Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Hazlitt

There is no flattery so adroit or effectual as that of implicit assent.

Jorge Luis Borges

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.

Mark Twain

The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.

Thomas a Kempis

Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.

Peter O'Toole

What I like is bottomless flattery.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

The encomium of one incapable of flattery is indeed flattering.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Imitation is always insult--not flattery.

Holly Black

Flattery will get you everywhere," Sam says, "Except, apparently, off a roof.

Todd Phillips

'The Hangover' was lightening in a bottle. We're aware of that. It went through the roof all over the world.

Jim Harrison

The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at a swamp when I was 19. I had written for several years, starting at about 15, but that day on the roof I took my vows and acknowledged my calling.

Rick Reed

At the end of the day, we're saving the world one roof at a time.

Sam McKenney

To have it under one roof is really a new concept.

Roger Williams

God is too large to be housed under one roof,

Sol Hurok

The sky's the limit if you have a roof over your head.

Michelle Mone

I have always shouted from the rooftops about my businesses but I had never ever spoken about my personal life.

Markus Zusak

Sometimes I just survive. But sometimes I stand on the rooftop of my existence, arms stretched out, begging for more.

Bob Carpenter

One third of building, the roof peeled back and everything caved in. It was destroyed.