"Self-important" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... afterwards, the man took his treasures to the office and gave them up with a self-important flourish, only to be laughed at for his pains. The cones were just common, ordinary fir cones, and the silver fish had turned into little ...
— Fairy Tales from the German Forests • Margaret Arndt
... knowingly. With the self-important air of a man who enjoys the confidence of others, he ...
— Bought and Paid For - From the Play of George Broadhurst • Arthur Hornblow
... A proud, self-important woman would have taken offence at the lack of hospitality and consideration shown her in the failure of the mistress of the house to be present with a welcome on her arrival, but such was not Elsie's character. She had but a humble opinion of ...
— The Two Elsies - A Sequel to Elsie at Nantucket, Book 10 • Martha Finley
... office in the harbour, the division into departments—passenger, cargo, lighterage, and so on—secured a greater leisure for his last years in the regenerated Sulaco, the capital of the Occidental Republic. Liked by the natives for his good nature and the formality of his manner, self-important and simple, known for years as a "friend of our country," he felt himself a personality of mark in the town. Getting up early for a turn in the market-place while the gigantic shadow of Higuerota was still lying upon the fruit and flower stalls piled up with masses of gorgeous colouring, ...
— Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard • Joseph Conrad
... ground, and make a terrible whistling at night. For some time no adjutants appeared in this tank square to feast on the rich supply of frogs; but at last one day an adjutant was seen walking down the grass. With self-important step and craning his long neck forward, he came slowly on, hurrying a little when some frightened frog foolishly made a hop out of his way. At last he reached a gate leading into one of the private compounds, and there he ...
— Little Folks (July 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various
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