Compliment Quotations

You have to love yourself or you'll never be able to accept compliments from anyone

I've heard that kind of weird backward compliment often - 'She's so talented, but not pretty.'

What sort of person you grow into should not be achieved by default, and often that's exactly what happens to kids. I see literature as a method of guidance, information, and contemplation, and consider it the greatest compliment possible when a reader tells me that a book of mine really made him/her think.

I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more.

Anytime anybody impersonates you, it's a great compliment.

Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way.

If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors.

The biggest compliment I get is that I don't sound like anybody else. I think I value that as the highest compliment.

I've gotten so many compliments for having nice feet.

Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.

You can call me a pain. I'll accept that as a compliment.

If tomorrow all of America were to become paternalistic, we would beat the Japanese every day of the week. I think that the concept of accusing someone of running a paternalistic company, that's not an accusation. One should compliment someone on that.

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.

Calling a show a 'guilty pleasure' is like saying 'I'm embarrassed to say I watch it but I can't stop.' That's not a compliment.

I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment.

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.

It's a massive compliment to me to be known in Asia because Asia is the way forward in football, along with the Middle East. I believe that strongly.

There are so many questions to be answered and so many personal compliments that we appreciate so very much.

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.

I don't know why, but it means a lot to get a compliment from a woman.

Good, bad mediocre or whatever it is, if a director wants me in his movie, I take it as a compliment.

I love it when a guy compliments my vibe.

I've received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize me

The compliment that I like more than anything is when my family tells me I'm the same Ryan. I never want to become a celeb who forgets about anybody or has a big head about himself.

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you.

When people compliment my cooking, it's like somebody telling me that they like my music. And it's great to be known for something else.

I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment.

The highest compliment one can give a writer is not to say that one wholeheartedly agrees with his observations, but that he provoked - really, forced - difficult thinking about consequential matters and internal questioning of one's own assumptions, often without quick or clear resolution.

My whole life story is kind of a backhanded compliment.

I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.

Compliments and criticism are all ultimately based on some form of projection.

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

Anytime anyone compliments me on my figure, I'm wearing my Spanx undies.

I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.

Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

You find a lot of ideas from my shows in adverts now. I find it a compliment.

We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

If my clothing does stand out, then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable.

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.

I never considered myself a songwriter, but now since I've been working with Nick Lowe, I am contributing to an extent. But I'm the guitarist and he's not, so we compliment each other in a way.

All I do is lie, and that has made me immune to compliments.

You are so beautiful to me.

I never compliment the other pitcher. I make my living off pitchers.

You can't eat compliments.

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise.

She had been born with a face that would let her get away, he saw that face and he lost all control.

She's got a smile that heals me.

She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.

I enjoy trying to figure out the best way to compliment the picture and not overpower it.

I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.

Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

Did not you? I did for you. But that is one great difference between us. Compliments always take you by surprise, and me never.

What we need to do is compliment (Brian) and get Deandre back.

Vin shook her head. "No, not me. I'm not a good person or a bad person. I'm just here to kill things." OreSeur watched her for a moment, then settled back down. "Regardless," he said, "you are not my worst master. That is, perhaps, a compliment among our people.

If you think a complimentary thought about someone, don't just think it. Dare to compliment people and pass on compliments to them from others.

She's a total bam bam.

Look what we've accomplished so far this year. We're pretty much filling the stadium every night with a team that has only won two games. This is pretty much unheard of in the CFL. This is a sign of the completion of the initial phase of this project . . . The fact David can step out this early is a huge compliment to what he has achieved.

Leander Cedar Park was a good team. We just really played well Saturday afternoon. I would definitely have to compliment the whole team on just determination alone. We're gutting out some matches that make a difference and it's good to see that from our kids in the middle of the season.

Second doubles had a great day. In the last match, they were down 4-1 and came back and won it 7-5 so that was really huge. I was pleased with them. It was fun to watch. That's a huge compliment from me when I tell them they're fun to watch.

She's the child that Baton Rouge raised. To see her on this stage is a compliment to her.

She's got a great compliment of players around her. She can do so many things, but No. 1, she controls the paint on both ends of the floor. She's just so tough. She's worth the price of admission.

She's already tournament savvy. Players like Susan and Sarah and (current junior) Rachael (Johnson) had the same talent level at the beginning of their freshman years, but she has some experience behind her, too, so she's probably a step ahead. So she may be better, which is a huge compliment to her.

Some of it is that they have to have a double team for her. It's a compliment to her and her game.

She had the gift of being able to talk to paupers and princes equally. If you asked me how old she was, I'd tell you 38-to-42. And I mean that as compliment to her maturity.

She really gives us a great inside presence. With the athletic abilities that our guards have, Mallory is a very good compliment that we can plug in there and get results.

She is so stubborn -- in a way that is the highest compliment I can give a player. She wasn't going to let anyone take this game from her because she wanted it that much.

