Quotes about Flattering

I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering. Votes: 4

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn. Votes: 4

I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad. Votes: 4

For lack of a better term, they've labeled me a sex symbol. It's flattering and it should happen to every bald, overweight guy. Votes: 4

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it. Votes: 4

Often times I'm confronted with a quote that I don't remember saying. So, on one hand it's very flattering, it is just so surreal. Votes: 4

It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films. Votes: 4

It is quite annoying that we have to change the sound we invented just to avoid sounding like people who simply copy us, but... it is flattering and of course challenging. Votes: 4

Paparazzi need more flattering lenses. Votes: 2

Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases. Votes: 2

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. Votes: 2

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. Votes: 2

Everyone must accept that we will age and age is not always flattering. Votes: 2

So, I'm the Eighth Wonder of the World. It's flattering and very, very funny. Votes: 2

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions. Votes: 2

Almost every Marine I've met says I portray a Marine dead-on, which is really, really flattering. Votes: 2

While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress. Votes: 2

I love ripped jeans! They are flattering. I'm very petite, so I think they make my butt look lovely. Votes: 2

Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering. Votes: 2

The fame stuff, the kind words from websites and things, are very flattering and lovely, but I just wanna act. Votes: 2

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that's always very flattering. Votes: 2

Well, you know, when people say stuff about you, it's always really flattering. But does it mean anything to me? It's not really real to me; there's no reality to it. Votes: 2

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. Votes: 2

The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered. Truth is, I don't lift a finger to look sexy. Ever. Votes: 2

The conductor must breathe life into the score. It is you and you alone who must expose it to the understanding, reveal the hidden jewel to the sun at the most flattering angles. Votes: 2

I dont know if Im a heartthrob or if I want to be one! I heard that I get the most fan mail. Its very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public. Votes: 2

I think I do my own thing. I start my own trends. I see a lot of girls doing what I've been doing. Pink. Nobody wore pink, and now everybody wears it. It's flattering. Votes: 2

Not to sound egomaniac or anything, but just to get under people's skin like that, and for them to believe in you and believe strongly enough to write... it's flattering and it helps you during the day. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I lift my voice of warning against praising or flattering your ministers. I have seen the evil, the dreadful evil, of praising ministers. Never, never speak a word in the praise of ministers to their faces. Exalt God. Votes: 2

Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword Votes: 2

I'm a fan of designers and clothes that look beautiful, but more importantly, make me feel beautiful and confident. It's why I've always loved Stella McCartney, and more recently, Prabal Gurung. Their pieces are cool, yet timeless, and the fits are effortlessly flattering. Votes: 2

I'd love to be in the '70s. I'd love to have a big, long wig parted down the middle with flat-ironed hair and bell-bottoms. They're actually very flattering for my figure. The wider the leg, the better for a person with a booty. Votes: 2

They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one man is as good as another;' a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I thought about that the other day after I went to the grocery store and had to sign fifteen autographs before leaving. On one hand, it's just so flattering. On the other hand, sometimes it would be nice to get the bread and leave, you know? Votes: 2

The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master can no longer hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the more startling because those who listen to it become responsible. Votes: 2

Well, I'm in my 60s now. I finally look it, I think. People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve. Votes: 2

As smartphones have allowed us to have our computers, emails, social media feeds, and a full surveillance system in our pockets at all times, stories of the law enforcement's unease with that have been popping up in the press. And of course, the ones that become viral videos aren't exactly flattering for law enforcement. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I'm the one person who wears the words 'hustle, loyalty, respect' on my T-shirts and merchandise. My audience is children. It's very flattering to see a kid wear your T-shirt; it's even more flattering to have a dad come up to you and say, 'I watch you with my kid. Keep doing what you're doing. You're a role model for my son.' Votes: 2

I know I have a reputation that is not so flattering, but I guess I owe it to just being a private person. I don't mean anyone harm, and I'm not being mean. I just don't socialise much; I don't party too much. I don't know what to say to the media if I'm not talking about a film that I am doing, so yeah, maybe I am perceived as a snob. Votes: 2

The scoreline is a bit flattering really. Votes: 0

How flattering," I grumbled. "My soul glows. Votes: 0

Man.God.Roarke. An interesting and flattering lineup. Votes: 0

I find it flattering to be compared to Tige Votes: 0

I always find it flattering when somebody recognizes me. Votes: 0

Sometimes belts are flattering, and it helps with proportions. Votes: 0

One can also be undignified and flattering toward a virtue. Votes: 0

The encomium of one incapable of flattery is indeed flattering. Votes: 0

American Eagle clothing is stylish, flattering and all about embracing your individuality. Votes: 0

