Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Alexander

We started out a little rough, but we stepped it up in the fourth quarter. We wanted to win. We wanted the bragging rights, but we all were looking forward to this game.

When I talk to friends about Western Kentucky University, I brag about how good they have been.

Let us know what earmarks, for example, your members of Congress are bragging about, tell us about them, and together we'll track down what they're really all about.

Sarah Steele

I was born in North Carolina but moved to a suburb just outside of Philadelphia when I was 5, so mostly grew up there. I decided I wanted to become an actor when I was 8 years old. I literally heard a friend on the playground bragging about how he was taking acting classes and thought, 'Oh! That's what I'm supposed to be doing!'

Brad Pitt

In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about it, it's seen as bragging.

Ed Lee

I used to brag that I can hold up any eviction - even if the landlord had legal rights, I could hold it up for a year.

B. C. Forbes

Bragging often precedes begging.

Dizzy Dean

It ain't bragging if you can do it.

She used to brag to me that she had beachfront property. Now her property's in the Gulf,

O. Henry

She's not going to brag about herself. I'll guarantee you that. She really is somebody special.

When you're out and your friends aren't with you, you do kind of miss them a little bit. Or you're calling to brag that they're not out. I've had e-mails from people who say that's the only way they keep up with people they've lost touch with -- checking out the site Monday morning after the calls have been downloaded.

Skrillex

I don't think I'll be remembered in a big Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin way. I think I'll be remembered in this way: by the people who were there, who can't capture or explain it. I'm not trying to brag or anything. It's not about me. It's about facilitating a good time for everyone.

James Altucher

Honesty is about the scars. It's about the blemishes. But it's more than just bragging about failure, which could be a form of ego. It's about truly helping people.

James Thurber

Politically, war trumps the economy. But the president has very few things that he can brag about right now. He has to point out that the economy is doing very well. It would be foolish not to.

Kevin Hall

We are hopeful, and a lot can change in two years. The company certainly hasn't been shy about bragging about the work force there and the efficiencies the plant has achieved.

Captain Hughes of the 10th Precinct would brag that he's not going to speak with club owners because he wants to be adversarial.

Bill Clinton

No I disagree with that. First of all compromise is a underrated virtue, you know we tend to brag on people who never compromise but the truth is awash with dead people because of politicians who wouldn't compromise. I think sometimes compromise is the greatest virtue.

No points were awarded. But bragging rights were established.

For several years, people weren't quite sure what fantasy football was. But the NFL did a survey two years ago where they found out the people who play fantasy football actually are their season-ticket holders. So now we've turned a corner from, 'Is this gambling?' to the realization that, 'Hey, this a fun hobby played by a lot of our fans.' And for the most part, it's bragging rights -- not money -- that people are after in fantasy football.

I hate to brag about my dog, but he was an exceptionally good police dog. When he was working, he was so intense. When it was all over with, he was as friendly as your normal house pet.

Anderson Cooper

Let's just be clear: The reason this has been making headlines is because Donald Trump was discussing and bragging about sexual assault 11 years ago on a bus.It's not Hillary Clinton who put those words in his mouth.

He just told us to go out there and do what we do best. I think it would have been better if he was here, though. But Coach Jordan did a good job coaching us tonight. We don't really brag about (our record). We just thank God we've got players who play up to their potential.

Greenspan is not a guy likely to brag much, but he'll indicate the economy is still in good condition, that much of the recent bubbling up in inflation is likely to prove transitory, and that fundamentals of the economy are still quite strong despite some of the recent data.

Greek week is always an intense competition because they are competing for trophies, but they are mostly competing for bragging rights.

Bruce Miller

I was a fifth-grader when (Bath) won the state championship and my son played on the '99 team that played for the state championship. So it would be nice to get a piece of it - to get a little bragging rights.

When they play in the Chamber Music Festival they get to experience the flavor of why El Paso is so special, and they go and brag about us.

Steve Allen

I think (area residents) like the bragging rights of it,

John James

He'd go back to school and brag to the other guys.

For two hours, she had to listen to him brag about how he killed my family.

Jason Elam

I get nervous and I was really nervous out there, but you have to be able to control your emotions out there I guess in certain circumstances, ... I am not bragging at all. Some people can and some people can't, and some of those I am probably going to miss, but you know you are probably going to make more of those than you miss.

Joe Manchin

I want each and every West Virginian to have bragging rights. I want to stop playing defense and start playing offense. So, together, let us grab the reins of history.

There are a lot of guys that are playing now for them that I played all the time in high school and hung out with around town in Cleveland, ... There's a ton of bragging rights at stake.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

The fact is, when it comes to economic leadership, the Republicans have nothing to brag about. This isn't what the American people want. They want to see progress that works for them.