Flattering Quotes

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

Woman, After, She

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

Time, Public, President

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

Happy, May, Study

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

Change, Quite, Simply

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

Enemy, Friend, Thought

People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve.
Christopher Hitchens

Age, Thought, After

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Silence, Poet, Response

Well, I'm in my 60s now. I finally look it, I think. People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve.
Christopher Hitchens

Age, Thought, After

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

Work, Rather, Views

I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering.
Liam Neeson

Sex, Symbol, Although

Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles, teaches us far more about humans than it does about animals - and the lesson is not a flattering one.
Pamela Anderson

Far, Natural, Lesson

A sex symbol? A symbol of sex? I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. I'm 59, now, so I think I'm possibly past my sell-by date. I think I am.
Liam Neeson

Sex, Past, Date

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

Actually, Literary, Enormously

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

While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.
Halle Berry

Work, Beautiful, Rather

Yeah, and I recently had my first Elvis moment. A gang of young girls was jumping all over me. It was kinda scary. And totally flattering.
Channing Tatum

Young, Moment, Gang

It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.
Florence Welch

Effort, Style, Crowd

It's easy to get caught up in a moment and think, 'Oh, I've been offered some giant studio film or a superhero franchise or some actor wants to meet with me about a project they want to do.' And it's easy to get caught up in a moment because it's flattering. But you can't do a movie because it's flattering.
Jason Reitman

Moment, Easy, Film

It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre.
Eli Roth

Actually, Create, Helped

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

Revenge, Wife, Film

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

Love, Time, Sad

Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.
Ninon de L'Enclos

Words, Escape, Prepare

American Eagle clothing is stylish, flattering and all about embracing your individuality.
Shay Mitchell

American, Stylish, Eagle

Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.
William Shenstone

Poetry, Diseases

I'm a fan of designers and clothes that look beautiful, but more importantly, make me feel beautiful and confident. It's why I've always loved Stella McCartney, and more recently, Prabal Gurung. Their pieces are cool, yet timeless, and the fits are effortlessly flattering.
Shay Mitchell

Cool, Beautiful, Why

Everyone must accept that we will age and age is not always flattering.
Amitabh Bachchan

Age, Everyone, Accept

It's flattering to be compared in any way to Tiger Woods, because he's the best player in the world.
Ivan Lendl

Best, Player, Tiger

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

Try, Honor, Often

A lot of people say about 'Gossip Girl,' 'Well, how do you feel about gossip?' Well, who really likes gossip? No one likes to be talked about if it's not flattering or a compliment.
Jessica Szohr

Girl, Gossip, Compliment

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

Nice, Thought, Leaving

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