“I never knew a man more free from conceit, or one to whom it was a greater extent a pleasure, as well as a recognized duty, to listen patiently to what might be said to him upon any subject under consideration....Neither, I need scarcely say, was he in the habit of talking, much less boasting, of his own achievements.” MenNeedsWellsSaidMightPleasureTalkingGreaterSubjectsDutyHabitAchievementConsiderationBoastConceitTalking Much Author:Martin Van Buren
“I was repelled by the sleazy reality of the totalitarian countries: politicians were shameless. There were corruption, pollution, shoddy goods, long lines, and suicide everywhere, but the leaders kept boasting about their great achievements and bright tomorrows. I saw all this and tried to show it in my pictures as simply and straightforwardly as I could. All I wanted to do was record how all these poor people adapted to lies and suffering, how they got used to it, how, in fact they were bound to miss it when it was over.” PeopleLongCountryFactsShowsRealityWantedUsedLyingSufferingLinesPoorLeaderRecordsSawsMissingTomorrowPoliticianAchievementSuicideBoundsCorruptionGoodsPollutionPoor PeopleBoastAdaptedShamelessGreat AchievementLong LinesSleazy Author:Antonin Kratochvil
“Elevated levels of confidence are omnipresent among history's greatest overachievers. Benjamin Franklin, one of the most famous men in the world even before he signed the Declaration of Independence once lamented about humility, "I cannot boast of much success in acquiring the reality of this virtue."” MenWorldRealityLevelsVirtueHumilityFameAchievementIndependenceDeclarationBoastFranklinDeclaration Of IndependenceOverachiever Author:John Eliot
“It is time my colleagues got real. All British universities doing worthwhile research use animals, and, instead of hiding, they should be boasting of their achievements.” ShouldRealUseAnimalAchievementResearchUniversityBritishHidingWorthwhileColleaguesBoast Author:Robert Winston
“The greatest secret of monarchic rule...is to keep men deceived and to cloak in the specious name of religion the fear by which they must be checked, so that they will fight for slavery as they would for salvation, and will think it not shameful, but a most honorable achievement, to give their life and blood that one man may have a ground for boasting.” ThinkingMenGivingMayFightingNamesSecretBloodAchievementSlaverySalvationOne ManHonorableBoastDeceivedShamefulCloaks Author:Baruch Spinoza
“I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do it, I always think, 'Why are you telling me how successful you are?' I am always suspicious of those kinds of boasts.” ThinkingKindSuccessfulAchievementBoastSuspicious Author:Simon Cowell
“Mathematicians boast of their exacting achievements, but in reality they are absorbed in mental acrobatics and contribute nothing to society.” RealitySocietyAchievementMathematicsMathMathematicalMathematicianBoastAcrobatics Author:Ogyu Sorai
“Faith is not an art. Faith is not an achievement. Faith is not a good work of which some may boast while others can excuse themselves with a shrug of the shoulders for not being capable of it. It is a decisive insight of faith itself that all of us are incapable of faith in ourselves, whether we think of its preparation, beginning, continuation, or completion.” ThinkingMayArtAchievementCapableRegardAtheistExcuseInsightBelieverShouldersPreparationGood WorkIncapableBoastImpossibilitySkepticCompletionContinuationUnbelievers Author:Karl Barth