Proud Quotes
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I subscribe to the online Urban Dictionary's definition of nerd: 'one whose IQ exceeds his weight'. I'm also keen on the same Urban Dictionary's definition of geek: 'the person you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult'. I happily proclaim myself a book nerd/reading geek and proud of it.
Malorie Blackman
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The Scarecrow was now the ruler of the Emerald City, and although he was not a Wizard the people were proud of him. 'For,' they said, 'there is not another city in all the world that is ruled by a stuffed man.' And, so far as they knew, they were quite right.
L. Frank Baum
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Back when I was a kid, I never liked the kind of kids that my kids have become. They're privileged and have things very easy. But I'm proud of them. None of my kids are getting high, they love school, they're very popular.
Mike Tyson
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I am incredibly proud to return to the Yahoo board.
David Filo
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I am truly honoured to become ambassadress for Yves Saint Laurent. The brand's modern vision of beauty is very inspiring, and I am particularly proud to represent such an audacious archetype of woman.
Edie Campbell
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Many Africans succumb to the idea that they can't do things because of what society says. Images of Africa are negative - war, corruption, poverty. We need to be proud of our culture.
Dambisa Moyo
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I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for anybody.
Pete Seeger
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My dream of society is a society where women are free and proud of their bodies.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
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I have a pretty clear picture of the whole weight of my life, and there are things that I've done that are good, and I'm proud of them. There are things that I'm really not proud of, and that they, you have to look at me with a perspective, and I try really hard to do that, to keep from thinking I'm cool and ever so smart.
David Crosby
The Byrds
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After the show in Virginia, they laid all the food out and it covered the entire floor. That makes you proud right there.
Brad Arnold
3 Doors Down
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I will miss the ladies and the passion of the Sun fans. I was proud to serve as their head coach.
Anne Donovan
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Hillary stood with us, as she has stood with so many over the years, and we are proud to stand with her for our country now.
Valerie Plame
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I think a lot about how ideas spread, how information spreads, why is it that something you're really proud of and you spend a lot of time creating sometimes doesn't go anywhere, and something that you kind of do on the side, on a lark, ends up getting shared and passed around and having this big impact.
Jonah Peretti
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I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee, A place where even squares can have a ball. We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse, And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.
Merle Haggard
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Their horses were of great stature, strong and clean-limbed; their gray coats glistened, their long tails flowed in the wind, their manes were braided on their proud necks.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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I'm very proud of Soviet aesthetics.
Dasha Zhukova
