Well, so you don't get too cocky, I myself often complete…

He referred to me as an 'insufferable puffed-up prat'. This is a bit rich coming from a man who actually married his own mother.

— Steven Morrissey

“I’d rather be a nothing at the center of everything than a puffed-up somebody at the edge of it all.”

— Josiah Bancroft

“Privately he called them a couple of puffed-up, dressed-up, made-up, stuck-up, brainless parakeets.”

— Shirley Hughes

You've no fear of heights," puffed the girl. "None," I said. "I've heard that about you.

— Kenneth Oppel

“as if he were trying to escape the smell of her words as if the air from her talking came into his mouth and…

— Michael Ondaatje

“He didn't want to puff her up. Puffed-up women are one of the original sources of trouble in the world. If anyone knew that,…

— Judith Merkle Riley

His chest is all puffed out like Raquel Walsh.

— Archie Bunker

“He puffed out his pigeon chest and waddled across the room towards me. With his feet pointing outwards, he looked like a fat duck…

— Chris Thrall

Then she marched to the pillows and beat them mercilessly until they lay puffed out like obedient clouds.

— Kristin Cashore

“Professor Lyall puffed out his cheeks in exasperation. It was like trying to have a conversation with a distracted and very soggy scone. Every…

— Gail Carriger

“He puffed up his chest. “Me man, me need more food than tiny waif female.”

— Samantha Young

I was fortunate to be able to do two movies with Harold Ramis. He was the kindest of any director with whom I worked.…

— Andie MacDowell

I do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old grey matter ticking.

— Carol Burnett

It's not as if I'm trying to write crossword puzzles to which one might find an answer at the back of the book or…

— Paul Muldoon

An Optimist Is A Person Who Starts A Crossword Puzzle With A Fountain Pen...

— Pacifiersucker