Boasting and bravado may exist in the breast even of the coward, if he is successful through a mere lucky hit; but… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
As a general rule, people who flagrantly pretend to anything are the reverse of that which they pretend to. A man who… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
The most important thing in our war preparations is to teach all our people to hate U.S. imperialism. Otherwise, we will not… — Kim Il-sung Copy Share Image
Norwich is a fine city. None finer. If there is another city in the United Kingdom with a school of painters named… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
As I got warmed up, and felt perfectly at home in talk, I heard myself boasting, lying, exaggerating. Oh, not deliberately, far… — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
I hear no one boast, that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owneth a Bible written in golden… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able to… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm a good neurosugeon. That's not a boast but a way of acknowledging the innate ability God has given to me. Beginning… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If I'm in a political argument, I think I can, with reasonable accuracy and without boasting, put the other person's side of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It is not easy to conceive of anything that would be more unfortunate in a community based upon the ideals of which… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able to… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Many of us fight for and boast our freedom of what is ultimately the ability to prove ourselves to other people. It… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The cross of Christ is the all-sufficient ground for the salvation of sinners. It claims to be sturdy enough to support the… — Philip Graham Ryken Copy Share Image
I would let my fans and people looking from the outside looking in dictate that. But, in my mind I gotta treat… — Lil Herb Copy Share Image
I am afraid I shall have to give up my trade; I am far too inert to keep up with organic chemistry,… — Friedrich Wohler Copy Share Image
Newton advanced, with one gigantic stride, from the regions of twilight into the noon day of science. A Boyle and a Hooke,… — Thomas Young Copy Share Image
We can't attribute a long history of democratic traditions to Japan, either, but today Japan boasts a fully-fledged democracy in which governments… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
A man passes for that he is worth. What he is engraves itself on his face, on his form, on his fortunes,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Science now finds itself in paradoxical strife with society: admired but mistrusted; offering hope for the future but creating ambiguous choice; richly… — J. Michael Bishop Copy Share Image
“To boast wonder takes great courage. Being left speechless with joy is not for the weak. We forget to be surprised at… — Edmond Manning Copy Share Image
It would be a piece of ingenuousness to accuse the man of today of his lack of moral code. The accusation would… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
In regard to the philosophers, if they be true philosophers, i.e., lovers of truth, they should not be irritated that the earth… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
If you are without bread, how much wisdom can you boast and of what real utility are your talents, if you cannot… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For Christians, boasting is excluded, both in our salvation and in everything we do—seminary work included: “What do you have that you… — David Mathis Copy Share Image
I know them, yea, And what they weigh, even to the utmost scruple; Scambling, out-facing, fashion-mong'ring boys, That lie, and cog, and… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We are a commercial people. We cannot boast of our arts, our crafts, our cultivation; our boast is in the wealth we… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
He that boasts of his ancestors confesses that he has no virtue of his own. No person ever lived for our honor;… — Pierre Charron Copy Share Image
Man's highest blessedness, In wisdom chiefly stands; And in the things that touch upon the Gods, 'Tis best in word or deed… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
"But when you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. 'And I don't quite know… — Moderata Fonte Copy Share Image
You don't impress the officials at NASA with a paper airplane. You don't boast about your crayon sketches in the presence of… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Standing on "tip toe", one stands not firmly. Straining in stride, one cannot walk far. Flaunting of deeds, one is unfavorably noticed.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
It may be that the requirement of a preliminary approval by the Grand Jury, of all accusations of a serious nature, justified… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
By the Revolution the Germans have made themselves pariahs among the nations, incapable of winning allies, helots in the service of foreigners… — Erich Ludendorff Copy Share Image
Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Tis mighty easy o'er a glass of wine On vain refinements vainly to refine, To laugh at poverty in plenty's reign, To… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
If a story is funny, and I made it up, then the big message is, 'Aren't I clever?' .. If a story… — Dave Gorman Copy Share Image
I verily believe Christianity necessary to the support of civil society. One of the beautiful boasts of our municipal jurisprudence is that… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
Besides, I'd heard too many Karen Carpenter tales at Gladstone PTA meetings, and they often took the form of boasts. The prestigious… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“Why boast of your caste or religious community? What does it do for you in this world or in the next? Sometimes… — Kabir Chowdhury Copy Share Image
