Flattering Quotes - Page 11

• Satan was a blunderer ... who made a stupendous failure. If he had succeeded, we should all have been worshipping him, and his portrait would have been more flattering.

  George Eliot

  Portraits, Satan, Made

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.1550, Delphi Classics

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• Say less than the other fellow and listen more than you talk; for when a man's listening he isn't telling on himself and he's flattering the fellow who is.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Men, Listening, Fellows

  George Horace Lorimer (2008). “Letters from A Self-Made Merchant to His Son (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.51, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The encomium of one incapable of flattery is indeed flattering.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Flattery, Incapable

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (1926). “The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Notes on Shelley's correspondents. Letters, 1803 to 1812”

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• Do not give alms promiscuously. Select the unworthy poor and make them happy. To give to the deserving is a duty, but to help the improvident, drinking class is clear generosity, so that the donor has a right to be warmed by a selfish pride and count on a most flattering obituary.

  George Ade

  Selfish, Drinking, Pride

  George Ade (1960). "La América de George Ade, 1866-1944: Fábulas, cuentos, ensayos", New York, Putnam [1960].

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• Vivimos en una cultura de celebridades y a veces te dejas atrapar por la ola y la expectación, y mucho de ello es halagador, pero una de las cosas que intento recordar a la gente es que yo estuve en política como senador estatal, trabajando en la oscuridad durante muchos años. Antes de eso fui un organizador comunitario que trabajaba en comunidades de bajos ingresos en Chicago y entonces nadie sabía mi nombre. Así que, después de haberme dedicado al servicio público durante mucho tiempo sin llamar demasiado la atención, espero poder mantener en perspectiva parte de la atención que estoy recibiendo ahora.

  Barack Obama

  Names, Years, Perspective

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• Esta loable cualidad se conoce comúnmente con el nombre de modales y buena educación, y consiste en un hábito a la moda, adquirido por precepto y ejemplo, de halagar el orgullo y egoísmo de los demás, y ocultar los nuestros con juicio y destreza.

  Bernard de Mandeville

  Pride, Names, Quality

  Bernard de Mandeville (1723). “The Fable of the Bees”, p.37, Jazzybee Verlag

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• It's always flattering when somebody you really respect and like wants you to be involved in their project - let alone writes a part with your voice in mind.

  Chris Messina

  Writing, Voice, Mind

  "Chris Messina, ‘Celeste And Jesse Forever’ Star, On His Crazy Year". Interview with Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2012.

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• I think that people with differing points of view find common ground in 'Modern Family' is very flattering, and I'm appreciative of that.

  Steven Levitan

  Pensamiento, Opiniones, Personas

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Now it is necessary to court her, and win her, and put on this clean dressing gown, and cut my various nails, and drink something that will kill the millions of germs in my mouth, and say something flattering, and be witty and bonny, and hale and kinky, all just to ease this wrinkle in the groin. It seems a high price.

  Donald Barthelme

  Witty, Cutting, Winning

  "Snow White (play)". "The Teachings of Don. B: Satires, Parodies, Fables, Illustrated Stories, and Plays of Donald Barthelme". Book by Donald Barthelme, p. 309, 1992.

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• My fashion advice is to have a flattering mirror and then forget about it.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Fashion, Mirrors, Advice

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• For A to sit down and think, What shall I do? is commonplace; but to think what B ought to do is interesting, romantic, moral, self-flattering, and public-spirited all at once. It satisfies a great number of human weaknesses at once. To go on and plan what a whole class of people ought to do is to feel one's self a power on earth, to win a public position, to clothe one's self in dignity. Hence we have an unlimited supply of reformers, philanthropists, humanitarians, and would-be managers-in-general of society.

  William Graham Sumner

  Thinking, Winning, Class

  William Graham Sumner (1903). “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, p.97, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• If you are flattering a woman, it pays to be a little more subtle. You don't have to bother with men, they believe any compliment automatically.

  Alan Ayckbourn

  Women, Believe, Littles

  Alan Ayckbourn (1988). “The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays”, p.199, Grove Press

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• It's my custom to say something flattering to begin with so I shall be excused if I put my foot in it later on.

  Prince Philip

  Feet, Classic, Customs

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• But I also think when we embark on intimate relationships, we make a basic human promise to be decent, to hold a flattering mirror up to each other, to be respectful as we explore each other.

  Lena Dunham

  Thinking, Mirrors, Intimate Relationships

  Lena Dunham (2014). “Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"”, p.61, Random House

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• El negro es el color que más adelgaza. Es el más favorecedor. Puedes vestir de negro en cualquier momento. Se puede llevar a cualquier edad. Se puede llevar en casi cualquier ocasión. Podría escribir un libro sobre el negro.

  Christian Dior

  Book, Writing, Color

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• There is something about a well-fitted modern jacket that feels like armor. If it's cut well, it adds a dose of cool to anything you wear it with and does the heavy lifting when it comes to creating a flattering shape.

  Stacy Londres

  Cutting, Creating, Doe

  Stacy London (2012). “The Truth About Style Deluxe”, p.49, Penguin

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• Pero el efecto más deplorable de todos, es esa disminución de apego y reverencia, que se cuela en los corazones de la gente, hacia un sistema político que traiciona tantas marcas de debilidad, y decepciona tantas de sus halagadoras esperanzas. Ningún gobierno, más que un individuo, será respetado por mucho tiempo sin ser verdaderamente respetable; ni será verdaderamente respetable sin poseer una cierta porción de orden y estabilidad.

  James Madison

  Heart, Government, Attachment

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2015). “The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution”, p.306, Coventry House Publishing

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• A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Men, Care, Made

  Oliver Goldsmith (1856). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Poems, Comedies, Essays, and Vicar of Wakefield”, p.28

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• An ad hominem attack against an individual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to say about your message.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Intelligent, Ideas, Doe

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• It's very flattering to be remembered as a Bond girl with brains and not just for looking good in a bikini. I was a fan of Sophie Marceau in 'The World Is Not Enough.' I think her performance was very underrated.

  Eva Green

  Girl, Thinking, Brain

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• Projecting yourself until everything is talking about you is, of course, a self-flattering form of self-pity

  Aleksandar Hemon

  Self, Talking, Pity

  Aleksandar Hemon (2013). “The Book of My Lives”, p.208, Macmillan

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• The only way to success in American public life lies in flattering and kowtowing to the mob

  H. L. Mencken

  Lying, Way, Public Life

  H. L. Mencken (2009). “Prejudices: Third Series”, p.29, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Asking, ‘If there is no God, what is the purpose of life?’ is like asking, ‘If there is no master, whose slave will I be?’ If your purpose of life is to submit as a slave, then your meaning comes from flattering the ego of a person whom you should detest.

  Dan Barker

  Ego, Life Is Like, Purpose

  Dan Barker (2011). “The Good Atheist: Living a Purpose-filled Life Without God”, p.29, Ulysses Press

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• Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It's just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.

  Tom Ford

  Pounds, Jackets

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• Los halagos y los insultos plantean la misma pregunta: ¿Qué quieres?

  Mason Cooley

  Want, Flattery, Insult

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