Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

There are worries about an oversupply of flat panels, which is weighing on stocks.

Self-love is the greatest flatterer in the world.

Charles Caleb Colton

Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Isobelle Carmody

I do see, in some younger writers, elements and things that I have used - and I am very touched and flattered because I am part of a tapestry that is being absorbed by authors.

The Pell grant has been flat for four years in a row. It is a lot of give or take.

David Cone

Clemens, Seaver, Gibson, Maddux - I just don't see myself in that category. I'm flattered that maybe it's debatable at this point.

Leigh Lezark

Know what suits you. I would never wear brown, because it just doesn't work with my pale skin and dark hair. Also I wouldn't wear flats at night, because I love heels.

Sadie Jones

I remember people saying: 'You look funny, your hair is so black, you have a flat nose,' but I didn't think of it being racism, and I still don't. But there was a sense of difference, of being an outsider.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball.

Lauren Oliver

I have a beautiful pair of Giuseppe Zanotti black pumps that make me feel like a model every time I put them on. I have a pair of Jimmy Choo flats I would marry, if I could.

You look on just about every team nowadays, they seem to have one guy like that. It can really help if a team comes out flat or there's a line that's not playing well.

We were a little flat and may have taken our opponent too lightly.

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

Jerry Miller

I think we were a little flat today,

Don Williams

I think what it's saying is that '04 was an outstanding year, which leaves us flat with '05.

Carly Fiorina

We are ... looking at, at this point, flat revenue growth in the third quarter,

We understand the need for predictability, and are trying to respond with our tariff plans. We have a flat rate tariff, and pre-published roaming charges.

Allison Tolman

I've met a lot of really friendly people who are incredibly happy for me, which is really flattering and humbling.

During the six years I spent writing my novel 'The Incarnations,' I lived in seven cities in four countries. I moved in and out of 17 different houses and flats in Beijing, Seoul, Colorado, Boston, Leeds, Washington D.C., London and Shenzhen.

While it's flattering that they should use it, it's well-established.

Danielle Panabaker

I think the important part is picking clothes that are flattering to your figure, and obviously I want a big say in what I was going to wear, 'cause it's still me that's out there.

Whenever he's had proper rest, he just flat out pitches for us. He was hitting his spots, and he mixed it up real well. To shut out a team like Spanish Fork is really getting the job done.

We were relatively flat in the first half.

With as flat as we played, we were very fortunate to be up 1-0 at halftime.

We opted to put on tires. My call, just to make sure we got no flats or anything happened. Good day for us in points, but the season ain't over yet.

David Bowie

I guess it's flattering that everyone believed I was those characters, but it also is dehumanizing.

Typically, we see flat or slightly rising prices in December, because people are usually willing to pay more.

Travel spending could be flat this summer instead of seeing 8 percent increases like we've seen in the past.

We've been flat and need to get a spark. Maybe Maris' return will help.

John Milton

Virtue could see to do what Virtue would / By her own radiant light, though sun and moon / Were in the flat sea sunk.

Matt Cooke

Usually that little kicker in the flats we have them go down, that's the starting point. That's to kind of get them mentally prepared to go through the motions of keeping the skis underneath them, getting into that in-run position, that crouch position.