Sycophancy Quotes

“Employees hate meetings because they reveal that self-promotion, sycophancy, dissimulation and constantly talking nonsense in a loud confident voice are more impressive than merely being good at the job - and it is depressing to lack these skills but even more depressing to discover one's self using them.”
― Michael Foley, Embracing the Ordinary: Lessons From the Champions of Everyday Life

“to linger in the factory after clocking-off time (though now a manager, simon had never ceased to think in the terms of his apprenticeship) would constitute a fatal admission that your home life was lacking or, worse, that you were trying to brownnose senior management”
― J.K. Rowling, The Casual Vacancy

“All people like to be praised as it boosts their self-esteem, keeps them motivated and happy but it also pushes them into the abyss of sham, which is propelled by hypocrisy and sycophancy.”
― Balroop Singh

“People who have known Sonia for years urge me not to swallow the line that she was never interested in politics and only allowed herself to be drafted into the leadership because of her concern for the party. A portrait is painted of a woman completely seduced by power but unable to wield it, lacking the skill, charm, vision, indeed everything except the hunger for power itself.”
― Salman Rushdie, Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002