Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Riordan

Imitation is flattery

William Shenstone

Persons who discover a flatterer, do not always disapprove him, because he imagines them considerable enough to deserve his applications.

Samuel Johnson

He that is much flattered soon learns to flatter himself.

William Feather

Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it....

William Hazlitt

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

Joseph Addison

The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.

Jorge Luis Borges

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

Jonathan Swift

Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery.

Nick Lachey

It?s like, 'Surely this is going to be the last one? This will be the last one.' And they just keep putting them out. But I guess in some strange, twisted way it?s a form of flattery in that people are interested in what?s going on with us. But it is frustrating.

Matt McKay

He can shoot the ball. His form is better than Bryce's. He and Jake have a better pure shot.

Max Mosley

What we will do is publish the 2008 regulations and there will be a Formula One World Championship in 2008,

Robert Wiley

He's just fought his way, as he normally does through that, and his form in the WAFL has been exceptional, so it is a reward for his performances in the WAFL and (it's great for him) to just be able to get out there and play footy.

Alan Cropsey

He's a very formidable personality when it comes to Washington, D.C.

A. N. Wilson

His opinion seemed to form pretty quickly that this group is not responding so we'll have to look elsewhere, so they searched for interstate players and by and large they failed.

John Hawkes

Hitchhiking was such a pure form of existence. You'd wake up in the morning, and you'd have no idea what your day was going to be. And that's something I've never been able to shake. I loved that.

James Gray

His work, though formal and precise, displays an exceptional understanding of the limits and uses of formalism and precision.

Harold Pinter

I think it's enough for me. I've found other forms now.

Ahmed Ali

It is a farce. If they couldn't form a government till now, how will they lead a country?

Mark Waugh

I was like most people, just guessing when he'd finish.

John Arnold

Guess what? Lee Harris' place is homes now.

David Eckstein

Guess what? If we're going to be a champion, we've got to come back. We might not be able to sleep tonight, but that's normal.

Jeff Brown

Guess we've got a thing for being dramatic,

Barry Bonds

Guess My Weight and Win a Sawdust-Filled Bear.

Graeme Base

I guess I don't come to the work without baggage. I have an idea of what I want my pictures to look like in my head, and if they don't match up, I find it frustrating.

Lenny DiNardo

There are so many roles I feel like I can fulfill. Hopefully they take that into account. I was telling Schilling how lucky I was to be part of (the Red Sox) two years in a row. He said, 'Two years in a row isn't luck, buddy.' So I guess I'm spoiled.

Mark Tyndale

He's 74. So I guess 75 is old.

Kelly Kisio

Go figure. I guess the sun will come up tomorrow.

John Kessel

Kafka is not interested in documenting the manners and mores of any particular place; he is not interested in probing the psyche of individual characters.

Lisa Presley

Having kids was the smartest thing I've ever done. They're little sponges who come into the world with a clean, shiny slate and such pureness. I'm interested in having more kids.

Ron Hilliard

He should have a big year. He's been rated by Dennis McCarty as one of the top linemen in the state. Michigan State, Penn State and Rutgers are very interested in Dan.

Robert Baker

I thought we were interested in saving time.

Steve Groene

I think the kids are going to be more interested playing on the wall than looking at the plaque.

Eddie Campbell

I thought about this, I thought these people are ringing me about horror. I don't think I like horror, I don't think I'm interested in horror.

Rand Paul

I think young people of all races are interested in justice; maybe not so much taxes and regulations, but they're interested in justice and the right to privacy on the Internet.

Dan Quayle

I think the American people want to have substance and not glitz. They're not interested in slick slogans, ... Meet The Press.

Sean McGowan

The people who are obviously most interested in it obviously went out and did it already. He doesn't even talk about it.

Bill Parcells

I was kind of thinking back to Seattle last year, ... We kind of talked about that. We're just fortunate, really.

Joe Edgens

Kelley is going to be right up to the last minute before it's done.

Dave Kaplan

(Jocelyn) bounced back from a rough outing last time. Very nicely done. She's going to get another start, and we're going to keep working with her.

Will Grace

JLo-so karen hows married life?Karen-well it only lasted 20 minutesJLo-Oh is that short?

Bobbie Davis

I think I said to the players last year that they had one day to celebrate. And then they had to start concentrating and thinking about this year.

Keyshawn Johnson

It ain't no rebirth. I realized it last year when he was here, then he was gone. Quickly.

John Brady

He was 338 last season, ... We said he was at 320, but we lied. Now he's at 306 or 312. Really. He was quick last year. At 310, he's like nimble quick.

Bobby Cox

He couldn't wiggle out of the last one. Thought he might, but he didn't.

Jack Parker

He couldn't make a pass or shoot a puck. If this wasn't his senior year, if he was a junior, we probably wouldn't have played him this weekend. I didn't want to miss what could have been, at any moment, his last game.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

Joe Horn

Just to make those people happy, it's all worthwhile.

Spencer Kayden

I surround myself with people I admire and respect. I have never tried to make anything happen. I don't know how long 'Urinetown' will run on Broadway, and I find myself strangely unconcerned about it.

MC Hammer

I think it is a shock to people to find out that MC Hammer is a super geek.

Dave Breitenfeld

I think, in general, most people in the public don't know what we do.

Lynne Dickey

I'm just waiting for my turn, and I'd still be putting it off if Dr. Heinrich didn't have this anterior approach.

Matthew McCaffery

Their service is respectable, but putting them together - it was uncomfortable for the city.

Paula Creamer

All I can say is they had better get ready because they're going to get beat. I'm putting it down. I'm very confident.

Bill Spears

still putting some feelers out and seeing what's going on out there.

Jill Davis

It's sort of a symbol of us putting down roots.

Ann Barney

It was more us putting everything together as a team.

D. James

It's going to take off, you know, so that's not even a concern. We're going to be putting up some points, no problem.

Jeff Ross

I'm not hurting anybody. Comedy's all about innuendo. I'm putting it out there just like anybody else.

Najib Razak

I've made Umno more democratic, more inclusive. Of course, by doing that, I'm putting myself at risk.

Lilith Saintcrow

There was a hole inside her, and it twisted.