Cautious age suspects the flattering form, and only credits what experience tells. Votes: 0

The contrived language and the flattering attitude rarely come with the virtue. Votes: 0

Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner. Votes: 0

It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre. Votes: 0

Finding tricks to create flattering body shape is the key to style. Votes: 0

It was very flattering when Manolo Blahnik named a shoe after me. Votes: 0

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one. Votes: 0

It would be flattering to be thought of as someone who celebrated life. Votes: 0

Nothing is more flattering for a writer than when someone knows your work. Votes: 0

Some of the angles that photographers get on court are not always flattering. Votes: 0

I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. Votes: 0

An image has stuck for most of my career and it isn't flattering. Votes: 0

No, let the monarch's bags and others holdThe flattering, mighty, nay, al-mighty gold. Votes: 0

My fashion advice is to have a flattering mirror and then forget about it. Votes: 0

Men sometimes think they hate flattery, but they hate only the manner of flattering. Votes: 0

Each community has a curious and distorted image of itself which is always flattering. Votes: 0

To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally. Votes: 0

Vivienne Westwood makes such beautifully structured clothes that are especially flattering if you are curvy. Votes: 0

I thought I recognized you." Really? He remembered me looking like Swamp Thing? How flattering. Votes: 0

Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It's just really flattering—it will take pounds off you. Votes: 0

Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly. Votes: 0

Thinking man's crumpet? Well, it's more flattering than being a lobotomised man's crumpet, I suppose... Votes: 0

It was flattering to have someone listen so intently to something that was so personal. Votes: 0

Lay not that flattering unction to your soul, That not your trespass but my madness speaks. Votes: 0

Projecting yourself until everything is talking about you is, of course, a self-flattering form of self-pity Votes: 0

The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge. Votes: 0

You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it. Votes: 0

Balthazar Balsan is not a self-portrait. If he was, I'd have made the character more flattering. Votes: 0

Listen, the idea that I might be a fashion soothsayer is very flattering but completely inaccurate. Votes: 0

A lot has been said about single mothers. Most of it has been less than flattering. Votes: 0

The only way to success in American public life lies in flattering and kowtowing to the mob Votes: 0

Only God is able to humble us without humiliating us and to exalt us without flattering us. Votes: 0

Yeah, flattering." Percy raised Riptide. "But actually I`m the son of Poseidon. I`m from Camp Half-Blood. Votes: 0

The fact that audiences have come away moved, excited, entertained and stimulated by the film is extraordinarily flattering. Votes: 0

The genteel is a mighty catafalque of service-with-a-smile and flattering solicitude smothering every spontaneous movement of thought or feeling. Votes: 0

I'm never going to be like, 'Oh, this attention from women sucks.' It's flattering 99 percent of the time. Votes: 0

It's flattering to be compared in any way to Tiger Woods, because he's the best player in the world. Votes: 0

I am a huge Eminem fan and find it flattering that he would rap about me. Personally, I'm honored. Votes: 0

It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style. Votes: 0

Every once in a while, there's somebody who will recognize me and want a picture, which is cool; it's flattering. Votes: 0

I've met a lot of really friendly people who are incredibly happy for me, which is really flattering and humbling. Votes: 0

A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. Votes: 0

To an American writer, I should think it must be a flattering distinction to escape the admiration of the newspapers. Votes: 0

I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt. Votes: 0

Much did I rage when young, Being by the world oppressed, But now with flattering tongue It speeds the parting guest. Votes: 0

It is profitable wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and pains are spared in not flattering ourselves against probabilities. Votes: 0

I think that people with differing points of view find common ground in 'Modern Family' is very flattering, and I'm appreciative of that. Votes: 0

She says it's really not very flattering to her that the women who fall in love with her husband are so uncommonly second-rate. Votes: 0

The only people that recognize me are the hardcore fans, and I always find that really flattering. I think it is super cool. Votes: 0

It's my custom to say something flattering to begin with so I shall be excused if I put my foot in it later on. Votes: 0

When people call me a sex icon, it's flattering but it never goes to my head because I never felt sexy as a teenager. Votes: 0

I still get recognized. It's flattering, but it can be uncomfortable. Maybe because it only seems to happen when I'm looking and feeling crappy. Votes: 0

