Wendell Phillips Quotes

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive.

A little flattery goes a long way.

You look marvelous!

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Their silence is praise enough.

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!

Everybody likes a compliment.

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.

We all want to be praised, right?

It's really great to have Harry Reid or whomever come say, 'Oh you're terrific.'

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

Very appreciative that people think highly of me.

Bernard King said something great about me? Wow, he's one of the best. I'm definitely honored and very thankful.

It's always nice to receive a compliment.

It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy.

Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy.

I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment.

People are very sincere in their praise, and you can't take it lightly.

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.