Quotes About Boasting

There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it [on Goodreads].

There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.

There are 2 motives for reading a book; 1. That you enjoy it, 2. that can boast about it on goodreads.

Há dois motivos para ler um livro. Um: porque você gosta; o outro: pra você se gabar disto.

There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it." - Bertrand Russell

People who make lots of money at what they do should just shut up about it.

Of course, in response to any question about their own country - such as when their first satellite, Kwangmyongsong-I, was launched into space (an event much boasted about by the DPRK, although the rest of the world deemed it a failure) - they all shouted out the exact date and year.

I don't think I can boast about him. 'Hey, my dad is a British institution; he's done all these incredible things and I'm really proud of him.' There is a certain baggage that comes with that in England.

The hooting fowler seldom takes much game. When a man has a project in his mind, digested and fixed by consideration, it is wise to keep it secret till the time that his designs arrive at their despatch and perfection. He is unwise who brags much either of what he will do or what he shall have, for if what he speaks of fall not out accordingly, instead of applause, a mock and scorn will follow him.

Because part of the ride takes place within the penguins' habitat, usually maintained around 30°F, the park is boasting that it is the coldest temperature for any theme park ride anywhere.

Do not attempt to benefit by rebukes one who boasts of his virtues, for he loves to display himself can not be a lover of truth.

We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear.

Every lover's lament has an element of boasting.

S'il se vante, je l'abaisse; s'il s'abaisse, je le vante; et le contredis toujours, jusqu'à qu'il comprenne qu'il est un monstre incompréhensible.

S'il se vante, je l'abaisse, S'il s'abaisse, je le vante; Et le contredis toujours, Jusqu'à ce qu'il comprenne Qu'il est un monstre incompréhensible.

After all, bragging and boasting aren't honorable; what's honorable is doing one's duty and sacrificing oneself for a noble cause.

I'm so much better than James Vick.

According to the Prophet, the four blemishes of knowledge are boasting of one's knowledge and feeling superior on account of it to recognized scholars, entering into contests with fools on the strength of one's knowledge, trying through it to influence people in his favor, and attempting to obtain favors from leaders in powerful positions by means of it.

Stop comparing or boast at your victories. He was referring to enormous vitality and strength of God of Jesus seeking union with us. The living acts of a Christian become somehow the acts of Christ.

I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up.

It sometimes ends in uncommon elevation, indeed; but only at the gallows. And besides, when a man is elevated in that odd fashion, he has no proper foundation for his superior altitude. Hence, I conclude, that in boasting himself to be high lifted above a whaleman, in that assertion the pirate has no solid basis to stand on.

CUNNINGHAM: Defense calls Sigmund Freud, Your Honor. BAILIFF: Name! SIGMUND FREUD: Doctor Sigmund Shlomo Freud. CUNNINGHAM: Doctor Freud, would it be accurate to say you qualify as an expert in the field of modern psychiatry? SIGMUND FREUD: Fräulein—I AM modern psychiatry. EL-FAYOUMY: Objection, Your Honor!—the witness is boasting! JUDGE LITTLEFIELD: Overruled!

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

If ever I boast of seeing a fairer face in all this wide world, may I die a liar's death.