Grandiose Quotes

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

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real.

Today, in American imperialism, the commodity has reached its most grandiose historical manifestation.

The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo.

The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose. The melodies were superb, and lyrics frequently very good, and the performances flawless.