Quotes of Pompous - somelinesforyou

“ I wasn't affected by inflation, I had nothing to inflate. ”

- Gerald Barzan

“ But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. ”

- Bible

“ Where bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves. ”

- Thomas Moore

“ America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success. ”

- Sigmund Freud

“ Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. ”

- Marian Anderson

“ I can't tell you why there's a delay, but stick your head out of the window and you'll know why. ”

- Dizzy Dean

“ I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not recall any death that affected me quite so much as that of this first victim in my platoon. ”

- Fritz Kreisler

“ You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. ”

- Charles Bukowski

“ Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves. ”

- Thomas Moore

“ We can never go back again, that much is certain. The past is still too close to us. The things we have tried to forget and put behind us would stir again, and that sense of fear, of furtive unrest … might in some manner unforeseen become a living companion, as it had before. ”

- Daphne du Maurier

“ The CCVC is of tremendous value to all of us. There is so much going on. There are two major impacts: first is the quality of life and secondly is the economic impact. All parts of the county are affected and the results are quite good. ”

- Frank Bruno

“ The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected. ”

- Garrett Hardin

“ Affected simplicity is refined imposture. ”

- La Rochefoucauld

“ Of course when a religious faith has been shaken to its foundation, it is natural to suppose that morals must have been simultaneously affected. ”

- Lafcadio Hearn

“ We have taken beauty and exchanged it for stilted voices. ”

- David Wark Griffiths

“ My father isn't affected by too many things but even he couldn't stand the language. It's definitely not for everyone. ”

- Paul Walker

“ We need to do all that we can to conserve energy in accordance with the request from the governor and in the best interest of those directly affected by the hurricane. ”

- John Phillips

“ The health fears are what stuck out the most for me, but I think the stuff we see on television and all of the victims affected, pushes me into helping, despite the fear. ”

- Robert Hall

“ It's a lovely book. I thumb through it and find it actually of interest.... I had no idea that all of these things he found had affected my songs. ”

- Robert Hunter

“ But don't you see darling? Giving him an unaffected name like "Spot" would really be the most affected thing of all. ”

- William Hamilton

“ Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges. ”

- Pat Conroy

“ Well, I think I was always sort of reflecting where I was and my sense of surroundings and ecology, urban or country, or foreign, living in Europe, very affected by all of that. ”

- Daniel Berrigan

“ I don't feel like I'm slowing down, but these things happen,... Yeah, there's a lot of reflection. It affected all the songs. ”

- Neil Young

“ The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real. ”

- Victor Hugo

“ We try to... we are, I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm, that is both funny and sad I think. ”

- Tony Hancock

“ Within the oftentimes bombastic and truculent appearance that I present to the world, trembles a heart shy as a wren in the hedgerow or a mouse along the wainscoting. ”

- George Moore

“ We've been very affected by this defeat, we've been a bit depressed but now we must win the league and the Cup. ”

- Gerard Houllier

“ Your success will be affected by the quality and quantity of new ideas you suggest. ”

- Brian Tracy

“ I used to store my anger and it affected my play. Now I get it out. I'm never rude to my playing partner. I'm very focused on the ball. Then it's over. ”

- Helen Alfredsson

“ Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon. ”

- William Zinsser
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