BRAGGING QUOTES III

quotations about bragging

Bragging is an ailment,
Bragging is a blight;
Bragging is an attribute
Of a silly wight.

RALPH M. THOMSON

"Bragging,", Medical Pickwick, vol. 8


If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

Walden


The only way to cure an egotist from bragging is by surgery--amputation at the neck.

EVAN ESAR

20,000 Quips & Quotes


The dog who barks the loudest is not always the best watcher, neither are braggadocios the most valiant.

WILLIAM SCOTT DOWNEY

Proverbs


I know you think I'm
Bragging a lot
But for goodness sake
What else have I got?

AMY BEECROFT BROWN

Poems by Amelia


If you done it, it ain't bragging.

DIZZY DEAN

attributed, The Bar Examiner, 1981


Every man who praises himself brushes the luster from his best efforts.

ELLEN GOULD WHITE

Evangelism


The really tough thing about humility is you can't brag about it.

GENE BROWN

attributed, Wise Old Sayings


There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

English Traits


People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.

EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Country Town Sayings


You have to do a little bragging on yourself even to your relatives--man doesn't get anywhere without advertising.

JOHN NANCY GARNER

attributed, And I Quote


Now I'm not too keen about bragging on myself
But you must admit I was the best.

KIM S. JONES

"Cup of Coffee,", Ideas Echo Like Acoustics


Perhaps the less we have, the more we are required to brag.

JOHN STEINBECK

East of Eden


Great boast, small roast.

CHINESE PROVERB


Bragging is like a cawing crow: The louder it caws, the more unpleasant the noise.

J. DONALD WALTERS

Little Secrets of Happiness