Grandiose Quotes

“You have a faculty for defining the simplest in terms of the grandiose, so that a poor devil like me can't understand it.”

“You have a faculty for defining the simplest in terms of the grandiose, so that a poor devil like me can't understand it.”

“By aggrandizing one's own abilities and achievements, the grandiose person remains out of touch with who they truly are and as such, remains prone to crossing the boundaries of others.”

“Every one is fond of comparing himself to something great and grandiose, as Louis XIV likened himself to the sun, and others have had like similes. I am more humble. I am a mere street scavenger (chiffonier) of science. With my hook in my hand and my basket on my back, I go about the streets of science, collecting what I find.”

“Humility is the greatest shaper of souls and crafter of character, for it wipes away all the grandiose things that we spend so much of our lives pretending to be, so that we can spend all of our lives being the exceptional person that we were actually created to be.”

“Narcissistic personality disorder is named for Narcissus, from Greek mythology, who fell in love with his own reflection. Freud used the term to describe persons who were self-absorbed, and psychoanalysts have focused on the narcissist's need to bolster his or her self-esteem through grandiose fantasy, exaggerated ambition, exhibitionism, and feelings of entitlement.”

“This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.”

“I grow grandiose, which is a good sign I should become prosaic.”

“History most grandiose accomplishments can have the most trivial origin”

“America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.”

“Central Park is the grandiose symbol of the front yard each child in New York hasn't got.”