Superficial Praise Quotes

I think the desire to be with someone beautiful...I just had such a different experience growing up. To be in a position where you're lauded for things that you don't own - and don't think of yourself as - it's so bizarre.

We treat beauty like an accomplishment, and that is insane. Everyone in L.A. says, 'Oh, you look good,' and you listen for them to say you've lost weight. It's never 'How are you?' or 'You seem happy!'

I've said nice things about the people I was with before, but that's what you do.

Despite his consistent party-line voting record, some independents and Democrats still think of Senator McCain as the most palatable, independent-minded Republican. But this is the sort of empty compliment a friend of mine once compared to being called “the coolest Osmond.

It is always "Youth, youth," when there is nothing else to be said.

I realized that everyone was only complimenting me for the way I looked. More than my voice, people focused on how pretty I am.

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.

It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never considered that that's how I might be categorized. I guess it's better than being called ugly.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

So, of course, Gish's presentation was well received, which it would have been the case had he only gotten up and said "praise the Lord" and sat back down.

Everybody was patting Nico on the back, complimenting him on his fighting. Even the Ares kids thought he was pretty cool. Hey, show up with an army of undead warriors to save the day, and suddenly you're everybody's best friend.

People in the Midwest, there's a lot of regional pride and a lot more, like, fake positivity - 'That's great - you're awesome!'

In my job, people tell you that all the time: 'This shoot was great. You look amazing.' But you never know what they say when you turn away.

The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power antagonizes. Under all the superficial praise of the creative is the desire to kill. It is the old war between the mystic and the nonmystic, a war to the death.

[F]riends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem to have the greatest deference for you; but, though they may ask it, you never find them following your advice upon their own affairs; nor allowing you to manage your own.

A great classic means a man whom one can praise without having read.

Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.

Compliments are only lies in court clothes.

They say, "Gee, you look great." That means they thought you looked like hell before.

If you covet fame, if you covet all the superficial accolades, you're gonna be miserable 'cause you're never going to get enough praise. If you covet contributing something substantive to movies, music, literature, then you won't be unhappy.

So, after awhile, you can only get so much happiness from a guy who's drunk come up and tell you you're great.

A lot of people can be cheerleaders for songs and go, 'Oh, that's great,' and they don't think it.

The craziest thing about fashion people in general, not just designers, is that it's always, "Oh my God, you lost weight! I love your hair!" Or "Oh, you're so tan!" Or, "You're so skinny! I love your shoes!" These are fashion icebreakers. Everyone's always looking at each other.

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.