#pompous

Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor. ↗

— William Shatner

#artistically #create #day #every #flavor

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 you get pompous, you lose everything. ↗

— Paul Simon

#created #everything #get #humor #i

Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me? ↗

— John Kennedy Toole

#ass #attitude #contempt #curmudgeon #hilarious

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

Maxwell is serious, dedicated, awkward, forgetful, pompous to a certain degree, sentimental. ↗

— Don Adams

#certain #certain degree #dedicated #degree #forgetful

You are shameless!” he said angrily. “Nonsense! You only say so because I drove your horses,” she answered. “Never mind! I will engage not to do so again.” “I’ll take care of that!” he retorted. “Let me tell you, my dear Cousin, that I should be better pleased if you would refrain from meddling in the affairs of my family!” “Now, that,” said Sophy, “I am very glad to know, because if ever I should desire to please you I shall know just how to set about it. I daresay I shan’t, but one likes to be prepared for any event, however unlikely.” He turned his head to look at her, his eyes narrowed, and their expression was by no means pleasant. “Are you thinking of being so unwise as to cross swords with me?” he demanded. “I shan’t pretend to misunderstand you, Cousin, and I will leave you in no doubt of my own meaning! If you imagine that I will ever permit that puppy to marry my sister, you have yet something to learn of me!” “Pooh!” said Sophy. “Mind your horses, Charles, and don’t talk fustian to me. ↗

— Georgette Heyer

#cousin #fustian #pompous #family

Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect. ↗

— Jonathan Kellerman

#aside #considerations #even #expect #feel

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

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

— Thomas Browne

#ashes #grave #man #noble #pompous

At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#career #groups #i #i think #pompous