Boast Quotes

323 Boast quotes by 249 unique authors

He who boasts of a favor bestowed, would like it back again. — Publilius Syrus
He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another. — Seneca the Younger
Men! whose boast it is that ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and… — James Russell Lowell
In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited. — Sallust
Hollywood likes to boast that it can elevate the national conscience. — Mike Royko
People who boast of happy marriages are, I submit, usually self-deceivers, if not actually liars. — Iris Murdoch
A bureaucracy is sure to think that its duty is to augment official power, official business, or official members, rather than to leave free the… — Walter Bagehot
Paris is certainly one of the most boastful of cities, and you could argue that it has had a lot to boast about: at various… — Julian Barnes
A French traveler with a sore throat is a wonderful thing to behold, but it takes more than tonsillitis to prevent a Frenchman from boasting. — Paul Theroux
Advertising holding companies used to boast about their share of the advertising market. Now they are proud of how much of their business is not… — Maurice Saatchi
Canada, as you know, is a major important nation boasting a sophisticated, cosmopolitan culture that was tragically destroyed last week by beavers. — Dave Barry
Although it was constructed in 1536, the New York subway system boasts an annual maintenance budget of nearly $8, currently stolen, and it does a… — Dave Barry
There is no relationship here between Church and State. Religious liberty has its unalterable place, along with civil and human liberty, in the very foundation… — Warren G. Harding
It is not easy to conceive of anything that would be more unfortunate in a community based upon the ideals of which Americans boast than… — Calvin Coolidge
I am afraid I shall have to give up my trade; I am far too inert to keep up with organic chemistry, it is becoming… — Friedrich Wohler
We can't allow multinational oil companies boasting of record profits to gouge consumers... We must do what we can to fix this problem. — Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in and boast of… — Edward Irving
You can gain experience, if you are careful to avoid empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artisan who boasts of twenty… — Trevanian
Science appears but what in truth she is, Not as our glory and our absolute boast, But as a succedaneum, and a prop To our… — William Wordsworth
When we look for success, it should be for the sole purpose of boasting sincerely in Christ. There's no other reason for it. Success is… — Criss Jami
Could one start a Stagnation Party-which at General Elections would boast that during its term of office no event of the least importance had taken… — C.S. Lewis
There is a certain class of people who prefer to say that their fathers came down in the world through their own follies than to… — William Winwood Reade
You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your wealth. — William Makepeace Thackeray
Listen to your heart and not your ego. Your ego prompts you to boast of vain assertions to obtain the glory of this world. Turn… — Abdul-Qadir Gilani
Science boasts of the distance of its stars; of the terrific remoteness of the things of which it has to speak. But poetry and religion… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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