Walter Scott Quotes

I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind of, you-must-think-you're-really-special way.

Flattery is false money, which would not be current were it not for our vanity.

I smile every time I hear that I'm a fan favorite or a teenage hottie. It is a nice compliment, and the remarks from the fans are great.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.

For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!

That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.

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

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.

The more people that praise you, the more there is danger to develop arrogance.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

There are three stages of an actor's career: Young, Old, and 'You look good!'

I don't think anyone gets bored of being called good-looking. We are all vain in one way or another.

We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.

Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!

The greatest human virtue bears no proportion to human vanity. We always think ourselves better than we are, and are generally desirous that others should think us still better than we think ourselves. To praise us for actions or dispositions which deserve praise is not to confer a benefit, but to pay a tribute. We have always pretensions to fame which, in our own hearts, we know to be disputable, and which we are desirous to strengthen by a new suffrage; we have always hopes which we suspect to be fallacious, and of which we eagerly snatch at every confirmation.

He who refuses praise the first time that it is offered does so because he would hear it a second time.

No wonder, Sir, that he is vain; a man who is perpetually flattered in every mode that can be conceived. So many bellows have blown the fire, that one wonders he is not by this time become a cinder.

Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous.

Praise a fool, and slay him; for the canvas of his vanity is spread; His bark is shallow in the water, and a sudden gust shall sink it: Praise a wise man, and speed him on his way; for he carrieth the ballast of humility, And is glad when his course is cheered by the sympathy of brethren ashore.