A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of succumbing to flattering delusions about himself, because he cannot help perceiving what a pompous ass he would become if he did
Konrad Lorenz
Clergymen tend to be unreliable and pompous figures. Seldom Jewish rabbis, less often Catholic priests, but Protestant ministers tend to be ... not really very admirable. Not necessarily evil, but silly. And wrong, of course. - Talking about modern Hollyw...
Charlton Heston
You can try to be catchy without being slick, poppy without being pop, and you can be uplifting without being pompous. Because we`re sometimes playing quieter stuff, it`s hard to sound like we`re trying to change things, but we wanted to be a reaction aga...
Chris Martin
[Working with Alan Alda] If I wanted a sermon I`d go to church. He just wouldn`t quit. He just kept adding more speeches and more moralistic stuff. After he got famous, he got really pompous. He started thinking he was speaking God`s words - not the lines...
Jamie Farr
I don`t want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them. At this time of the year you think about awards and if you want to win one you think you should make serious films, but my instinct is to make vivacious fil...
Danny Boyle
[on actors taking themselves too seriously] The truth is . . . myself, De Niro [Robert De Niro], Pacino [Al Pacino], Hoffman [Dustin Hoffman], we were arrogant, pompous asses.
James Caan
War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton`s mediation.
Oriana Fallaci
Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much chaos and disruption as possible but don`t let them take you ALIVE.
Sid Vicious
If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you`ve created a special little thing, and that`s what I`m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
Paul Simon
I hope this doesn`t sound pompous but I don`t think of myself as famous, whatever fame I`ve got has come through what I`ve done and associations of things I`ve done.
Peter Cushing
Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon.
Barry Church