Quotes by Embellishment 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 embellishment inability enough We have much to hope from the flowers. Arthur Conan Doyle embellishment plant flower I'm happy with embellishment in a chunky Prada-esque way, but I'm not into sequins! Ashley Madekwe prada embellishment way Uncommon expressions are a disfigurement rather than an embellishment of discourse. David Hume embellishment style expression We don't wear sequins because we think we're great. We wear them because we think sequins are great. Gram Parsons embellishment style thinking But if there was embellishment, it only had to do with the facts. Louise Erdrich embellishment ifs facts