Bravado Quotes
34 quotes by 33 authors
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It's disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of your own jersey. There's no bravado to…
— Kobe Bryant
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The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that…
— Pearl S. Buck
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I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit.
— Herb Alpert
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There’s no room for bravado when you’re alone in the bush.
— Les Stroud
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A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness.
— Nathaniel Branden
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As boys without bonds to their fathers grow older and more desperate about their masculinity, they are in danger of forming gangs in which they…
— Frank Pittman
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It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear and without bravado.…
— Caryl Chessman
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I was very shy growing up. My shyness manifested as a big personality, as opposed to the wallflower personality. It's been a journey getting comfortable…
— Tracee Ellis Ross
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The male, for all his bravado and exploration, is the loyal one, the one who generally feels love. The female is skilled at betrayal and…
— Charles Bukowski
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Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice. We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk…
— Marie Colvin
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We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado?
— Marie Colvin
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But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or…
— John Steinbeck
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Strauss admits to being obsessed by his mother's rejection, and with the resultant rents in self-esteem. The Game echoes with disturbingly abusive comments leveled at…
— Antonella Gambotto-Burke
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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 so…
— K D Lang
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I had a great deal of arrogance and a great deal of bravado, but I think the bravado was brought on by a huge insecurity.
— Brian Molko
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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by…
— Louisa May Alcott
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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 bravado,…
— Henry Howarth Bashford
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Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That's the truth. And on that note, I'll say goodnight. God love you.
— Bobby Darin
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With wives, men hide behind the air of bravado, which is basically a defence mechanism, I think. Clever creatures, women. Very clever.
— Les Dawson
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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 many…
— Peter Blair Henry
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