Quotes About Bravado

When you don't know what you're doing, fake it.

There is a certain cowardice, a certain weakness, rather, among respectable folk. Only brigands are convinced-of what? That they must succeed. And so they do succeed.

Bravado may feel like a shield, but when you're telling yourself lies, it becomes a prison.

But there was more than that: a sense of irrelevance, of littleness, of futile bravado, in sitting there puffing my cigarette-smoke into the face of such a past.

Renzo returned in triumph. He delivered his report and concluded with an "ahem," by which he meant to say, "What a man I am! Isn't that the perfect solution? Who would have thought of it!" and a hundred similar things.

I'm the greatest bass player in the world.

Petruchio is a very clever guy and clearly has a lot of bravado and confidence. My feeling is that he's broke at the beginning of the play and needs a dowry to save face back home.

In baseball I was pretty cocky.

When you're young, you're cocky.

I'm the best person ever to have a column in this business. There's never been anybody in my league.

Shawn Michaels is one of those wise-cracking guys who would say a smart comment to you, but then if you face him, he would run and cry somewhere.

The peacocking nature of baseball players and athletes in general - you're all kinda competing for who's got the most swagger.

Swimming in the U.K. is not really about enjoying a sultry experience. It's about cold, clear acts of purification, and constitutional durability. It's about invigoration and bravado.

GSP, that little syrup sucker, he can come get this. He thinks he's the greatest welterweight of all time. I have something else to say about that. I'll destroy him.

to be the man you have to beat the man and im the man

I am Hel," she agreed. "Sometimes called Hela, though most mortals dare not speak my name at all. No jokes, Magnus Chase? Who the Hel are you? What the Hel do you want? You look Hela bad. I was expecting more bravado.

You're just a young kid. What are you doin' here? You oughta be out in a convertible, why… bird-doggin' chicks and bangin' beaver. What are ya doin' here, for Christ's sake? What's funny about that? Jesus, I mean, you guys do nothin' but complain about how you can't stand it in this place here and then you haven't got the guts just to walk out!

It comes to pass oft that a terrible oath, with a swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood more approbation than ever proof itself would have earned him.

An impostor is a man who claims more wealth and courage than he actually possesses. He's a man who begins what he can never finish. On the other hand, those who can make their friends laugh are men of good taste." My

But Jesus felt her yearning, her fragility masked by bravado. He always broke down barriers, never erected them.

This isn't the time for bravado, Mr. Orsini,' he said. Brentford couldn't help himself. 'No, it isn't,' he said. 'Perhaps you could come back later?

Deze hier heeft nooit ontzag voor me gehad, nooit! Maar wees op je hoede, droogbloem, of ik zal je laten verwelken. Dan hou ik de regen tegen. Ja, ja... als ik me kwaad maak, dan kan ik hem zelfs nu nog wegjagen, dan valt er helemaal niets!' 'Dan hou je het maar tegen. Laat maar eens zien wat je kunt. Tot nu toe hebben we alleen maar mooie praatjes gehoord. Laat je magische kunsten maar zien.

Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.

You've got to make yourself sound cooler than you are to your brothers.