Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.
Joseph Conrad

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
Harry S. Truman

Almost every Marine I've met says I portray a Marine dead-on, which is really, really flattering.
Catherine Bell

An image has stuck for most of my career and it isn't flattering.
Robbie Fowler

And they kind of left to find a guitar player at the very end, so you know, I don't really take it as any slight that I wasn't able to play on the record. It's flattering just to play with them period.
James Iha

Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.
Colin Firth

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.
Hesiod

For lack of a better term, they've labeled me a sex symbol. It's flattering and it should happen to every bald, overweight guy.
Dennis Franz

I always find it flattering when somebody recognizes me.
Rick Moranis

I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.
Diana Vreeland

I don't know if I'm a heartthrob or if I want to be one! I heard that I get the most fan mail. It's very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public.
Christopher Parker

I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.
David Schwimmer

I thought about that the other day after I went to the grocery store and had to sign fifteen autographs before leaving. On one hand, it's just so flattering. On the other hand, sometimes it would be nice to get the bread and leave, you know?
Clay Aiken

I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it.
George Takei

I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover of USA Today for every single day for a month. I was on the masthead, so I tend to get recognized a lot, and in weird places. It's always flattering, and it's always odd. It's always at the worst possible time.
Augusten Burroughs

I'm not recognized very often, and if I am, it's a die-hard Veronica Mars fan. Which is usually flattering and an honor. I really try not to think about it.
Kristen Bell

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.
Stephen Sondheim

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?
Jane Austen

It is quite annoying that we have to change the sound we invented just to avoid sounding like people who simply copy us, but... it is flattering and of course challenging.
Jonathan Davis

It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films.
Vin Diesel