#flat

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#conformity #counted #down #flattened #from time to time

Heart-stopping envy is the sincerest form of flattery. ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#flattery #envy

When growth is slower-than-expected, stocks go down. When inflation is higher-than-expected, bonds go down. When inflation is lower-than-expected, bonds go up. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#down #go #growth #inflation #stocks

I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away from me. ↗

— Travis Barker

#completely #drum #ed #everything #flat

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old. ↗

— Mark Twain

#flatter #friends #getting #getting old #how

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#also #flatter #how #knows #slander

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

— Halle Berry

#beautiful #being #called #extremely #flattering

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

— Jorge Luis Borges

#flattery #more #much #nothing #posterity

This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late. ↗

— Jack Vance

#coming #credit #done #flattery #getting

I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

#dearly #far #flatter #handsome #i