Pompousness Quotes

“Sadly, the natural world is not short of people who believe that rattling off Latin names incessantly makes them appear clever, whereas most of us know instinctively that this suggests insecurity at best, but possibly social and sexual dysfunction as well. If somebody corrects you sternly by using an obtuse name for something, they probably know neither human nature nor any other kind very profoundly.”
― Tristan Gooley, How to Connect with Nature

“Criminal’ pompousness will not do; ‘civil’ pompousness is acceptable.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“He held onto his walnut desk as if he were waiting to be transported to the Vatican at any moment.”
― Dan Salerno, 20 Short Ones: 20 Tales of Hope