Quotes for All
We admire people who work hard, who are objective and thorough. We detest office politicians, toadies, bullies, and pompous asses. We abhor ruthlessness. The way up our ladder is open to everybody. In promoting people to top jobs, we are influenced as much by their character as anything else. David Ogilvy
I don’t mind being accused of being a bad comedian and I don’t even mind being accused of being a bad talk-show host, but I never want to be accused of being an arrogant, pompous showbiz asshole. David Letterman
James Lipton: The most pompous arrogant failure in history. David Cross
Some of us, I think, us small, pompous arty ones probably read too much George Steiner and kind of got the idea that we were entering to this kind of post-culture age and that we’d better do something postmodernist – quickly, before somebody else did. David Bowie
I don’t want to make pompous, serious films. Danny Boyle
I don’t want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them. Danny Boyle
My job is to find the politicians and the presidents and the pompous people who are telling other people how to live, powerful, visible creatures and … go at them. Craig Ferguson
A gathering of Democrats is more sweaty, disorderly, offhand, and rowdy than a gathering of Republicans; it is also likely to be more cheerful, imaginative, tolerant of dissent, and skillful at the game of give-and-take. A gathering of Republicans is more respectable, sober, purposeful, and businesslike than a gathering of Democrats; it is also likely … Read more
Take your work seriously, but don’t take yourself seriously Clint Eastwood
Your assumptions about the lives of others are in direct relation to your naïve pomposity. Many people you believe to be rich are not rich. Many people you think have it easy worked hard for what they got. Many people who seem to be gliding right along have suffered and are suffering. Many people who … Read more