Self Aggrandizement Dictionary Quotes & Sayings

I don't know why we're not interested in seeing good people. I think we like seeing good people, but only if bad things happen to them. Which is weird, isn't it? — James McAvoy

Poetry, romance, beauty, and love have no book value, but life has no value without them. — Debasish Mridha

In Rome people seem to love with more zest, murder with more imagination, submit to creative urges more often, and lose the sense of logic more easily than in any other place. — Letitia Baldrige

Do you remember being born? Only a few can say they do and not be caught immediately in the lie, and most of them are wizards. I, of course, remember it perfectly. Certain benefits are granted to narrators as part of the hiring package, to compensate for our irregular hours and unsafe working conditions. — Catherynne M Valente

Ah, yes" he says, "The old story: 'Boy eats girl. — Laura Bradley Rede

I really have created a family. I work with the people I love, I travel with them, I make films with them, and I'm in an office with them. So in a weird way - I know I haven't birthed a child - I feel that I'm a part of creating a family. It's a tribe. I love that word. — Drew Barrymore

Jules: So first, breakfast, and afterward - piskie hunting.
Emma: I am so ready to hunt down those tiny adorable creatures and give them what for. SO READY.
Jules: Emma...
Emma: I may even tie bows on their heads.
Jules: We have to interrogate them.
Emma: Can I get a selfie with one of them first?
Jules: Eat your toast, Emma. — Cassandra Clare

I first heard of Parmenides' best-known assertion, "Whatever is, is." I laughed and blurted out, "And he's famous?" With this verbal ejaculation I revealed myself as the quintessential sophomore. — R.C. Sproul

It is not until you have the courage to engage in human relationships that you grow. — Gary Zukav

I preach that anybody can improve their lives. I think God wants us to be prosperous. I think he wants us to be happy. To me, you need to have money to pay your bills. I think God wants us to send our kids to college. I think he wants us to be a blessing to other people. But I don't think I'd say God wants us to be rich. It's all relative, isn't it? — Joel Osteen

Upshaw - Apsaroke, 1905. Curtis's friend and interpreter Alexander Upshaw, "perfectly educated and absolutely uncivilized," as Curtis said of him, had trouble shuttling between two worlds. He chose to pose in the clothes of his ancestors. — Timothy Egan

The afternoons were getting longer again, stretching. I stayed too long at a stoplight because the sunlight was so pretty, sifting through all the leaves on the sycamore trees lining Sierra Bonita, turning each a pale jade green. The jacaranda trees preparing for their burst of true lavender blue come May.
Go, said Dad.
Sorry, I said. — Aimee Bender