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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
Compliments and praise, for their part, are tragic expressions of fulfilled needs
I never get tired of hearing compliments.
The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
Verbal compliments, or words of appreciation, are powerful communicators of love.
I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
The kindest compliments I have ever heard are when cops tell me Training Day and Assault on Precinct 13 inspired them to become cops. The funniest compliments I have ever heard are when people tell me that 'I love your band Sugar Ray.
when you negate someone's compliment, you are telling them they are wrong. You're telling them they wasted their time. You are questioning their taste and judgment. You are insulting them. If someone wants to compliment you, let them.
Insult is a monstrous scorpion, and compliment is a likeable nightingale; one stings mercilessly, and the other sings sweetly.
Our lives are also fed by kind words and gracious behaviour. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me', and other such simple courtesies. Our spirits are richly fed on compliments just as our bodies are on whole wheat bread.
If you're not used to compliments, they can really mess you up for a minute.
People give out compliments because it's polite.
I don't give out compliments easily.
- You are exceedingly annoying.
- Thank you.
- It was not a compliment.
Never complain; never forget to compliment.
A couple of kind words
can not only make a person's day,
but earn you a friend and supporter for life.
For the rest of the week,
whenever you see someone
you want to judge negatively,
pay them a compliment instead.
See what happens.
A sincere compliment is always grateful to a lady, so long as you don't try to knock her down with it.
Any writer knows he has to pay for his compliments. As soon as he has said, Why, thank you, that's very generous of you, the other person clears his throat and dives into his own writing experiences.
I will admit he is unusual, but that is perhaps the closest I could come to complimenting him.
An author values a compliment even when it comes from a source of doubtful competency.
When complimented, a sincere "thank you" is the only response required.
Compliments make me vain: & when I am vain, I am insolent & overbearing. It is a pity, too, because I love compliments. I love them even when they are not so. My child, I can live on a good compliment two weeks with nothing else to eat.
You have to trust a TRUE compliment as muc as a critique.
The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.
What meaning has a compliment if one hears it night and day.
Mrs. Grey
I have received three compliments on my new haircut. Compliments from my staff
are new. It must be the ridiculous smile I'm wearing whenever I think about last night. You are indeed a wonderful, talented, beautiful woman.
And all mine.
Always one to accept a compliment graciously, Wright.
Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.
The greatest compliment to any player is he is a great teammate. We can't all be great players, but we can all be great teammates
The best compliment that has ever been given to me was, I was at the airport one day and a guy came in and said, 'Lionel, my wife loves you, the kids love you, my mother-in-law loves you, the family loves you.'
One compliment can keep me going for a whole month.
Complimenting yourself is the funnest form of manifestation.
Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.
Always take a compliment, even if it's not yours
A stranger to compliments, she turned her face to this one, like a sunflower worshipping the sun. Thanks.
I think it's important to see where compliments are coming from - if they're compliments about your inside, your heart, or if they're about your physicality or your personality.
I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.
Lovely was my compliment. Could you not come up with your own?"
"Lord Paen said compliment her, he did not say we had to be creative about it," the second man pointed out with a shrug
The biggest compliment I get is that I don't sound like anybody else. I think I value that as the highest compliment.
Gratitude is an endless praise.
Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment
it's a second opinion.
Lovely is admirable.
If compliments were food, I'd have starved to death 28 years ago.
When someone acknowledges you for something that they think about you, it's a huge compliment.
Praise when merited is not a boon: yet to a generous nature, is it pleasant to utter it.
It's nice to compliment people on what they're wearing, but don't make insincere compliments.
Appreciative words are the most powerful force for good on earth.
To hear people saying, 'The music you are doing has really touched my life and it's moved me in a lot of ways. It's helped me get through some tough times.' That's the best compliment that you could get.
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet.
If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.
But I love giving out compliments, not kiss-ass, brown nose, I-just-want-to-make-you-feel-good compliments, but genuine, no bullshit, I-mean-it-because-I-feel-it-in-my-heart compliments.
