“Laughter tends to mock the pompous and the pretentious; all man's boastful gadding about, all his pretty pomps, his hoary customs, his wornout creeds, changing the glitter of them into the dullest hue of lead.” MenLaughterCustomsCreedsMockGlitterPretentiousHuePompous Author:Sean O'Casey
“I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.” TryingToo MuchDreadPretentious Author:James Herbert
“Alas, irreverence has been subsumed by mere grossness, at least in the so-called mass media. What we have now - to quote myself at my most pretentious - is a nimiety of scurrility with a concomitant exiguity of taste.” Has BeensFunnyMediaTelevisionTasteMassMereAlasPretentiousMass MediaIrreverence Author:Tom Lehrer
“Musicians always come off sounding a little bit pretentious, and a little bit... I don't know, hypocritical, from what they do, talking about strong issues.” KnowsLittlesStrongBitsTalkingIssuesLittle BitMusicianPretentiousHypocritical Author:James Iha
“I am kind of a curmudgeonly person, so I don't gravitate to groups or traditions, which is probably just pretentious of me.” KindPersonsGroupsTraditionPretentious Author:Anne Carson
“I think some period drama can be quite alienating, but 'Downton' isn't. This is going to sound quite, um, pretentious, but someone said that it's like a soap written by a poet.” ThinkingSaidSoundWrittenPoetPeriodsDramaSoapPretentious Author:Michelle Dockery
“My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.” WritingSaidDreamPoetrySecretEpicPretentiousEpic Poems Author:Laurie Anderson