None of the bravado he usually showed was there. I guess…

Boasting and bravado may exist in the breast even of the coward, if he is successful through a mere lucky hit; but a just…

— Thucydides

I wrote [Valley of Violence] entirely with James Ransone in mind. I get such a joy out of watching his performance and seeing people…

— Ti West

I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's…

— K. D. Lang

Good economic policy requires not so much the bravado to implement drastic change as the strength and wisdom to make reasonable trade-offs over the…

— Peter Blair Henry

Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice. We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of…

— Marie Colvin

“He'd gotten this far on bravado and the time honored tradition of ignoring any inconvenient nagging thoughts, but it wasn't working so well now.”

— Michael Langlois

But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado,…

— John Steinbeck

As I came down the Highgate Hill, The Highgate Hill, the Highgate Hill, As I came down the Highgate Hill I met the sun's…

— Henry Howarth Bashford

The male, for all his bravado and exploration, is the loyal one, the one who generally feels love. The female is skilled at betrayal…

— Charles Bukowski

Cats don't bark and act brave when they see something small in fur or feathers, they kill it. Dogs tend to bravado. They're braggarts.…

— James P. Gorman

The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they…

— Donald Trump

“Who would condescend to strike down the mere things he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common…

— G.K. Chesterton

If you are the leader, you don't have the right to say things like "Ugh, didn't eat this week I was so busy." "Haven't…

— Scott Raab

The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright,…

— Louisa May Alcott

Good-to-great companies set their goals and strategies based on understanding; comparison companies set their goals and strategies based on bravado.

— James C. Collins