#pompous

You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you. ↗

— Criss Jami

#best #clever #condescension #humble #humility

I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that's the way I feel. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#because #feel #flash #i #i do

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 of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton's mediation. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#believe #camp #caused #clinton #david

Well, I don't think anyone now would say that they're painting the state of the culture of America. I think that's too grand and pompous a thing for anybody to claim. ↗

— Donald Judd

#anybody #anyone #claim #culture #grand

I don't want to sound pompous, but I really think your gender doesn't necessarily dominate your sexual activity. ↗

— John Lone

#dominate #gender #i #necessarily #pompous

Most of the time when I receive a script, it says something like 'Rosenberg is the fat, slovenly Mayor, who doesn't want the kids to use the skateboard park', or 'Stein is a pompous, rotund attorney, imposing to all.' It would be so freeing to get a script where my character is simply described as 'A Man'. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#character #described #fat #freeing #get

For me to be pompous is the most horrible thing in the world. It's like putting a wall around you. It screws you up. You'd better be willing to change your views or adapt and be modern. ↗

— Jean Pigozzi

#around #better #change #horrible #like

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#how #know #laugh #people #pompous

I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#i #make #pompous #serious #want

Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#ashes #grave #man #noble #pompous