"Would you win the hearts of others, you must not seem to vie with them, but to admire them. Give them every opportunity of displaying their own qualifications, and when you have indulged their vanity, they will praise you in turn and prefer you above others…Such is the vanity of mankind that minding what others say is a much surer way of pleasing them than talking well ourselves." - Benjamin Franklin
"It's important to agree with people if you want them to think you are a genius. For most people, the definition of smart is 'thinks exactly like me but even more so'." - Scott Adams
