Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me particularly the flattery of women.

A fool flatters himself a wise man flatters the fool.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised perhaps shocked at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength the latter becomes irresistible.

The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces nor slander us behind our backs nor intrude upon our privacy nor quit their shelves until we take them down.

Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone He just as you Would toy and woo He would chirp and flatter me He would hang the wing awhile Till at length he saw me smile Lord! how sullen he would be!

If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste.

You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.

Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation the latter the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science.