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Decorated Quotes

Words on things worth decorating.

This decorated quotes collection ranges from a childhood birthday room styled after a film era to a treasured saddle carrying Family history through its silverwork.

The cultural center of Asia Minor, Pergamon boasted a vast library of 200,000 scrolls, a spectacular 10,000-seat theater, and a monumental Great Altar decorated with sculptures of the Olympian gods defeating the Giants. People came from all around the Mediterranean...

Quotes by Adrienne Mayor

When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a '60s, Austin Powers style. There was human bowling: You run inside a giant inflatable ball and try to knock down pins. To...

Quotes by Zoe Kravitz

The newly decorated theatres produced things like car parks and restaurants, so you could have a good night out, quite cheaply without all that bother of having to go somewhere else.

Quotes by Timothy West

I have brought many artifacts back with me from the steppe. My favourite is a 90-year-old Kazakh saddle decorated with silverwork in traditional motifs. It symbolises the deep relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian Steppe.

Quotes by Tim Cope

Always Quotes

I have a weakness for buttons. I'm always collecting ornate and nicely decorated ones.

Quotes by Rila Fukushima

I think of myself as Rebecca Wells from Lodi Plantation, in Central Louisiana, a girl who was lucky enough to be born into a family that encouraged creativity and didn't call me lazy or nuts when I dressed up in...

Quotes by Rebecca Wells

My mom decorated with lots of antiques. I never liked it when I was a little girl - I wanted to live in a modern house. But now I love it.

Quotes by Paris Hilton

These rooms are decorated in two days. It's all kept secret. The neighbors spend the night in each other's home. They don't see their finished room until the end of the second day. They have no say what happens in...

Quotes by Paige Davis

My younger brother is a decorated combat veteran and was a platoon leader in Iraq.

Quotes by Michael Hastings

Day Quotes

There's nothing more fun than putting on an old costume and jewelry and being in a house that's decorated from the '20s or '30s or whatever.

Quotes by Mariana Klaveno

Mom still has a huge, beautifully decorated Christmas tree. The whole family comes together after midnight mass and has the traditional plum cake and wine. We spend the night at mom's home, and in the morning we wake up and...

Quotes by Malaika Arora Khan

Coming out of high school, however, I wasn't a decorated recruit. As a result, I found myself one month from signing day with only two scholarship offers and they were from the Mid-American Conference.

Quotes by Kirk Cousins

I have decorated soldiers for heroism before, and it was always such an honor to do it.

Quotes by Jack Keane

My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.

Quotes by J. Michael Straczynski

Family Quotes

Subletting is great. You get to try on all these different versions of yourself. This apartment was clearly decorated by an artist - there's a great, big, huge chandelier and red fur rug, and it's all stuff that I would...

Quotes by Hilarie Burton

In the cold and snow-rich Silesian winters, there were hour-long rides on Sundays in horse-drawn sleighs to my maternal grandparent's farm to have lunch and to spend the afternoon. The house was a magnificent 18th-century manor house in the nearby...

Quotes by Gunter Blobel

Driving through Dresden, I still remember the many palaces, happily decorated with cherubs and other symbols of the baroque era. The city made an indelible impression on me.

Quotes by Gunter Blobel

Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Centcom, is probably the most decorated officer of his generation.

Quotes by David Ignatius

I usually don't throw around the word 'fabulous,' but how else to describe buildings decorated with mirrored water dragons, serpents tiled in colored glass, and hundreds - no, thousands, no, tens of thousands - of gold-leaf Buddhas? Luang Prabang has...

Quotes by David Ebershoff

Great Quotes

It is always weird to be in the studio working on Christmas music in June and July, so we decorated the entire studio, we really did. We brought out lights, fake trees and decorated the place to get in the...

Quotes by Dave Haywood

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of things get "decorated" in these quotes?
A wide range: a hotel room done up in Austin Powers style for a birthday, renovated theatres that added car parks and restaurants, a 90-year-old Kazakh saddle covered in silverwork, and even a person, in the sense of a decorated combat veteran.
What's the story behind the Austin Powers-themed room?
One quote describes a dad decorating a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles for an 11th birthday, complete with human bowling where guests ran inside a giant inflatable ball to knock down pins. It's a memory of a specifically over-the-top Family celebration.
What does "decorated" mean when applied to a person rather than an object?
In that context it refers to a military honor, as in the quote about a younger brother who is a decorated combat veteran and served as a platoon leader in Iraq. It's a different sense of the word from painting or ornamenting a space.
Why does one quote mention decorated theatres and cheap nights out?
It reflects a practical angle: newly decorated theatres came with car parks and restaurants attached, so a visit could double as a full, affordable night out without the hassle of traveling somewhere else afterward.
What does the Kazakh saddle quote add to the topic?
It shifts "decorated" toward heritage and craftsmanship, describing a saddle decorated with silverwork in traditional motifs as symbolizing a deep relationship between man and something greater, an artifact carried back from the steppe rather than a purely decorative object.

It also honors a quieter kind of decoration: a combat veteran's service. Together these lines show decoration as memory, craft, and recognition, not just ornament.