Flattery Quote by Gustave Flaubert

“I foresee no possibility of venturing into themes showing a closer view of reality for a long time to come. The public itself will…

— D.W. Griffith

I know the majority of the British public wants to help when they see suffering.

— Penny Mordaunt

He who prides himself on giving what he thinks the public wants is often creating a fictitious demand for low standards which he will…

— John Reith, 1st Baron Reith

I don't care what the public wants, I'm going to give it what it needs!

— Christopher Dodd

Those who say they give the public what it wants begin by underestimating public taste and end by debauching it.

— T. S. Eliot

The public wants real horse operas with action, not a lot of laughs.

— Robert Fuller

But, the thing is, since I always had my own little shop and direct access to the public, I've been able to build up…

— Vivienne Westwood

The public wants elected officials who have character. The public wants elected officials who are willing to stand up and say things, even if…

— Michael Bloomberg

I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a president, and I think I'll go along with them.

— Calvin Coolidge

The public wants to understand and learn in a single day, a single minute, what the artist has spent years learning.

— Paul Gauguin

What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.

— Roland Barthes

“I have learned that it is pretty hard to keep anything from the newspapers that the newspapers think the public wants to know.”

— Booker T. Washington