(123 quotes found)
“Hot air expands, and seriously pompous attitude is the inflation of choice by those lacking substance.”
Vanna Bonta
“For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Sadly, after seeing glowing praise, some jerk to equally opposite reaction, hatred ... astonishingly before even reading the book.”
“Why have a cake if I can't eat it?”
“People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.”
“The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should be acquired because we urgently need them -- to convey, to reach, to express something within us, and to understand others.”
“A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.”
“There is no hospitality like understanding.”
“Slander reveals the greatest truth about the coward implementing it.”
“She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating.”
“When accused of being an unrealistic optimist, say the sun never stops shining.”