Conceit Quote by Norm MacDonald

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about…

— Edith Sitwell

Some people are so naive they think people are what they appear to be

— Diksha Khanchandani

The most that can be said of flattery is that it is sometimes a cheap psychological trick with which charlatans and dishonest people lull…

— Napoleon Hill

Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage. But virtue…

— Sonia Sotomayor

Some indeed there are who profess to despise all flattery, but even these are nevertheless to be flattered, by being told that they do…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“Weak-minded people will often label you based on what someone else says. Let them think what they think. You are under no obligation to…

— Steve Maraboli

“It is useful to remember, however, that neglecting valid stereotypes inevitably results in suboptimal judgments. Resistance to stereotyping is a laudable moral position, but…

— Daniel Kahneman

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.

— Jorge Luis Borges

“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

For common minds have an ugly ability to perceive in the deepest and richest saying nothing but their own everyday opinion.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do…

— Ed Koch