The next time we met was at Appomattox, and the first thing that General Grant said to me when we stepped inside, placing his hand in mine was, Pete, let us have another game of brag, to recall the days that were so pleasant. Great God! I thought to myself, how my heart swells out to such magnanimous touch of humanity. Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?
Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue. In what other profession would you brag about not knowing stuff? “I’m not one of those fancy Harvard heart surgeons. I’m just an unlicensed plumber with a dream and I’d like to cut your chest open. ” The crowd cheers.
Don't make yourself so special," the dwarf said with a snort. "As if getting lost was some trick that only women knew. I've known men who could get lost in their own bedrooms. The only difference is that men with no sense of direction don't brag about it, the way women do.
Honestly, I don't like to brag about myself, but I really think I'm the only boxer who came out better from a Hopkins fight.
You better not brag, you're a hunky old hag, and that goes for your mother, too.
If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
You were lookin’ at me like you wanted to kiss me. ” I force a laugh. “Yeah, right,” I say sarcastically. “Nobody’s watchin’ if you want to, you know, try it. Not to brag, but I’m somewhat of an expert.
Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much. Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished. Do not brag, and you will have merit. Do not be prideful, and your work will endure.
Why do you rant and brag with such a spate of words, as if you wanted to overwhelm me with a sort of tempest and deluge of oratory-which nevertheless falls with the greater force on your own head, while my ark rides aloft in safety?
Perhaps the less we have, the more we are required to brag.
Obama's gonna play Santa Claus with the minimum wage. He's got no successes to brag about. He cannot talk about a robust job market. In fact, the very fact he's talking about the minimum wage is evidence there is no robust job market.
There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
Bureaucracies tend to grow and to brag about their growth based on how many individuals they have and how much money they spend.
A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
Remember that people will brag about what they've achieved, but they don't brag about the price they paid to get it.
I don't want to brag, but I'm a pretty good driver.
Two went to pray? Better to say one went to brag, the other to pray.
It's understandable why a minority that was treated as badly as blacks in this country have been for so long would, when they finally found themselves on top, brag about it and want to shout from the rooftops.
An acorn would never brag about giving shade.
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
