Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

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

Charles Caleb Colton

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

Charles Caleb Colton

Imitation is the highest form of flattery.

Alan Bradley

To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.

West is a heck of a club. They've got very good flat track speed.

Elton Brand

We still need to prove that we're still a top-notch organization. We're going towards that road. I don't have PlayStation in my locker, flat screens or DVD's in my locker.

Elton Brand

We still need to prove that we're still a top-notch organization, ... We're going towards that road. I don't have PlayStation in my locker, flat screens or DVD's in my locker.

Broadway is the actor's Mt. Everest - but with more flattering frocks.

Benjamin Franklin

Praise to the undeserving is severe satire.

Benjamin Franklin

A flatterer never seems absurd: The flatter'd always takes his word.

Benjamin Franklin

Approve not of him who commends all you say.

Carolyn Wells

Invitation is the sincerest flattery.

We were as flat as flat could be. They just didn't give up.

Charlotte Bronte

I like rudeness a great deal better than flattery.

Roger Babson

When we are flat on our back, there is no way to look but up.

Charles Lederer

Flattery'll get you anywhere.

Joe Torre

We're flat right now. We're just not generating anything.

Carroll O'Connor

Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.

Abby Wambach

I haven't won a World Cup. There's things that haven't been finished, and I'm not afraid to fall flat on my face trying.

Twiggy

Yes, black is slimming, but it's not always youthful. The right tone of red, however, is flattering on all women.

Edmund Burke

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Self-love is the greatest flatterer in the world.

John Sevier

Should I be so happy as to merit your patronage, I flatter myself neither you nor my country, could have any occasion to regret.

Derek Lam

Mobile phone shipments in the first quarter are likely to be flat or better than those in the fourth quarter on launches of new handset models.

If anything, this is a pause. My impression is that manufacturing is doing better than the flat reading suggests.

I think it's a big disadvantage because I think you need to be playing. It's one thing to practice. ... About six or seven years ago we had a similar situation. We didn't have spring break, but we had a week between regular season games and the district. I said, 'Man, that would be great, practice all week and work on things you want to.' We were flat as can be going into districts.

I thought we were flat offensively. We were still making a lot of mistakes. We really need to come out and play the first quarter.

Thomas Friedman

JFK wanted to put a man on the moon. My vision is to put every American man and woman on a campus. ... The World is Flat

I think the DaimlerChrysler numbers are a disappointment, ... The most glaring question would seem to be in Mercedes car. Operating margins were flat year over year.

I don't think people realize the market has been flat for the past seven years ? people don't realize that because there have been big ups and downs. But without market volatility, the market hasn't done much.

For most banks, it's a flat out non-issue.

We looked flat at times and I thought pressure on us forced us into some hasty decisions. And they capitalized.

I think we weren't playing up to our level today. We were really flat today, and we just need to step up.