Grandiose – Quotes

To our real, naked

To our real, naked selves there is not a thing on earth or in heaven worth dying for. It is only when we see ourselves as actors in a staged (and therefore unreal) performance that death loses its frightfulness and finality and becomes an act of make-believe and a theatrical gesture. It is one of … Read more

I don\\’t mean to

I don’t mean to sound grandiose, but there’s something universal that you tap into with films like Feast of July and Schindler’s List. You know they aren’t make-believe. They illustrate something about life. This is my major concern whenever I select a film Embeth Davidtz

There\\’s something so showy

There’s something so showy about desperation, it takes hard wits to see it’s a grandiose form of funk. Elizabeth Bowen

Every one is fond

Every one is fond of comparing himself to something great and grandiose, as Louis XIV likened himself to the sun, and others have had like similes. I am more humble. I am a mere street scavenger (chiffonier) of science. With my hook in my hand and my basket on my back, I go about the … Read more

For someone so conflicted,

For someone so conflicted, who am I to give advice to anybody? It’s such a funny, grandiose idea Florence Welch

Do we pour $40

Do we pour \$40 billion into grandiose Louisiana engineering projects or do we instead put up no trespassing- signs in the areas below sea level? All are hard choices with various merits and pains. The important thing, however, is for America to decide whether the current policy of inaction is really the way we want … Read more

I love that, for

I love that, for Kanye [West], there’s no difference between the epic and the personal. That makes him sound like a really grandiose douche – which, I don’t think anyone, himself included, could contest – but at the same time, it’s really amazing. I love the scope of his perfectionism. David Longstreth