Compliment Quote by Gregory Benford Download Open image ““Flattery isn’t the highest compliment – parasitism is.”” — Gregory Benford ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Compliment Flattery Parasitism
Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“Flattery is so necessary to all of us that we flatter one another to be flattered in return” — Marjorie Bowen Copy Share Image
“Evidently you think I'm a fool who will easily succumb to flattery, or else your standards are quite low.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Behind the flattery, the edge of mockery was plain to anyone who must, as a matter of survival, learn to detect it. page no. 15” — Shani Mootoo Copy Share Image
The mischief of flattery is, not that it persuades any man that he is what he is not, but that it suppresses the influence… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“You’ll thank me one day for not filling your head with false compliments. Adversity teaches one more than flattery ever will.” — Rachel E. Carter Copy Share Image
“They thought the Allies would be desperate to “buy” their reactor research in the postwar era. Apparently they were not moved to check to… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
“The war had funneled men and women into familiar channels. Anton’s girls were performing their impressions of what girls were supposed to be like.” — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
“Ah, I see your point. I did assist on the Okinawa drop, as the British representative. Quite simple, after we’d seen the Berlin effects.… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
“Dawidoff, Nicholas. The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg. New York: Vintage, 1994. de” — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
Everybody feels he has a right to a life of luxury - or at least comfort - so there's a lot of frustration and… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
“In fact, it took the resources of three countries to produce the bomb: the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. But there was more… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
“All our bright minds,” Feynman said sardonically, “and we can’t figure how to stop the enemy from dumping dirt on us.” Freeman said with… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
“Moe Berg. Until he’s finished reading a paper, he considers it ‘alive’ and refuses to let anyone else touch it. When he’s done, it’s… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
“Tests showed there was no enrichment. “They’re just slinging purified uranium at us, straight from the mines,” Bob said. But the next week Bob… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
One of the laws of nature," Gordon said, "is that half the people have got to be below average.""For a Gaussian distribution, yeah," Cooper… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
“I knew personally many figures in this novel: Harold Urey, who greeted me at the grad students reception at UCSD in 1963; Karl Cohen,… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
“Right. Isn’t that how science works?” Redwing grinned. “If you don’t understand, do an experiment.” — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
I see the joy in life and I see the joy in simple things. I over-compliment. I over-praise. I over-express my feelings toward people… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
Sometimes after a compliment about my characterization skills, I'm asked if I model my characters on real people. Emphatically, no. And sort of, yes. — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
Well, I think every now and again, some people deserve to get their butts chewed. Every now and again some people deserve a pat… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are searching for the same thing,” Stripey said. “How do you know?” Janco asked. “I read his mind.” The Sitian pointed to Ari.… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
You're better off owning 30 percent and having two amazing partners who compliment you and are equally as driven as you are than having… — Rob Dyrdek Copy Share Image
The three of us just try put our heads down and stay creative. The awards truly are just cake. It's one of those things… — Hillary Scott Copy Share Image
I've made this conscious decision to tell people on the street when I think they're wearing something great. If more people did that, the… — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything, each of them generally gets that which he likes least. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
