This laudable quality is commonly known by the name of Manners and Good-breeding, and consists in a Fashionable Habit, acquir'd by Precept… — Bernard de Mandeville Copy Share Image
On one hand it's very flattering to be compared to a big success, and then sometimes it's very frustrating because you want… — Neil Burger Copy Share Image
I think my immediate reaction was, "I'm so tired. I need a little more time." But, it was very quickly followed up… — Jenji Kohan Copy Share Image
Publishing magazines costs a lot of money and people don't read magazines anymore, they're all captivated by Instagram. I have to reinvent… — Olivier Zahm Copy Share Image
I've always said it's flattering to be desired, just as it's flattering that people accept the reality of the character you play.… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
Satan was a blunderer ... who made a stupendous failure. If he had succeeded, we should all have been worshipping him, and… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Playing characters who are wonderful and beautiful is hard because you don't feel like that most of the time... well, I don't.… — Hans Matheson Copy Share Image
But I also think when we embark on intimate relationships, we make a basic human promise to be decent, to hold a… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
If we listen to our self-love, we shall estimate our lot less by what it is than by what it is not;… — James Martineau Copy Share Image
I moved to Louisiana to become the executive Chef at Commander's Place. And I must say I had some encouragement from friends… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share Image
Listen, the idea that I might be a fashion soothsayer is very flattering but completely inaccurate. — Alexa Chung Copy Share Image
In the spiritual domain, criticism is love turned sour... If criticism becomes a habit, it will destroy the moral energy of the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered.… — Laura Prepon Copy Share Image
There is a lot of anxiety in India about writers selling out to foreign audiences, but I’m neither flattering the Indian audience… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
My fashion advice is to have a flattering mirror and then forget about it. — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
My wife thinks I'm a narcissist, but I just think it's hilarious going on YouTube and seeing these covers. There are so… — Charles Kelley Copy Share Image
But to demand that a work be “relatable” expresses a different expectation: that the work itself be somehow accommodating to, or reflective… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
I'd love to be in the '70s. I'd love to have a big, long wig parted down the middle with flat-ironed hair… — Sarah Paulson Copy Share Image
The only people that recognize me are the hardcore fans, and I always find that really flattering. I think it is super… — Cassidy Freeman Copy Share Image
“Outbreaks of unvarnished truths in the backyard of our true self can be very precious and inspiring, even though we might inconsistently… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
What nonsense it is, this desire to be without limitations, this wish always to be seen in the most flattering light. We… — Jo Coudert Copy Share Image
I've been hearing it a lot, especially in the last few years; people will say things to me like "Well, if only… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
The whole idea of celebrity is flattering - it helps you get into restaurants and stuff - but once you obtain some… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
