Deborah Meaden Quotes

Part of my job is to try and seduce people. It's what I get paid for, and if people get in the way of me doing my job I can be very difficult.

The girl was grateful to the young man for every bit of flattery; she wanted to linger for a moment in its warmth and so she said, 'You're very good at lying.' 'Do I look like a liar?' 'You look like you enjoy lying to women,' said the girl, and into her words there crept unawares a touch of the old anxiety, because she really did believe that her young man enjoyed lying to women.

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something.

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

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?

Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question.

Glibness will get your anywhere.

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

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

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

The idea of being charming and really nasty at the same time is a really difficult thing to do.

I am not someone who can be fooled by praise at all. In fact, I quickly sniff out people who are being fake with me. It doesn't go unnoticed with me.

Never trust a man who lays his hand on his heart when he assures you of anything.

Could I make you believe something that wasn't true?' He studied her through his eyelashes. 'You could make me believe anything at all.

I'm not honest, but you're interesting!

My young friend supposes his ingenuousness is merely a ruse.

A man who flatters a woman hopes either to find her a fool or to make her one.

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.

I'm not naturally manipulative.

We continually say things to support an opinion, which we have given, that in reality we don't above half mean.

Art seduces, but does not exploit.

You cannot play naive if you're not.

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.