His pomposity is overshadowed only by his rank stupidity Votes: 2
People speak with enormous pomposity and arrogance about music. Votes: 2
I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity. Votes: 2
These religions that are so freighted with their own pomposity are no better than inspired guesses. Votes: 2
There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand-the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed. Votes: 2
Of all human activities, education is the one most likely to give rise to cant, pomposity and fraudulent expertise. Votes: 2
Language is in decline. Not only has eloquence departed but simple, direct speech as well, though pomposity and banality have not. Votes: 2
Liberals sit from this lofty perch of pomposity, but they are the champions of ignorance. They don't know what they're talking about. Votes: 2
That's what's so great about the Internet. It allows pompous blow-hards to connect with other pompous blow-hards in a vast circle-jerk of pomposity. Votes: 2
Absolute virtue is as sure to kill a man as absolute vice is, let alone the dullness of it and the pomposities of it. Votes: 2
Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force. Votes: 2
An orotundity, which I define as Nobelitis a pomposity in which one is treated as representative of more than oneself by someone conscious of representing more than himself. Votes: 2
I definitely dislike pomposity and artifice. I hope that I'm not that. Once I write a song, it belongs to the world, and the way people perceive it, it's cool. Votes: 2
A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition. Votes: 2
I'm not saying that all college students are subhuman - I'm just saying that if you aim to spend a few years mastering the art of pomposity, these are places where you can be taught by undisputed experts. Votes: 2
All I have left is my anger at the foolishness of the world. The unnecessary cruelties, the pomposity and vanity of people who should know better. Most of the time I just want to shake some sense into the world. Votes: 2
We are not actually in charge of life, yet we behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. The ridiculousness of our pomposity and presumption can only result in anger or humor. Votes: 2
The middles cleave to euphemisms not just because they're an aid in avoiding facts. They like them also because they assist their social yearnings towards pomposity. This is possible because most euphemisms permit the speaker to multiply syllables, and the middle class confuses sheer numerousness with weight and value. Votes: 2
I know the Muslim psychology. It is all pomposity and bravado. I give you my word that if Islam is ridiculed publicly and systematically, it will be defeated. Shame is a great motivator as well as deterrent. Do not underestimate the power of ridicule. This is serious stuff not a laughing matter. Votes: 2
French intellectual life has, in my opinion, been turned into something cheap and meretricious by the 'star' system. It is like Hollywood. Thus we go from one absurdity to another - Stalinism, existentialism. Lacan, Derrida - some of them obscene ( Stalinism), some simply infantile and ridiculous ( Lacan, Derrida). What is striking, however, is the pomposity and self-importance, at each stage. Votes: 2
I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off an impression at an audition that had them mentally put me in a three-piece suit or put an attache case in my hand. If there was a stiff-guy part, the director would brighten up when I came in. Votes: 2
I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I'm sick of that. Votes: 0
This was in the sense that if Dada was reacting to the morality and aesthetics of pre-WWI, then we were very much a reaction to the pomposity of rock that existed within music at that time.