Buzz Aldrin

Over the years, I think I've matured in my spiritual evolution and development to understand a bit more than the narrow religious thinking - to move beyond that through a sort of perfection of the grandiose nature of the universe, and how perfect it is it in its sense and how satisfied we should all be in our place in that.

American Astronaut

Charles T. Canady

The construction of a courthouse is a long-term investment in a building where important public business is done. But that does not justify extravagant expenditures. Courthouses should be dignified, durable, and functional. They should not be grandiose, monumental, and luxurious.

American Judge

John Burnside

In time, we will have to recognise that it is not 'nature' that we need to protect, but ourselves, and we can only do this by abandoning the old, grandiose, profit-seeking schemes so beloved of our masters and learning to till the soil, live to scale, and live within our means.

Scottish Writer

Markus Wolf

I tried to instill a different motivation, to give them the security and the conviction that they were doing something good, something necessary, something useful - if you want to use a grandiose expression, that they were doing something for peace.

German Public Servant

Elizabeth Gilbert

I think that people who live in cultures without quite so much privilege, opportunity or grandiosity have a little bit more respect for the workings of destiny, and the limitations that people can find themselves in through no fault of their own.

American Novelist

Erin O'Connor

In my job, I am portrayed as a misfit, a grandiose high fashion lady or an unearthly creature. At home, it's important I can look in the mirror, strip away the disguise and be comfortable with who stares back.

English Model

Janet Fitch

When you have success, people think you know what you're doing, and you start to agree with them, you think you can conquer the world. But you go from grandiosity to panic.

American Author

Richard Linklater

I guess I don't have a grandiose view of the world in general, and I never believe it when someone else has a grandiose moment.

American Director

Sigmund Freud

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

Austrian Psychologist

Yanni

Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.

Greek Musician

Use 'grandiose' to describe things overly decorative or complicated, suggesting impracticality or showiness.

Excessively Fancy

'Grandiose' is often used to exaggerate an actual quality, making something ordinary seem extraordinary.

Scaled-Up Reality

When calling plans or ideas grandiose, the speaker may be skeptically pointing out they're overly ambitious.

Critical Tone

'Grandiose' indicates someone has an inflated sense of their own worth or capabilities, often unrealistically.

Self-Importance

Using 'grandiose' can highlight the discrepancy between what a person thinks and what is true.

Unsubstantiated Confidence

'Grandiose' suggests someone's beliefs or actions are disconnected from what is realistically possible.

Detached From Reality

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 who allowed faction and intrigue to rule his court, concerned only with his own pleasure and grandiosity. That grandiosity was part of the king’s role as a model for his people. He was a learned scholar and musician who generously patronized the arts, as well as being an imposing warrior and sportsman.

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 It's on the cunning, manipulative. So, faking your brain going wrong is evidence that your brain has gone wrong. And I spoke to other experts, and they said the pinstripe suit -- classic psychopath -- speaks to items one and two on the glibness, superficial charm and grandiose sense of self-worth.

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 elevated and sometimes detrimental self-involvement. But it's not just a personality type that shows up in advice columns. It's actually a set of traits classified and studied by psychologists. The psychological definition of narcissism is an inflated, grandiose self-image.

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 It was time for a new revolution, which they pledged to bring about, and what's so amazing about these guys is, not only did they have these grandiose undergraduate dreams, but they actually carried them out, even beyond their wildest dreams. And I'm going to tell you today

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 Reaching over 50 meters high and over 30 meters in diameter and ringed by windows around its base, the golden dome appears suspended from heaven, light reflecting through its interior. Beneath its grandiose symbolism, the sturdy reinforcing Corinthian columns,

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 And yes, in most generations nothing had any novel consequence for subsequent generations. Nevertheless, when ancient people tried to explain their condition, they typically did so in grandiose cosmic terms.