Flattery will get you everywhere," Sam says, "Except, apparently, off a roof. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
There's two things that you don't listen to: flattery, which can't help you, and abuse, which can't hurt you. You have to… — Jim Tressel Copy Share Image
“And anyway, as they will say in the distant future, “Replication is the sincerest form of flattery.” — George Takei Copy Share Image
Flattery of the verbal kind is gross. In short, applause is of too coarse a nature to be swallowed in the gross,… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
In my experience, there are two things that no one will admit to: having no sense of humor and being susceptible to… — Margaret George Copy Share Image
I would rather hear the pleased laugh of a child over some feature of my exhibition than receive as I did the… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery. — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.] — Tacitus Copy Share Image
“Ahh, flattery. It will get you everywhere.” “Yeah, it’s how I put up with Logan. Tell him he’s hot and he rolls… — Ella Frank Copy Share Image
Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
True love is mixed up with birdlike squabbles, in which the disputants wound each other to the quick; but a quarrel without… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A president aiming for 'Great' or 'Near Great' status must do more. He must give lots of interviews, make records accessible, and… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Anytime anybody asks you to do anything that is celebrating you or highlighting your life, just the fact that they cared enough… — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share Image
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. . . . If you want to influence someone, listen to what… — Joyce Brothers Copy Share Image
The way we respond to criticism pretty much depends on the way we respond to praise. If praise humbles us, then criticism… — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
It requires but little acquaintance with the heart to know that woman's first wish is to be handsome; and that, consequently, the… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
At its best, flattery is truth well dressed, and it is best dressed with fine see-through fabrics. Honest flattery can caress a… — Willis Regier Copy Share Image
“You are 'the best of cut-throats:'--do not start; The phrase is Shakespeare's, and not misapplied:-- War's a brain-spattering, windpipe-slitting art, Unless her… — George Gordon Byron Copy Share Image
“You will make the boy Thief king?" he said. "When you could have had me?" Attolia allowed a slight smile. "A fine… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Let's cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants. Let's try to figure out the other man's good points. Then forget flattery. Give… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
“Black females, for the most part, know by the time they are ten years old that the world is not much concerned… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it;… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Speransky, either because he appreciated Prince Andrey's abilities or because he thought it as well to secure his adherence, showed off his… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“What Melanie did was no more than all Southern girls were taught to do: to make those about them feel at ease… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
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