John Petit-Senn Quotes

I doubt if there ever was a man who was not gratified by being told that he was liked by the women.

People who are criticizing... don't really get it, because if they did, they would like it.

I really do like Solange, sincerely. I'm down for her, and I trust her judgment.

There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel.

A critic is a man created to praise greater men than himself, but he is never able to find them.

We always like those who admire us.

Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

Writers always know whether you like them or not.

I can't judge my own stuff. That's for others. But those are the three things that I admire.

I learned that when you do the best job that you can do, some people will idolize you, others won't care, and some will vilify you.

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.

I get a lot of people coming up to me and saying, 'I really hate you.' And they say it in the nicest possible way, and I accept it. It's the people who come up to you and say, 'I really liked your character. Man, he was right!' Those are the ones you worry about.

Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.

Indeed upon much that may have to say, I expect rather the charitable judgment than the full assent of those whose approbation I could most wish to win.

It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.

In whatever adulation you get, there's truth and there's not truth. And wherever they dog you, and they say it was horrible - there's truth and there's not truth. It's human nature to like to read the adulation more.

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

Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.

We are all a lot more attracted to someone who finds us incredibly attractive. It's very flattering. It feels good.

I think people ragging on me is kind of a form of flattery.

Being a sex symbol isn't cool unless you're in love with a girl, and she calls you a sex symbol.

Critics matter to me a lot.

Mike Brown is a guy I definitely respect.

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.