Andrew H. Knoll

It's fair to say when you go out and walk in the woods or on a beach, the most conspicuous forms of life you will see are plants and animals, and certainly there's a huge diversity of those types of organisms, perhaps 10 million animal species and several hundred thousand plant species.

American Scientist

Tom Brokaw

I am simply the most conspicuous part of a large, thoroughly dedicated and professional staff that extends from just behind these cameras, across this country and around the world, in too many instances, in places of grave danger and personal hardship. They're family to me.

American Journalist

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.

Canadian Politician

Wendy O. Williams

I never strike out at any life form. The only things I attack are icons of conspicuous consumption. People put objects in front of their life, in front of anything that has real importance. They make this 'thing' their God.

American Musician

James Buchan

Where consumption is both conspicuous and competitive, humanity will never run out of new wishes. All the while, industry creates new desires that are marketed, in the great fashion paradox, as both novelty and need.

British Novelist

Mary Wortley Montagu

Time has the same effect on the mind as on the face; the predominant passion and the strongest feature become more conspicuous from the others' retiring.

English Writer

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

Roman Statesman

Tim Jackson

Status-driven, conspicuous consumption thrives from the language of novelty.

British Economist

Kane

For someone my size, it's difficult to be inconspicuous.

American Athlete

James Reston

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

Conspicuous often describes something that is visually striking or hard to miss.

Visual Impact

Sometimes being conspicuous is on purpose, to draw attention to something specific.

Intentional Highlight

Being conspicuous can have a negative connotation, implying that standing out is not always good.

Possible Disapproval

Conspicuous in this sense often relates to behavior aimed at being noticed.

Attention Seeking

Being conspicuous may depend on social norms and what is considered unusual in that context.

Social Context

What's considered conspicuous behaviour can vary greatly in different cultures.

Cultural Variance

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 a language of goods, a symbolic language that we use to tell each other stories -- stories, for example, about how important we are. Status-driven, conspicuous consumption thrives from the language