 'power numbers' to be great. It's about the simple things that are the hard things. It's about leadership, work ethic and commitment.

  Ron White

  Baseball, Commitment, Simple

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• So much depends upon our willingness to make up our minds, collectively and individually, that present levels of performance are not acceptable, either to ourselves or to the Lord. In saying that, I am not calling for flashy, temporary differences in our performance levels, but a quiet resolve to do a better job, to lengthen our stride.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Jobs, Differences, Mind

  Edward L. Kimball, Spencer W. Kimball (2005). “Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball”, Deseret Book Company

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• My family runs a little art gallery back in Cornwall, so flashy cars and things like that have never really been particularly interesting to me.

  Sam Palladio

  Running, Art, Interesting

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• In public, I like real conservative clothes, something that's not too flashy. But onstage, I like 'em as flashy as you can get 'em.

  Elvis Presley

  Real, Clothes, Ems

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• If you're wearing a pair of shoes that's a little flashy, then it's important not to be flashy up top and vice versa.

  Megyn Kelly

  Shoes, Important, Littles

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• I've had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne. He wasn't flashy and he wouldn't score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest. Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn't look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he'd given everything he had for 90 minutes.

  Bill Shankly

  Eye, Men, Games

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• How come it can’t fly no better than a chicken?’ Milkman asked. Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Can’t nobody fly with all that [stuff]. Wanna fly, you got to give up the [stuff] that weighs you down.’ The peacock jumped onto the hood of the Buick and once more spread its tail, sending the flashy Buick into oblivion.

  Toni Morrison

  Giving Up, Vanity, Tails

  Toni Morrison (1987). “Sula”

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• The American media produce a product of very poor quality. Its information is not reliable, it has too much chrome and glitz, its doors rattle, it breaks down almost immediately, and it's sold without warranty. It's flashy, but it's basically junk.

  Michael Crichton

  Poor Quality, Doors, Media

  "Mediasaurus" by Michael Crichton, www.wired.com. April 1, 1993.

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• The Doctor: Oh, now what's this, then? I love this. A big, flashy-lighty thing. That's what brought me here. Big, flashy-lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually, but give me time... and a crayon.

  Steven Moffat

  Doctors, Giving, Crayon

  "Doctor Who / A Christmas Carol". www.imdb.com. 2010.

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• I wonder if we might pledge ourselves to remember what life is really all about—not to be afraid that we're less flashy than the next, not to worry that our influence is not that of a tornado, but rather that of a grain of sand in an oyster! Do we have that kind of patience?

  Fred Rogers

  Oysters, Worry, Might

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• I just think in order for someone to understand my game, they have to watch me more than once, because I'm not going to do anything that's extra flashy or freakishly athletic.

  Jeremy Lin

  Thinking, Order, Games

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