Obsequiousness Flattery Quotes & Sayings

Barack Obama strikes at the heart of our deepest insecurities. He is a good father while many of us aren't. He wears suits to his job while we wear overalls, if we're lucky enough to have a job at all. His wife tells us that we shouldn't be feeding our children certain foods, and we hate her for it - not because we think she's wrong but because we know she's right. Many — J.D. Vance

Forgetting takes space./Forgotten matters displace/as much anything else as/anything else. We must/skirt unlabeled crates/as thought it made sense/and take them when we go/to other states. — Kay Ryan

Her mind traveled crooked streets and aimless goat paths, arriving sometimes at profundity, other times at the revelations of a three-year-old. Throughout this fresh, if common, pursuit of knowledge, one conviction crowned her efforts: ... she knew there was nothing to fear. — Toni Morrison

I do this to feign confidence, because the more I fake it, the more it's supposed to feel true. — Jenny Han

[Samuel] Johnson's conversation was by much too strong for a person accustomed to obsequiousness and flattery; it was mustard in a young child's mouth! — Hester Lynch Piozzi

Most people in relationships seldom know what they really want, ask for what they really want, or show what they really feel. Most people avoid or fear intimacy, consistent — David Richo

Don't sweat for small stuff — Steve Jobs

If you feel happy, Smile with all your heart. if you're down, smile with all your might. — Paul Ian Guillermo

I really loved the idea of playing opposite Marlon Brando and being the crazy one. — Johnny Depp

The language looks rather different when you look at a lot of it at once. — John Sinclair