#flatter

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

#circles #confining #does #endless #families

Even though now I'm pretty popular in my country and tennis is the No. 1 sport, and I'm very flattered that the people recognise me and come up and give me compliments, I'm more a person who likes to have privacy and peace. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#compliments #country #even #flattered #give

I'm flattered that so many baseball people think I'm a Hall of Famer. But what's hard to believe is how one-hundred and fifty plus people have changed their minds about me since I became eligible, because I haven't had a base hit since then. ↗

— Richie Ashburn

#base #baseball #became #because #believe

Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it. ↗

— Hank Ketcham

#chewing gum #enjoy #flattery #gum #like

I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover of USA Today for every single day for a month. I was on the masthead, so I tend to get recognized a lot, and in weird places. It's always flattering, and it's always odd. It's always at the worst possible time. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#cover #day #every #every single day #flattering

Before 'Twilight,' occasionally I would get the 'Hey are you that girl from that movie?' but no one knew my first and last name. The fans of the saga are amazing, and it's very flattering. ↗

— Nikki Reed

#before #fans #first #flattering #get

Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#be true #cannot #flattery #laid #love

An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#advice #caring #caring-for-others #companion #constructive-criticism

baloney is flattery so thick it cannot be true; blarney is flatter so thin we like it. ↗

— Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen

#blarney #compliment #flattery #humor #humor

I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated; your lover knows you can't. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#love #self-esteem #love