Anthony Trollope Quotes

I've got no ego; I just like to have thousands of people write to me and tell me how wonderful I am.

Nothing is worse than a beautiful girl fishing for compliments by saying how gross she is. On the flip side, I find genuine humility and modesty attractive.

You don't want to be flattered and become big-headed by getting awards. But, well, I am.

I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant.

I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader.

Douglas MacArthur was a man of high abilities. However his view of his abilities was much higher. A great leader has to be a little self effacing. A cannot imagine Douglas MacArthur ever being self effacing.

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. Even those of the intelligent who believe that they have a nostrum are too individualistic to combine with other intelligent men from whom they differ on minor points.

My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am.

Many performers try to sustain a high point in their careers by keeping themselves around those who are overanxious to tell them how good they are.

It's always nice to hear nice things, but I don't suddenly go out and think I'm the best thing since sliced bread.

It is true that I receive a lot of praise and that is flattering. But I try not to let it affect me.

The coolest people reveal themselves gradually, and flirting isn't just about making yourself look great, it's about making him feel great too.

Flatter me, but delicately, please, for I am fastidious.

There is a stupid humility that is quite common and when a person is afflicted with it, he is once and for all disqualified for being a disciple of knowledge.

Who doesn't love a compliment? But every compliment comes with a warning: Beware—Do Not Overuse. Go ahead, sniff your compliment. Take a little sip. But don't chew, don't swallow. If you do, you risk abandoning the good work that inspired the compliment in the first place. If that happens, maybe it was the compliment and not the job well done that you were aiming for all along.

This stupid sensitivity! But then women like sensitivity.

Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.

Fear and realisation of ignorance, strong medicines against stupid pride.

The minute a man is convinced he is interesting, he isn't.

It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.

The longer I live, the more I realize that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time!

A man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the doctrines he holds are true, and all he rejects are false.

I wondered whether any woman could be happy with a man who says 'folderol'.

We must suit the flattery to the mind and taste of the recipient. We do not put essences into hogsheads, nor porter into phials. Delicate minds may be disgusted by compliments that would please a grosser intellect; as some fine ladies who would be shocked at the idea of a dram will not refuse a liqueur.

Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible that a stupid person should sing beautifully as that a clever person should do so.