They say it proves that I'm aloof and grandiose.

And I said, Okay. Grandiose sense of self worth.

None is grandiose, but together they might help substantially.

Without adequate governance, oil revenues will be wasted on grandiose projects, corruption, or rearmament.

Without adequate governance, oil revenues will be wasted on grandiose projects, corruption, or rearmament.

But the grandiose event happened two days ago, when he was officially immortalized in bronze.

Many grandiose Gaullist economic projects from the Concorde supersonic airplane to a national computer industry failed.

Many grandiose Gaullist economic projects from the Concorde supersonic airplane to a national computer industry failed.

What is the point of grandiose fireworks displays amid the firing of real howitzers and rockets?

Speaks to items one and two on the checklist glibness, superficial charm and grandiose sense of self worth.

Am I going to use a two page spread like a comic book for more grandiose effect, I guess?

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev likes expensive things grandiose construction projects, dear to host sporting competitions and the odd glitzy Eurovision program.

When we cannot be sure how to improve the world, prudence becomes an important virtue, and grandiose visions can pose grave dangers.

With corporations cautious about investing and governments prudent about expenditure especially given the grandiose investments of the past exports have led growth.

In such a complex and uncertain context, prudence is critical, and bold action based on a grandiose vision can be extremely dangerous.

Qaddafi frequently farmed out power to municipalities and citizens in an attempt to bypass the civil servants who consistently thwarted his grandiose plans.

We have never had such a grandiose movie before...this is the first high quality film during the entire post Soviet history of Kyrgyzstan.

Wrong economic decisions, such as in the 1970 s, when Robert McNamara pushed grandiose, but environmentally devastating, infrastructure projects, have haunted the Bank for decades.

By contrast, their greatest failures have come from funding grandiose projects that benefit the current elite, but do not properly balance environmental, social, and development priorities.

The head of the Southern Urals called the changes that have taken place at the plant, since Karabashmed became a part of the RMK Group, grandiose.

But, without a degree of prudence based upon comprehension of the context, visions turn from grand to grandiose and undercut the values that they seek to promote.

I wonder if the people who grew up playing Nintendo may think it's all a little grandiose to treat Famicom with the same status as an historical figure.

NEW YORK Vidkun Quisling, Norway s wartime fascist leader whose name has become synonymous with collaboration with evil, lived with his wife in a rather grandiose villa outside of Oslo.

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Second, the parties in power leaned too much on commercialization and marketing of their ideals and presented their successes as grandiose and perfect, while poverty took its toll on the citizens.

It has been a victim of its own grandiose dreams about its role in the world and place among Islamic nations, and often of intense emotionalism and an absence of calm, dispassionate logic.

None is grandiose, but together they might help substantially. Some of these ideas found their way into the American Jobs Act, which might have had some real impact had Congress passed it in 2011.

Aside from refusing to recognize the importance of global warming, encourage conservation, or devote enough funds to research to make a real difference, Bush s grandiose promise of a reduction of dependence on Middle East oil means less than it appears.

But among the many grandiose buildings and signs of an excessive lifestyle (a zoo! a galleon ship! a golf course!), journalists and activists found a more important treasure reams of paperwork on the estate, blacklists of journalists and activists, and financial records.

That was Jinnah s dream, but the reality is that Pakistan has lived in high drama ever since its birth, often troubled by dark and imaginary historical shadows. It has been a victim of its own grandiose dreams about its role in the world and place among Islamic nations, and often of intense emotionalism and an absence of calm, dispassionate logic.