Quotes About Flattery

Clever lies become matters of self-congratulation.

I wake up every day and look at my own ugly mug in the mirror and don't think twice about it. The fact that other people might want to look at me still feels funny. It's flattering, but funny.

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

I'm a sucker for a compliment.

L.A. runs on optimism, enthusiasm and flattery. I think you can go a little bit crazy. I've heard people say there's a limit to the number of years you can stay in this city without going slightly mad. It's just too damn sunny in every dimension - weather-wise, socially and professionally.

We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.

a character exposed to those strongest of all influences: the intrigues, flattery, and self-deception inseparable from power;

Moreover, the very belief that Americans had somehow discovered the ultimate answer to mankind's eternal quandaries and were now poised to establish heaven on earth was a delusion that deserved to be ranked alongside the fables about the Holy Grail and the fountain of youth. We may boast that we are one, the chosen people,: he (Adams) warned, and we may even thank God that we are not like other men, but, after all, it would be but flattery, delusion, the self-deceit of the Pharisee.

Come here, female. I mention lately how sexy your brain is.

Has anyone ever told you that you have incredibly beautiful eyes? Yes, and you're prevaricating! And that you're extremely well-spoken, too? he continued, ignoring her remark.

Has anyone ever told you how beautiful you are? she asked softly. A slow boyish smile spread across his features. What would you think if I told you no? Lauren laughed. I'd think you were trying to appear modest. Then what am I supposed to do now? he teased. I suppose you should try to look a little flustered and embarrassed by the flattery. I don't fluster or embarrass very easily. In that case, you could try to fluster me by telling me how I look, she hinted broadly.

But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.

When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.

Cats, like men, are flatterers.

When you see someone groveling before another man, or flattering him contrary to his own opinion, you can confidently say he is not free.

Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

We are all such egotists that a sorrow or hardship—provided it is great enough—flatters our self-importance. We feel that a calamity by overtaking us has distinguished us above our fellows. A man likes not to be ignored even by a railway accident. A man with a grievance is always happy.

Some men break your heart in two, Some men fawn and flatter, Some men never look at you; And that cleans up the matter.

There is the natural liar...Always says the thing that sounds best.

Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.

You've brought out your best butter." [you're laying on the flattery thickly]

Successful love may sometimes use the language of flattery, I admit. But hopeless love, dearest, always speaks the truth.

Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering." -Caroline to Ursual.

When I hear people flatteringly say, 'You're an expert on East Asia...' I'm certainly an observer of East Asia, and central Asia, and ASEAN, and to a lesser extent South Asia and the Gulf, but there's always something behind the wall in China.