Pompously Embellished Quotes

#1. Doctor, they are very proud, these Nobles; but we common dogs are proud too, sometimes. They plunder us, outrage us, beat us, kill us; but we have a little pride left, sometimes.

Charles Dickens

#2. Most people spend their whole lives waging war - against people they don't even know. And against themselves, whom they know least of all.
from BETWEEN TWO DESERTS

Germaine Shames

#3. Opened with a key. And I'll have the only key. If for some reason you're clever enough to disable it - Haymitch dumps

Suzanne Collins

#4. I've rarely said the word "Lord," unless it's followed by "of the Rings.

A. J. Jacobs

#5. I don't think I'm abnormal and I think that lets people down.

Joanna Newsom

#6. There is no way you would fail to meet my expectations, they have been shattered in the face of the beautiful reality that is you." And there goes my heart, where did it go? Oh yes, in his pocket to carry around for all time.

Alanea Alder

#7. Happiness, honor, and great estate,
For those who patiently work and wait.

John Townsend Trowbridge

#8. We are the creators of our universe.

Rhonda Byrne

#9. If you want to see magic, love someone and see the magical transformation.

Debasish Mridha

#10. If you are a good person who does good things when you have only a little, then you will be a good person who does even more good things when you have a lot.

Larry Winget

#11. The battle for conservation will go on endlessly. It is part of the universal battle between right and wrong.

John Muir

#12. My sisters and I are very hands-on with our collections. I am really passionate about kids' clothes.

Kourtney Kardashian

#13. The joy of songwriting only gets messed up if you are trying to follow up a big success, or you are trying to create a hit single, or if you have conscious thoughts of a particular outcome for the music.

Tim Finn

#14. I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.

Steven Seagal

#15. just because one is submissive doesn't make them stupid. My experience has suggested the opposite. We have a saying, 'Listen when the soft ones speak.'" Smith

Patricia Briggs