“I could boast that I was a man, but I could not claim with equal certainty that I was a human being.” — John Knight Copy Share Image
You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I remember rap music. We used to party and dance off of it. Today it's all about a whole different angle... Rappers… — Flavor Flav Copy Share Image
And this Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Philosophy alone can boast (and perhaps it is no more than the boast of philosophy), that her gentle hand is able to… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in… — Moses Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
I get some of the nicest fan mail you could imagine. Also when I'm up for an award, my fans all vote… — Jason Isaacs Copy Share Image
We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need… — Pericles Copy Share Image
Men are often so foolish as to boast and value themselves upon their passions, even those that are most vicious. But envy… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is… — Thomas F. Wilson Copy Share Image
Man's birth is a lottery; it may be in the pleasant home of ease and affluence, or in the hut of poverty;… — James Ellis Copy Share Image
Human domination over nature is quite simply an illusion, a passing dream by a naive species. It is an illusion that has… — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
It is not surprising that more and more people are coming to the conclusion that the ballot box is no longer an… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
One of the things that's troubling is that people see Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet who boasts of, hey look,… — Anna Holmes Copy Share Image
If your pride leads you to boast, you will be doubly guilty, because your intelligence will have shown that it is incapable… — Ibn Hazm Copy Share Image
Do not boast because you have beliefs; don't forget that hundreds of absurd beliefs in the history are totally disappeared! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
When focusing only on one's credentials one boasts his own incompetence in his capacity for discernment of the individual. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“There is no need to boast of your accomplishments and what you can do. A great man is known, he needs no… — CherLisa Biles Copy Share Image
We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty. — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Distorted history boasts of bellicose glory... and seduces the souls of boys to seek mystical bliss in bloodshed and in battles. — Alfred Adler Copy Share Image
Wartihog put up his hand. "What happens if we can't read, sir?" "No boasting, Wartihog!" boomed Gobber. "Get some idiot to read… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share Image
I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave Awaits alike the inevitable hour:… — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
A true history of human events would show that a far larger proportion of our acts are the result of sudden impulse… — Peter Cooper Copy Share Image
You will never learn what I am thinking. And those who boast most loudly that they know my thought, to such people… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every season hath its pleasure; Spring may boast her flowery prime, Yet the vineyard's ruby treasuries Brighten Autumn's sob'rer time. — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Moderation is a fear of falling into that envy and contempt which those who grow giddy with their good fortune quite justly… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Win without boasting, lose without excuses - internalize your failures and externalize your victories. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
The deep root of failure in our lives is to think, 'Oh how useless and powerless I am.' It is essential to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oh! Speculators on things, boast not of knowing the things that nature ordinarily brings about; but rejoice if you know the end… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
When you consider how many millions of workdays begin with hangovers great and small, it is mildly surprising to find how few… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Fuelling my body with nutritional food and supplements gives me an instant boost and is the reason why I have created my… — Alex Greenwood Copy Share Image
I'm not a loud, extravagant person; I'm never going to be that and, to be honest, I don't want to be like… — Leona Lewis Copy Share Image
You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
