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

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

“Goodman: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Kael: I hate it. It is very creepy being imitated.”

“Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.”

“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 the sincerest form of television.”

“Imitation is flattery”

“Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.”

“One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered.”

“They say survival is Nature’s only form of flattery.”