High Flown Quotes
- I could claim any number of high-flown reasons for writing, just as you can explain certain dogs behavior... But maybe, it’s that they’re dog, and… — Amy Hempel
- I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn't believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe… — Adrian Mitchell
- Zen is not interested in high-flown statements; it wants its pupil to bite his apple and not discuss it. — Anne Bancroft
- Karl Popper once advised a student that if he wanted to reap intellectual fame, he should write endless pages of obscure, high-flown prose that would… — Anthony de Jasay
- Yiddish has a down-to-earth quality that makes it remote from high-flown rhetoric, and it has a catch-as-catch-can charm derived from its stunning variety-of syntax, spelling,… — Israel Shenker