To think of myself as a role model is extremely flattering, but I could never accept that, because Im just learning like everybody else. Votes: 0

I like architectural shapes. You can't put any shape on any body, except on the runway. In reality, it has to look and feel flattering. Votes: 0

What is there flattering, amusing, or edifying in their carving your name on a tombstone, then time rubbing off the inscription together with the gilding? Votes: 0

The fit of jeans can be worlds apart from brand to brand. If you can find the right fit, skinny jeans can be very flattering. Votes: 0

It's flattering that people want to know so much about me and want to take the time to make up that many things about me. Votes: 0

Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm more interested in being an actor than a heartthrob. Votes: 0

If you are flattering a woman, it pays to be a little more subtle. You don't have to bother with men, they believe any compliment automatically. Votes: 0

Sure. Some of the reviews have been very flattering, but the series is not finished yet. The end needs to be as strong as the beginning. Votes: 0

I suppose my bodily proportions are quite flattering. I'm ripped, doing something I wouldn't normally do with my body, or having done to it, involving Watson, Votes: 0

Being attractive, it's not something I do consciously. It's incredibly flattering that people think I appeal to women. But that was a gift from my parents. Votes: 0

Affirming others isn't 'flattering' them-it's when you genuinely and consistently acknowledge their efforts and accomplishments, both large and small. Make affirmation a habit and watch what happens! Votes: 0

Beauty, by way of fashion, has to do with confidence, with flattering silhouettes, with patterns, with proper fit for body type, and with an abundance of self-love! Votes: 0

If people like to see me with my shirt off, it's enormously flattering. But that doesn't mean I'm going to take my shirt off all the time. Votes: 0

I think a woman is sexy when she's in nice clothes, flattering clothes. I don't think that being half-dressed in little half-tops... I don't find that sexy. Votes: 0

One could make money and get a career going with a low-budget horror film about killers attacking on holidays. It is always flattering to have somebody copy you. Votes: 0

Please not thyself the flattering crowd to hear; 'Tis fulsome stuff, to please thy itching ear. Survey thy soul, not what thou does appear, But what thou art. Votes: 0

Mostly, it's flattering to meet fans. As long as it's in a planned, professional meeting, rather than, say, someone dropping by my home, which is not as pleasant. Votes: 0

When girls come up and say, "You're my role model," it's really flattering, but it's also really scary because I'm not perfect and I'm going to make mistakes. Votes: 0

When you do a film, all you want is to make the best film possible. You don't think about Oscars. But it's really flattering. Please, bring it on! Votes: 0

It's brilliant to get recognition. The CFDA was magic because it's such a big award in our industry. There's nothing more flattering than being honored by your peers. Votes: 0

Women think black is the most flattering color, but they're wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink delights the eye. Votes: 0

Satan was a blunderer ... who made a stupendous failure. If he had succeeded, we should all have been worshipping him, and his portrait would have been more flattering. Votes: 0

An ad hominem attack against an individual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to say about your message. Votes: 0

It's flattering to make a picture which becomes a classic within 10 years; it's not so flattering, however, when people get the impression it's the only picture you've ever made. Votes: 0

-You're gloating, Max. It's not flattering. Somebody needs to teach you a little humility.- -A good woman could do that.- -She'd have to be armed and dangerous.- Votes: 0

Say less than the other fellow and listen more than you talk; for when a man's listening he isn't telling on himself and he's flattering the fellow who is. Votes: 0

I find the whole concept of women screaming at me so odd. It's very flattering, but I don't think I will ever consider myself to be a sex symbol. Votes: 0

I don't think I've ever had a strange fan interaction. Just any time anyone is willing to come up and say hi or something like that, it's very flattering. Votes: 0

It's always flattering when somebody you really respect and like wants you to be involved in their project - let alone writes a part with your voice in mind. Votes: 0

I would rather hear the pleased laugh of a child over some feature of my exhibition than receive as I did the flattering compliments of the Prince of Wales. Votes: 0

All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind. Votes: 0

I've got a great sense of humor, and if I'm able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that's hugely flattering. Votes: 0

These flattering mirrors reflect imperfectly what is within; the countenance is often a gay deceiver. What defects of mind lie hidden under its beauty! What fair exteriors conceal base souls! Votes: 0

My wife thinks I'm a narcissist, but I just think it's hilarious going on YouTube and seeing these covers. There are so many of them - literally hundreds! It's flattering. Votes: 0

