Top 50 Boast Quotes

We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.

My all-time favourite political promise – more a boast than a promise, really – came from former Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau, who said in the lead-up to the 1976 Olympics, ‘The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby.’

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.

Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year.

Brittany might not boast the biggest collection of Michelin stars in France, but when it comes to produce, you quickly realise that some of the key building blocks of French cuisine have their roots here.

Somehow, I’m in denial about being desirable. But every time my wife tells me to shave or cut my hair or clean up my look, I playfully boast to her that I’m the most desirable man!

Paris is certainly one of the most boastful of cities, and you could argue that it has had a lot to boast about: at various times the European centre of power, of civilisation, of the arts, and (self-advertisingly, at least) of love.

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.

Being a person of faith is just another of a wide range of fun activities available to those who come to Harvard. When Harvard boasts to admitted students of its more than 40 religious groups, it does so in the same vein that it boasts of its nearly dozen a cappella groups.

It’s not an idle boast that the British Army is, man for man, probably the best fighting force in the world.

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.

I’m not on a record like some rapper trying to boast about my clothes or where I’m from. I’m creating stories, experiences, the way places make me feel, the way a person makes me feel.

One of my favorite things about America is our breathtaking collection of national and state parks, many of which boast wonders the Psalmist would envy.

Despite what one might gather from the shrill rantings of the leftist commentariat, for whom religion is a sort of disease, religious difference in the United States has rarely led to serious social strife. That is no small achievement, and one that virtually no other Western democracy can boast.

It is quite wrong that one group of people should regularly and deliberately flout the law, boast about it and get away with it.

I used to boast that Whole Foods was sort of recession-proof. And obviously I’ve been proven wrong. So I’m not boasting about that any longer.

Zaha Hadid’s Maxxi Museum is proof that Rome and contemporary architecture are no longer a paradox. The building is characteristic Hadid – with curving lines and organic shapes – and the permanent collection already boasts works by Francesco Clemente, William Kentridge, and Gerhard Richter.

We boast about Pakistan. We say Pakistan is this and that. But when you go out of the country and the way we are checked, I can’t tell you. I feel so humiliated the way I am frisked.

It’s not in the nature of stoic Cincinnatians to boast, which is fortunate, really, for they have meager pickings to boast about.

We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it: the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

The most important thing in our war preparations is to teach all our people to hate U.S. imperialism. Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat the U.S. imperialists who boast of their technological superiority.

We have a government that boasts about free education. Those of us who have scratched below the surface know it is costing us by denying opportunities for others to attend college or university.

It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.

When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that’s exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day.

I haven’t got many awards to boast of.

Ministers are powerless people who have nothing to boast of except their weaknesses. But when the Lord whom they serve fills them with His blessing they will move mountains and change the hearts of people wherever they go.

Votes for president have long been a kind of social signifier. People will proudly boast that they voted for JFK; while it’s harder to find those eager to claim having supported Richard Nixon.

Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.

Bengaluru and art are synonymous to me. People here pursue an art form and make their living out of it – not many cities can boast that. Art in Bengaluru is thriving.

I do a lot of social service and I don’t boast about it. I believe that if you give with one hand, the other hand shouldn’t know of it. I don’t believe in cheap publicity.

Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.

Of course, there are times you are excited and happy about whether you have a good game or not. But I don’t want to be that person that boasts about himself day in and day out.

Naidu boasts of governance but does not understand what governance means.

For the U.S., a nation that boasts of being the land of the free, it does not live up to its ideal.

I have my faith in God. I was told to be humble before him. Don’t boast about what you have done. Don’t put credit in your own hands. You have to realize He got you there.

Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat the U.S. imperialists who boast of their technological superiority.

I don’t think I can boast about him. ‘Hey, my dad is a British institution; he’s done all these incredible things and I’m really proud of him.’ There is a certain baggage that comes with that in England.

Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

Few areas which are not publicly owned can boast as many footpaths as the Cuckmere Valley. For a short walk, a footbridge across the river leads back to the little hamlet of Milton Street, where another classic local pub, the Sussex Ox, provides an admirable lunch.

My own father used to boast to me of biting off a man’s ear in a street fight.

It’s kind of amazing how popular ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ is. What other show can boast such an annoyingly sincere cast of doctors, sniveling through such perfunctory love triangles?

Enough of the ‘Canada is a modest country’ boasts. Please. Just stop.

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.

Al Jolson was my first husband. He always used to boast that he was spoiling me for any man who might come after him. I think Al sensed that it wasn’t easy for me being married to an American institution… Was he right about spoiling me? I’m sorry. I couldn’t possibly say. I couldn’t be that indiscreet.

An artist or a writer can boast about working for himself, but it would be highly irresponsible of a director to say such a thing as the sweat of many people is involved in realising his dream and he should respect that.

I don’t like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country.

I loved Forcalquier, with its narrow medieval streets. Its elegant 12th Century cathedral boasts a carillon that chimes every Sunday morning. I also found a junk shop from which I could have furnished our entire farm.

When I write that I’ve known about something for a long time, that’s not a boast. That’s a confession. It’s me acknowledging that I have withheld something important from the public.

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

We’re also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That’s something to boast about, isn’t it?