A Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton
English - Writer
1780 - 1832

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.

George Bernard Shaw

Imitation isn't the sincerest form of flattery - it's plagiarism.

Red Skelton

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

Joyce Brothers

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

Oscar Wilde

With imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, I went out there and wanted to be Shawn Michaels 2.

Christopher Daniels

I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated; your lover knows you can't.

Marilyn vos Savant

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. . . . If you want to influence someone, listen to what he says. . . . When he finishes talking, ask him about any points that you do not understand.

Joyce Brothers

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

Mahatma Gandhi

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

Charles Caleb Colton

After watching the State of the Union address the other night [1994], I'm reminded of the old adage that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Only in this case, it's not flattery, but grand larceny: the intellectual theft of ideas that you and I recognize as our own. Speech delivery counts for little on the world stage unless you have convictions, and, yes, the vision to see beyond the front row seats.