If the story had been about anyone else, it would been dismissed as laaf, that Afghan tendency to exaggerate ---sadly, almost a national affliction; if someone bragged that his son was a doctor, chances were the kid had once passed a biology test in high school.
Quotes about bragged (13 Quotes)
When I was little I bragged about my firefighting father: my father would go to heaven, because if he went to hell he would put out all the fires
The world is divided into those who screw and those who do not. He distrusted those who did not-when they strayed form the straight and narrow it was something so unusual for them that they bragged about love as if they had just invented it.
There used to be two kinds of kisses. First when girls were kissed and deserted second, when they were engaged. Now there's a third kind, where the man is kissed and deserted. If Mr. Jones of the nineties bragged he'd kissed a girl, everyone knew he was through with her. If Mr. Jones of 1919 brags the same everyone knows it's because he can't kiss her any more. Given a decent start any girl can beat a man nowadays.
He's an awesome guy. He's one of the best players in the league. All the things we bragged about him the last couple of years, they don't just go away because he changed his uniform. He's a good player with short hair, long hair, it doesn't matter.
He bragged that the Shoreline Star adoption program is one of the most recognized in the country. It's not a rescue situation, ... It needs to be clear that these dogs are not in any danger.
These same men who ... protest they didn't want to be involved, when these Mafia men and the junior Mafia men, the union officials in their fancy suits and pinky rings went walking into the union hall and boasted and bragged.
It was always one of the biggest rivalry games of the year. I always bragged to coach Gerber that I didn't think we lost to him when I was there. But we did look it up, and Garden Plain did beat Cheney one time.
It was not something he would have bragged about, he was not a bragging man. He always thought that he should contribute to the greater good. It wasn't his role in life to be a star like today's celebrity CEOs.
He's an awesome guy. He's too good a kid and one of the best players in the league. All of the things that we bragged about the last couple of years, they just don't go away because he changes uniforms. We hope he doesn't do them quite as well.
Never brag on an employee, because as sure as you do, that person will let you down almost immediately, in the very area you bragged on.
He never, ever bragged about his accomplishments. What drove him was that he had tremendous empathy for others. He was short in stature, but a giant in heart. I think God gave him an extra dose of optimism.
If John Kerry had a dollar for every time he bragged about serving in Vietnam - oh wait, he does.