Puff Quotes

144 quotes by 126 authors

The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling? — Saint Augustine
I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you -… — George H. W. Bush
No matter how much someone may irritate me, I have no right to puff myself up with my own self-importance so as to declare that… — Paulo Freire
Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up. — John Ruskin
"I refuse to prove that I exist" says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith, I am nothing." "Oh," says man, "but the Babel… — Douglas Adams
Slavery naturally tends to destroy all sense of justice and equity. It puffs up the mind with pride: teaches youth a habit of looking down… — David Rice
If you wish to attain to true knowledge of the Scriptures, hasten to acquire first an unshakeable humility of heart. That alone will lead you,… — John Cassian
Well, doctor, and do I now act like a 'pink powder puff' ? — Rudolph Valentino
If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost… — Mark Twain
I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy. ... Singing is an acting role… — Usher
When a newspaper comes out that says 'Duff' Puff - she must have gained 15 pounds' or something like that, how would any normal person… — Hilary Duff
Good news, they found Nemo! The bad news is, they found him in one of Wolfgang Puck's puff pastries. — Billy Crystal
We didn't see what happen when Marines fired M-16s... We didn't see what happened after mortars landed, only the puff of smoke. There were horrors… — Ashleigh Banfield
If you could have a famous writer, dead or alive, write an obituary for you and really puff you up to have been something you… — Padgett Powell
We turn, three men bound by love, by history, by circumstance, and most certainly by the awful grace of God, and together walk a narrow… — William Kent Krueger
Hone and spread your spirit till you yourself are a sail, whetted, translucent, broadside to the merest puff. — Annie Dillard
Being a cult figure in one's own lifetime I am afraid is not at all pleasant. However I do not find that it tends to… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and leads them to look down upon the world… — Plutarch
We must dress according to the dictates of fashion, make love whether we feel like it or not, kill in the name of our country,… — Paulo Coelho

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