Horatio Nelson

Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year.

British Admiral

Joy Mathew

An artist or a writer can boast about working for himself, but it would be highly irresponsible of a director to say such a thing as the sweat of many people is involved in realising his dream and he should respect that.

Indian Actor

Archilochus

Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.

Greek Poet

H. L. Mencken

Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.

American Writer

Henry David Thoreau

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

American Author

Louis L'Amour

Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen.

Samuel Beckett

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

Irish Playwright

Bertrand Russell

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

British Philosopher

Aeschylus

Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

Stephen Hawking

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

English Physicist

Using 'boast' often implies too much pride, not just confidence.

Excessive Pride

'Boast' may give a negative impression of the speaker to others.

Negative Impression

Avoid 'boast' if trying to appear humble or modest.

Not for Humility

Boasts can sometimes be seen as exaggerations or doubtful claims.

Doubtful Truth

Consider how others may react; they might feel envious or irritated.

Others' Reactions

'Boast' can also mean having impressive qualities or features.

Possessing Qualities

In this sense, 'boast' is positive, highlighting something commendable.

Positive Context

Use 'boast' to emphasize the impressive aspect of something you mention.

Impressiveness

 He saw them. At a macro level, he thought, you know, we talk about democracy promotion, but we do it in a way sometimes that's an affront to people's dignity. We put people on humanitarian aid and we boast about it because we've spent three billion. It's incredibly important,

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 and it is nothing to boast about. It was just a gift. So I can't respond to the thousands of emails I get with my own five-step plan to divine health and magical floating feelings. I see that the world is jolted by events that are wonderful and terrible,

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 Our immune systems boast an impressive arsenal of tools to tackle, intercept, and destroy anything they believe shouldn’t be there. But the consequence of this constant surveillance is that our bodies treat helpful implants, like insulin pumps,

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 who had boasted that none of his work would ever be found useful in describing any phenomena in the real world, helped establish cryptography. Another piece of his purely theoretical work became known as the Hardy-Weinberg law in genetics,

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 or ultra pasteurization, blasts the milk with considerably higher temperatures over just a few seconds. UHT milk boasts a much longer shelf life, up to twelve months unrefrigerated, compared to pasteurized milk's two weeks in the fridge.

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 leopards in my time at Juma now of course that's not really counting the ones from cheetah planes and chitwa chitwa and and around us just purely seen on Juma so quite a few not very many places in the world can boast in

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 And it shouldn't be a guide to all decision making. But we have ignored Kuznets' warning. We live in a world where GDP is the benchmark of success in a global economy. Our politicians boast when GDP goes up. Markets move

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 The animal kingdom boasts an incredible diversity of eyes. Some rotate independently, while others have squiggly-shaped pupils. Some have protective lids, others squirt blood. But which creature has the best sight?

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 hot springs could be fatal food is so plentiful that this area boasts one of the highest densities of brown bears anywhere in the world being out in the open like this does not

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 these waters may not support the diversity found in coral reefs but they boast a far greater volume of animals