Shannon Sharpe

You just don't wake up one morning and say, 'I'm going to be a talker. I'm going to be a braggart.' It's something you achieve over the years, and you get better at it. Obviously, I've gotten pretty good at it.

American Athlete

Judge Reinhold

I haven't always played nice guys. In 'Gremlins,' I was a conceited, pompous braggart, and I was a redneck chauvinist in the TV movie 'A Matter of Sex.' But I really prefer sympathetic roles.

American Actor

Mark Goulston

Braggarts are insecure and need attention, and bragging often has the opposite effect on most people when you're trying to gain their respect and increase your influence.

American Psychologist

John Hickenlooper

When someone's kind of a braggart to the bully... it makes me on edge just because I live that, and I don't think that's a model we want for our kids in this country.

American Politician

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

French Philosopher

John Muir

There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.

American Environmentalist

Etta James

I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing.

American Musician

George Eads

Braggart has a negative tone, implying annoyance from the listener's perspective.

Negative Connotation

Braggarts may exaggerate or lie about their achievements to impress others.

Not Always True

Use 'braggart' for social situations where someone's behavior is boastful and inappropriate.