Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

My mother always told me it wasn’t polite to ask what people make.

I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.

Politeness is, you know, is a wonderful thing. Manners are in fact, really important thing. But remember, Jesus didn’t have many manners as we now know.

It undoubtedly feels nice when you are being appreciated and you get complimented by girls. Who doesn’t like that? Having said that, I don’t take it as any pressure.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

I didn’t do anything at the Queen, whom I admire.

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

Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.

Especially when you’re at a high level in an organization, criticism can be devastating to an employee. I prefer to praise employees for what they’re doing right, and it tends to lead to them doing more of the same. Not always, but it’s the way I choose to bet.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

I’ve got a great sense of humor, and if I’m able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that’s hugely flattering.

No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.

If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.

It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?

I hold the door for the ladies – I’m a gent.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

Becoming a ‚Sir‘ is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.

Leaders of the Church have often been Narcissus, flattered and sickeningly excited by their courtiers. The court is the leprosy of the papacy.

It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

A grown man should always carry cash, right? I don’t know who told me, but someone told me that a long time ago, and the biggest turnoff is when a guy doesn’t have cash on him.

You gotta understand: I believe a woman should praise the man, the king. If you holding it down for your woman, I feel like the woman should praise. And the man should praise the queen.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

O God, we praise Thee for keeping us till this day, and for the full assurance that Thou wilt never let us go.

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.

I do not doubt that we would become more useful if we praised God more, and others would join us, for they would see that God has blessed us.

When someone bestows something on you, no matter how true it is, when someone says, ‚Sexiest Man Alive,‘ I’m honestly going, ‚Thank you. Right on.‘ For me, it’s never canceled out anything, it’s never made me go, ‚Does this make me less talented of an actor?‘

Tell your wife often how terrific she looks.

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.

Well, they’re Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of walking right in for coffee. But they wouldn’t dream of interrupting you at golf.

I prefer to praise people and the world rather than criticize them and it.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

Sometimes it’s flattering when people copy you, but sometimes it gets to a breaking point.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

If you saw Queen Elizabeth it would be amazing, she came from another planet. She was so attractive in what she was wearing.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Y’all are so cute and y’all talk so proper over here. I love England.

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

A gentleman is never rude except on purpose – I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me.

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.

T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

I don’t want flowers or candy or anything like that. I just want somebody to say, ‚Wow, you’ve done a great job.‘

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

The test of a man or woman’s breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man’s self.

I think everybody deserves an equal amount of appreciation whether how old they are, but I mean, I’m cool with the praise. I’m good.

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.

The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, ‚I’m not interested,‘ or you’re unwilling to try things that people take so personally and are so proud of and so generous with, I don’t understand that, and I think it’s rude. You’re at Grandma’s house, you eat what Grandma serves you.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

You tend to feel very hurt when people attack you and feel indifferent when you get praise. You think, ‚Of course they like it. They should like it.‘