Appeal to Flattery/Quotes

"A relationship between two emotionally mature individuals with boundaries and healthy senses of self develops steadily over time and builds up to dessert after pesky little things like friendship, intimacy and trust have been established. Not so with narcissists and other emotional predators and con artists. They’re like the stereotypical used car salesmen or saleswomen of relationships. For example: Yes, and the devil is in the details. Now, if an unscrupulous salesperson slithered up to you at the local used car lot and laid it on nice and thick like that, wouldn’t you reflexively raise an eyebrow to their patter? You’d wonder, and rightly so, if the salesperson was trying to unload shoddy goods for their own personal gain at significant cost to you."

- Relationship Stages with a Narcissist or Borderline and Triangulation by Dr Tara Palmatier

"Dogbert: (to an audience) Vote for me and I will reform the tax code so that only idiots have to pay taxes! Dogbert: (to Dilbert) I hope nobody asks me to define 'idiots.'"

- Dilbert from July 30, 1996