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.
Compliment inflates.
Blame deflates.
Truth understates.
A cowardly critique starts with a compliment.
Thank you," she said. "That wasn't meant as a compliment," he said. "I was criticizing you." "That made the compliment all the more sincere," Lauren said. "You weren't trying to make one.
Kiddo, I rarely get compliments. So I just decide to compliment myself instead. You should try it sometime.
I'm trying to compliment you," Barclay say. "Can't you just say thanks?
It's usually our opposites who complement us best, because they're the only ones who can balance us out.
Compliments you get free, the complaints you've to earn it.
Quentin looked curiously around. "This is a neat room," he said.
"Yes, it is," I replied, directing my compliment toward the distant ceiling. Everyone deserves a few compliments. Even a building.
When one is frank, one's very presence is a compliment.
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.
My whole life story is kind of a backhanded compliment.
If someone takes it upon themself to compliment you, don't explain to them why the compliment is misplaced or undeserving, say "thank you" and smile; that was the purpose.
I think one artist to another artist, the best compliment you can pay one another, because the part of you that is inspired or creates something, to write a joke or a song, that's like the God-like part of a person.
Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.
The encomium of one incapable of flattery is indeed flattering.
not sure if it was compliment, or an insult, or a complisult;
A little flattery makes people feel good about themselves. When you notice someone looking great, give them a compliment.
Sincere compliments cost nothing and can accomplish so much. In ANY relationship, they are the applause that refreshes.
Compliment others when you truly mean it....not when you want something in return".
Grudging praise is the most flattering of all.
Any description of a person that comes from the outside is very hard to deal with. People don't like being summarised. It's nice to receive a compliment, but it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.
The greatest compliment I ever got was when people called me an artist, and I understand that solo aspect of being an artist, when you're in there by yourself, trying to do something great, and people who don't even know you can come up and just dump on you.
A complaint is a compliment of negativity.
The biggest compliment to me is that guys really approach me and they have a connection with me, so there must be something I'm doing that is authentic, otherwise they wouldn't connect with me so strongly. It's a real compliment.
Compliments are only lies in court clothes.
I'll assume that was a compliment." "It wasn't. It definitely wasn't." "Nevertheless, that is what I'll tell myself." "Fine.
Not so much wonderful as perfect," she replied. "Kind of flawless. More or less magnificent. Without blemish. Rather on the ideal side." She looked at the Prince. "Am I being helpful?"
"I
THIS IS A COMPLIMENT?
You're incrediburgable
she said
which is to say
You're a little like incredible
but a lot more like a
hamburger.
The biggest compliment to me is being able to dress so many different women from so many different backgrounds.
To say a compliment well is a high art and few possess it.
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?
Take time to compliment people every day. Do it sincerely and with no desire to gain anything but a smile in return.
A compliment would be the last thing out of my mouth to a man who was so pigheaded that he could be served at a luau.
Any time anyone says anything nice about me, whether it's Lady Gaga or your neighbor, it's a nice feeling, I'm very grateful for it. It's very helpful for your career. Every time someone says something complimentary it introduces you to their audience. It gives you credibility.
There aren't really many compliments flying around with me and my friends. It's a lot of tough love. But you know, that love is there, and if you need to have a serious conversation, you just gotta wait for the right time to do it.
The best compliment to a mother is to appreciate her little one.
wholly satisfactory,
All appreciations and praises are worthless unless the one you love appreciates
outwardly nice but inwardly horrid.
A compliment withheld is like meat stored away for later; it sours before you get any use out of it,
Eschew all those beastly adjectives ...
I never compliment the other pitcher. I make my living off pitchers.
A smile is the best compliment of love for a friend and for a stranger.
There is no tongue that flatters like a lover's; and yet, in the exaggeration of his feelings, flattery seems to him commonplace. Strange and prodigal exuberance, which soon exhausts itself by flowing!
Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off.
Just being hired by a great director is complimentary.