It's flattering if people think I'm attractive. If it helps, great, but it's not going to get in the way of me wanting to win. That's what I'm all about. Votes: 0

I'm sorry, you just remind me of someone. (Rose) Old boyfriend? (Gallagher) No, my great-grandfather. (Rose) That's not particularly flattering. I thought I looked rather good for my age. (Gallagher) Votes: 0

It's very strange that people would consider me a fashion muse but it's also flattering. I try to just be myself, and wear what's comfortable and makes me feel good. Votes: 0

I'm not recognized very often, and if I am, it's a die-hard Veronica Mars fan. Which is usually flattering and an honor. I really try not to think about it. Votes: 0

Snoop [Dog] said [Peaky Blinders] reminded him of how he got involved with gang culture. It's always fantastically flattering when I see people dress like that and take on the look. Votes: 0

The less we show our love to a woman, Or please her less, and neglect our duty, The more we trap and ruin her surely In the flattering toils of philandery. Votes: 0

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. Votes: 0

I love men that love women. Morgan Freeman, who I worked with on 'RED,' was very flattering to me. But he is flattering to all women. He is a woman-charmer. Votes: 0

Drunkenness is a flattering devil, a sweet poison, a pleasant sin, which whosoever hath, hath not himself, which whosoever doth commit, doth not commit sin, but he himself is wholly sin. Votes: 0

Christian! thou knowest thou carriest gunpowder about thee. Desire them that carry fire to keep at a distance. It is a dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips. Votes: 0

There is a lot of anxiety in India about writers selling out to foreign audiences, but I'm neither flattering the Indian audience nor the American audience. I'm uneasily somewhere in the middle. Votes: 0

A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of succumbing to flattering delusions about himself, because he cannot help perceiving what a pompous ass he would become if he did. Votes: 0

A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of succumbing to flattering delusions about himself, because he cannot help perceiving what a pompous ass he would become if he did Votes: 0

I have a lot of Burberry items at home, including one dress that I loved so much that I had my living room painted to match because the color was so flattering. Votes: 0

I have no intention of flattering people. I like wrinkles and crow's feet and flaws, and somebody should know, if I'm going to photograph them, that's going to show up, you know? Votes: 0

But it was too interesting, too new, too flattering, too deeply comforting to resist, it was a liberation to be in love and say so, and she could only let herself go deeper. Votes: 0

...we're all in a soup of trying to live by words, and trying to live by poetry. It's both humbling, and really flattering to know that my words are part of all that. Votes: 0

The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth. Votes: 0

Sebald, Naipaul, and Joyce are three of my biggest influences, all of them for their formal freedom and their ability to create mood. So those comparisons are immensely flattering and, of course, unearned. Votes: 0

I don't know if I'm a heartthrob or if I want to be one! I heard that I get the most fan mail. It's very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public. Votes: 0

Margaret Thatcher was a great leader for her nation at a pivotal and a perilous time. So, I find the comparison flattering, but that's up to others to say whether that comparison is justified. Votes: 0

It's flattering to people who stop you and say that you've helped them and all. But, again, you know, you've got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down. Votes: 0

I still think funny, and people young and old still come and see me. That's flattering. The day comes that they stop coming, then I'll know that it's time to retire to the Jewish ranch. Votes: 0

Ashes To Ashes' is a victim of its own success. We started lots of trends. I like to think we had something to do with bringing back the high waist. It's so much more flattering. Votes: 0

Yes, but knee pants are so much more flattering. You can see my legs." You want people to see your legs?" I have very nice legs!" We both paused to admire them for a moment. Votes: 0

A sex symbol? A symbol of sex? I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. I'm 59, now, so I think I'm possibly past my sell-by date. I think I am. Votes: 0

My problem is that I always find jeans that are either high-waisted or low-rise, but nothing in between, like they used to be in the eighties and early nineties. That's actually the most flattering cut. Votes: 0

My problem is that I always find jeans that are either high-waisted or low-rise, but nothing in between, like they used to be in the eighties and early nineties. That's actually the most flattering cut. Votes: 0

Seeing Pretty Little Liars fans adapt and create their own stories is both exciting and flattering, and I think what Amazon Publishing is offering through Kindle Worlds is a great way to reward their ingenuity. Votes: 0

Seeing 'Pretty Little Liars' fans adapt and create their own stories is both exciting and flattering, and I think what Amazon Publishing is offering through Kindle Worlds is a great way to reward their ingenuity. Votes: 0