Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery Quotes

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

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.

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

The other Max looked at me, and her eyes narrowed. 'They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,' she said snidely. 'So I guess you're really sucking up.' 'Who are you?' I gasped, my eyes wide. 'You're an impostor!' 'No she isn't.' The little creepy one, Angel, turned to look at me. Her arm was still bleeding where Ari had bitten it. 'You are.' I swallowed my anger. Who did she think she was, her and her stupid dog? I gave a concerned smile. 'But Angel,' I said, sincerity dripping from my voice, 'how can you say that? You know who I am.' 'I think I'm Angel,' she said. 'And my dog isn't stupid. You're the stupid one, to think that you could fool us. I can read minds, you idiot.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but theft is a sin.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Besides, if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, plagiarism is practically a declaration of love.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery until it involves plagiarism. Give credit where credit is due.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the rise of a trout to the tied fly, is the purest form of flattering nature with art.

Had Colonel Carrington visited the scene of the Sand Creek Massacre, which occurred only two years before the Fetterman Massacre, he would have seen the same mutilations—committed upon Indians by Colonel Chivington’s soldiers. The Indians who ambushed Fetterman were only imitating their enemies, a practice which in warfare, as in civilian life, is said to be the sincerest form of flattery.

They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery./b>

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

according to Christakis and Fowler, we cannot transmit ideas and behaviours much beyond our friends’ friends’ friends (in other words, across just three degrees of separation). This is because the transmission and reception of an idea or behaviour requires a stronger connection than the relaying of a letter (in the case of Milgram’s experiment) or the communication that a certain employment opportunity exists. Merely knowing people is not the same as being able to influence them to study more or over-eat. Imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, even when it is unconscious.

Is imitation still the sincerest form of flattery?

I have always heard it said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but I did not recall anyone ever adding that flattery was actually a good thing, and I admit that I was not terribly pleased.

No, that thievery is." I shake my head, turning away from the replication. "Nobody likes a cheap knock-off. If you're going to be an artist, you've gotta do your own thing. Be your own person. Create what's in you instead of impersonating others. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but I call bullshit. It's one thing to be inspired by something. It's another thing to fucking copy it.

The Final Word on Flattery Flattery is the sincerest form of flattery. Everything else is just imitation.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,

Private Equity Evolution There is an old saying that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Pioneering firms had such massive success that it fueled the growth of more than 5,000 copycats over the last three decades. As a result, it should come as no surprise that the collective deal activity touching private equity has exploded right along with it. During the 1980s, less than 1 percent of merger and acquisition activity involved private equity. Today, it is estimated by EisnerAmper, in their 4Q 2018 PE Insights Report, that approximately 35 percent of all mergers and acquisitions completed in the United States in 2018 involved private equity and that within five years, that number is expected to eclipse the 50-percent mark.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.’ ‘I’m not flattered. I’m scared.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Madison was Montesquieu’s greatest admirer. He wrote in Federalist 47, “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” Those words from history might have felt rote, even irrelevant, just a few years ago, too obvious to even a casual observer as to require any reflection. But of course, it is not a few years ago. We are watching what Madison would call “the very definition of tyranny,” the effort to consolidate the power of the executive branch—while suppressing Congress, the courts, and the press—in one set of hands, those of an American president. The importance of separating power among three branches of government has never been more apparent. If there is a magic bullet for preserving democracy, it is this: prevent any one branch of government from holding too much power, especially power that the Constitution specifically gives to another branch of government. Democratic state attorneys general understood this when they joined forces and began heading into court over some of the early executive orders in 2025. The lawsuits, which involved matters including birthright citizenship, federal funding freezes and grant cancellations, DOGE access to information in possession of the Treasury Department, firing federal workers, DOGE’s constitutionality, and dramatic reductions of personnel and services at the Department of Education, asked the courts to prevent the president from seizing an outsize share of power for himself. Although the cases involved different substantive issues, their unifying goal was to restrict the president’s power to what the Founding Fathers directed in the Constitution. Various plaintiffs, including state attorneys general, civil rights groups, pro-democracy organizations, federal employees, and other individuals harmed by the administration’s actions, filed more than one hundred lawsuits in just the first two months that the new administration was in operation. More were filed after that, particularly as Trump’s deportation plans heated up. At the heart of these cases was an effort to protect the system envisioned by Montesquieu’s trias politica.