He was a tough, burly thick-headed gentleman, with a loud voice, a pompous manner, a tolerable command of sentences with no meanin...g in them, and, in short, every requisite for a very good member indeed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am no lover of pompous title, but only desire that my name may be recorded in a line or two, which shall briefly express my name..., my virginity, the years of my reign, the reformation of religion under it, and my preservation of peace.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The human heart concerns us more than the poring into microscopes, and is larger than can be measured by the pompous figures of th...e astronomer.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A gathering of Democrats is more sweaty, disorderly, offhand, and rowdy than a gathering of Republicans; it is also likely to be m...ore 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 to be more self-righteous, pompous, cut-and-dried, and just plain boring.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
General de Gaulle was a thoroughly bad boy. The day he arrived, he thought he was Joan of Arc and the following day he insisted th...at he was Georges Clemenceau.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »