Pompous Quotes

93 quotes by 84 authors

Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring. — Shelley Duvall
War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure… — Oriana Fallaci
People have got to let their bodies breathe a little bit more. That's the great thing about being a pompous, jumped-up rock god. There's plenty… — Robert Plant
Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor. — William Shatner
If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if… — Paul Simon
With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase… — Hunter S. Thompson
Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much chaos and disruption as possible but don't let… — Sid Vicious
Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference which is an elegant name for ignorance. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
That pompous phrase (graphic novel) was thought up by some idiot in the marketing department of DC. I prefer to call them Big Expensive Comics. — Alan Moore
Mr. Collins is a conceited, pompous, narrow-minded, silly man; you know he is, as well as I do; and you must feel, as well as… — Jane Austen
Ordinary fools are all right; you can talk to them, and try to help them out. But pompous fools-guys who are fools and are covering… — Richard P. Feynman
People everywhere brag and whimper about the woes of their early years, but nothing can compare with the Irish version: the poverty; the shiftless loquacious… — Frank McCourt
Relate comic things in pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic of beauty. Two fundamental… — Charles Baudelaire
Itâ€™s the same with people who say, â€˜Whatever doesnâ€™t kill you makes you stronger.â€™ Even people who say this must realize that the exact opposite… — Rob Sheffield
The word phobic has its place when properly used, but lately it's been declawed by the pompous insistence that most animosity is based upon fear… — David Sedaris
My job is to find the politicians and the presidents and the pompous people who are telling other people how to live, powerful, visible creatures… — Craig Ferguson
She knew more about these situations than she realized, he thought. She'd spent years at Duncan's side. "When in doubt," he added, "be pompous. — John Flanagan
You punk asshole. What was this? A game for you? This is my lifeâ€™s work you just annihilated and for what? Shits and giggles? Or… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I hate the uneducated and the ignorant. I hate the pompous and the phoney. I hate the jealous and the resentful. I hate the crabbed… — John Fowles
Why is it that the less one has to say the more one says it in the most pompous and pedantic way possible?... Is it… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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