--- title: "3 Boast Quotes By Will Cuppy" description: "3 Boast quotes by Will Cuppy. Plus more from Will Cuppy and more Boast sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/will-cuppy-7569_age_i-don-t-like-to-boast-but-i-have-probabl_353551.jpg" --- > [I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/i-don-t-like-to-boast-but-i-have-probably-skipped-more-poetry-than/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/will-cuppy-7569_age_i-don-t-like-to-boast-but-i-have-probabl_353551.jpg) > [Other countries may boast of this and that, but nobody can touch the United States for poisonous snakes. We have about twenty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/other-countries-may-boast-of-this-and-that-but-nobody-can-touch-the/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a3/will-cuppy-7569_america_other-countries-may-boast-of-this-and-th_599123.jpg) > [I'm a poetry-skipper myself. I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/i-m-a-poetry-skipper-myself-i-don-t-like-to-boast-but-i-have-probably/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/will-cuppy-7569_age_i-m-a-poetry-skipper-myself-i-don-t-like_1158575.jpg) ## Other authors on Boast - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-146.jpg) Francois de La Rochefoucauld 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boast/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boast/william-shakespeare/) - [Samuel Johnson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boast/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mason-cooley-65303.jpg) Mason Cooley 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boast/mason-cooley/) - [Criss Jami 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boast/criss-jami/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boast/charles-spurgeon/) ## More by Will Cuppy > [“Hatshepsut has been called the first great woman of history. She simply appointed herself King of Egypt and that was all there was to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/hatshepsut-has-been-called-the-first-great-woman-of-history-she/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [“Intelligence is the capacity to know what we are doing and instinct is just instinct. The results are about the same.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/intelligence-is-the-capacity-to-know-what-we-are-doing-and-instinct/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [Henry VIII had so many wives because his dynastic sense was very strong whenever he saw a maid of honour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/henry-viii-had-so-many-wives-because-his-dynastic-sense-was-very/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [ \[Footnote:\] Pliny the Elder described a Whale called "Balaena or Whirlpool, which is so long and broad as to take up more in length… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/footnote-pliny-the-elder-described-a-whale-called-balaena-or/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [Frogs will eat red-flannel worms fed to them by biologists; this proves a great deal about both parties concerned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/frogs-will-eat-red-flannel-worms-fed-to-them-by-biologists-this/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [Even as a child back in Indiana, whenever I took a Butterbelly off the hook I used to ask myself, "Does this fish think?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/even-as-a-child-back-in-indiana-whenever-i-took-a-butterbelly-off-the/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [“Would it not be downright cruel to keep him in semi-captivity in a town or city, where the opportunities for wreaking havoc and destruction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/would-it-not-be-downright-cruel-to-keep-him-in-semi-captivity-in-a/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [Alexander III of Macedon is known as Alexander the Great because he killed more people of more different kinds than any other man of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/alexander-iii-of-macedon-is-known-as-alexander-the-great-because-he/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [“The average sparrow is something of a bore and the trouble is that all sparrows are average.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/the-average-sparrow-is-something-of-a-bore-and-the-trouble-is-that/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/i-don-t-like-to-boast-but-i-have-probably-skipped-more-poetry-than/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [“All modern men are descended from wormlike creatures, but it shows more on some people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/all-modern-men-are-descended-from-wormlike-creatures-but-it-shows/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [ \[Footnote:\] The female of any species is generally regarded as a relatively anabolic organism, more passive than the male, who is relatively katabolic and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/footnote-the-female-of-any-species-is-generally-regarded-as-a/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [ It is because of his brain that \[modern man\] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/it-is-because-of-his-brain-that-modern-man-has-risen-above-the/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [It's easy to see the faults in people I know; it's hardest to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/it-s-easy-to-see-the-faults-in-people-i-know-it-s-hardest-to-see-the/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) > [I am billed as a humorist, but of course I am a tragedian at heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/i-am-billed-as-a-humorist-but-of-course-i-am-a-tragedian-at-heart/) [Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boast/will-cuppy/#itemlist", "name": "3 Boast Quotes By Will Cuppy", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Will Cuppy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/i-don-t-like-to-boast-but-i-have-probably-skipped-more-poetry-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/will-cuppy-7569_age_i-don-t-like-to-boast-but-i-have-probabl_353551.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/will-cuppy-7569_age_i-don-t-like-to-boast-but-i-have-probabl_353551.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/will-cuppy-7569_age_i-don-t-like-to-boast-but-i-have-probabl_353551.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in…” — Will Cuppy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Other countries may boast of this and that, but nobody can touch the United States for poisonous snakes. 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