Pomposity Quotes

19 quotes by 18 authors

That's what's so great about the Internet. It allows pompous blow-hards to connect with other pompous blow-hards in a vast circle-jerk of pomposity. — Bill Maher
We are not actually in charge of life, yet we behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this… — Billy Childish
I definitely dislike pomposity and artifice. I hope that I'm not that. Once I write a song, it belongs to the world, and the way… — Daryl Hall
His pomposity is overshadowed only by his rank stupidity — Ann Coulter
I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity. — Fiona Shaw
Language is in decline. Not only has eloquence departed but simple, direct speech as well, though pomposity and banality have not. — Edwin Newman
Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force. — Henry Watson Fowler
I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off… — Charles Kimbrough
People speak with enormous pomposity and arrogance about music. — Elvis Costello
I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I'm sick of that. — Billy Corgan
Liberals sit from this lofty perch of pomposity, but they are the champions of ignorance. They don't know what they're talking about. — Rush Limbaugh
All I have left is my anger at the foolishness of the world. The unnecessary cruelties, the pomposity and vanity of people who should know… — Stephen Hunt
A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for… — Charles Caleb Colton
In many college English courses the words â€œmythâ€ and â€œsymbolâ€ are given a tremendous charge of significance. You just ainâ€™t no good unless you can… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Your assumptions about the lives of others are in direct relation to your naÃ¯ve pomposity. Many people you believe to be rich are not rich.… — Cheryl Strayed
French intellectual life has, in my opinion, been turned into something cheap and meretricious by the 'star' system. It is like Hollywood. Thus we go… — Noam Chomsky
There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand-the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed. — Ted Simmons
We are not actually in charge of life, yet behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact… — Billy Childish
Once upon a time; Their was a girl called CHARITY, on her way to PROSPERITY, she met a guy called POMPOSITY, that deceived and lead… — Swag Jagar

Who Wrote These Pomposity Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 19 Pomposity Quotes as follows: