Pompous Quotes

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I make a living out of being pompous! Why should I change? — Nicholas Parsons
Hidden behind the facade of pompous jargon and noble affections, there is more sheer larceny per square foot on the floor of the New York… — Richard Ney
Maxwell is serious, dedicated, awkward, forgetful, pompous to a certain degree, sentimental. — Don Adams
The Booker thing was a catalyst for me in a bizarre way. Itâ€™s perceived as an accolade to be published as a â€˜literaryâ€™ writer, but,… — Neil Cross
The Patriot Post not only does the best job of putting important news, policy and opinion in proper context, but also of cutting down to… — Lyn Nofziger
Prison is a crash course in the darker side of life. Few survive it without becoming a different person: more cynical, jaded, fearful, angry. Its… — Peter McWilliams
I do find London exciting. Much as I hate to agree with that tedious old git Samuel Johnson, and despite the pompous imbecility of his… — Bill Bryson
This means that we have barely disembarked into life, that we've only just now been born, let's not fill our mouths with so many uncertain… — Pablo Neruda
I hate elitists. I hate conceited people. I hate pompous people. — Neil Cavuto
Our mistake, you see, was to write interminable large operas, which had to fill an entire evening. And now along comes someone with a one… — Giuseppe Verdi
Thomas Beecham was a pompous little band-master who stood against everything creative in the art of his time. — John Fowles
Journalists justify their treachery in various ways according to their temperaments. The more pompous talk about freedom of speech and â€˜the publicâ€™s right to knowâ€™;… — Janet Malcolm
Pompous asses knows how to put the moan in sanctimonious. — Andy Hargreaves
A gathering of Democrats is more sweaty, disorderly, offhand, and rowdy than a gathering of Republicans; it is also likely to be more cheerful, imaginative,… — Clinton Rossiter
I am no lover of pompous title, but only desire that my name may be recorded in a line or two, which shall briefly express… — Elizabeth I
If there's anything I'm not pompous about, it's myself or my work. But I seem to be able to play it. — William Shatner
I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our government. He was naturally distrustful of men, and inclined… — Thomas Jefferson
What is necessary for 'the very existence of science,' and what the characteristics of nature are, are not to be determined by pompous preconditions, they… — Richard P. Feynman
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of… — Thomas Browne
I am not afraid of retaliations. I don't have kids. I don't have a wife, no car, no credit. It may seem pompous, but I'd… — Charb

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