She moved so well without the basketball tonight and you have to compliment our girls because they did a great job looking for her. I?m just thankful the girls did a great job of executing the plays and setting screens for her and getting her a lot of open looks.

My friends who knew me in high school and college know I'm the same person. It's a high compliment to be thought of highly. People who know me know I'm fun-loving, carefree and happy to get paid to do what I do. I feel lucky to be where I'm at. Some people feel like they deserve to be here, instead of lucky to be here. That's never been me, and I don't think it will ever be. I enjoy getting down and dirty with any regular Joe.

One of our best managers, her second language is English. We needed her to get better at English to be able to leave her alone in the restaurant. I heard somebody compliment her today on her English.

Of a compliment only a third is meant

On the other hand, every now and again somebody deserves a pat on the back and some compliment and some encouragement. I think you've got to do that, too.

I do a lot of collage work with fabrics placed in them. It always surprises and delights me how they can interact and compliment one another.

I have a tremendous amount of respect for Greg g. I think you learn a lot more about a guy when things start going bad than you do when things are going good. The best compliment I can pay Gregg is that when things started to turn south a little bit for us in Buffalo, he was steadfast and strong and remained a great leader for that team right up until they let him go.

For two straight weeks, all we talked about was how good the Packers' offense was, how tough their defense was, how outstanding their coaching was. Every clich in the book, we used. Every time I uttered another compliment about the Packers to the press, I wanted to puke.

HAG, n. An elderly lady whom you do not happen to like; sometimes called, also, a hen, or cat. Old witches, sorceresses, etc., were called hags from the belief that their heads were surrounded by a kind of baleful lumination or nimbus --hag being the popular name of that peculiar electrical light sometimes observed in the hair. At one time hag was not a word of reproach: Drayton speaks of a ""beautiful hag, all smiles,"" much as Shakespeare said, ""sweet wench."" It would not now be proper to call your sweetheart a hag --that compliment is reserved for the use of her grandchildren.

He'll compliment you on every little thing and he'll make you feel good about yourself, ... He'd always act like a gentleman, opening doors and pulling out chairs.

He's a big-time motor. He's a tough winner. He plays extremely hard all the time. The best compliment I could give him is that he does whatever it takes to win, whether it's making the extra pass, hitting a big basket or getting the tough rebound.

He's a great player, man. To play in this league as long as Chris has, he's one of those guys who goes out there and gets it on each week. Just to play this game for that long is a compliment to him.

Her lower scoring average is a compliment to the rest of the team. I see it that way and I know she does, too.

He's good. When you have a guy like that who is that good offensively, then compliment the fact that he has an ultimate green light, he is going to play every minute. There is no such thing as a bad shot for him (and) that makes guys like that even more difficult to guard.

He's a threat every night. He's got jump, he's got energy. I think that's a great compliment for a young kid: knowing that each and every night (the team is) getting something from him.

He's a very talented man but so humble. You should tell him not to be afraid to let people compliment him.

I almost take it as a compliment that people will see me, and say things and be angry.

Jacques knew before the tour that he would be covering for all of the top six positions. I told him it was a great compliment to his abilities that he can bat anywhere and he is quite prepared to bat where he is needed.

I think it's a compliment but, you know, I've got a tough match ahead of me, ... I'm not really thinking too much about being the favorite because I know what I have to do out there to win my matches.

It always takes a moment for me to process something like that, ... I think I'm prepared for it, but it's like receiving a really generous compliment that leaves you at a loss for words.

I think it's his perception of knowing how to make a record build, keeping the integrity of the song in the music and really adding a lot of musical elements to compliment my voice and to compliment the song.

It is a great compliment to go out and be recognized. Although, because I basically go home and go to work, there isn't much opportunity for that kind of thing to happen.

I think the greatest compliment I get is when people say, 'Thank you' to us after a show, ... The music brings people back to an easier time, when there was no stress, no worries about bills and mortgages or cholesterol. The biggest worry back then was whether you had a date on Saturday night. We're so happy to be able to make people so happy. The songs are simple songs, ones that everyone can relate to.

I think the biggest compliment that I could pay this team today is that that they're not looking at this streak as something totally exceptional. They're more focused on doing the things maybe we weren't doing to allow us to have the opportunity to win. ... I sense a tremendous maturity in that room with the core character. I couldn't be more impressed.

Lamar is a big back with good speed and quickness. He also has the ability to catch the ball which will help him in this offense. He's a talented, young running back who should be a good compliment to the rest of the backs on this team. We're look forward to getting him into Philadelphia and onto the practice field this week.

I think it (the No. 5 seed) is great. It's great for our university, our team, to get such a high seed. Obviously, it's a compliment to us on the body of our work.

I think that's more of a compliment to the offenses I've been part of. I've been with some great players with John Elway, Terrell (Davis), Shannon (Sharpe), especially during the Super Bowl years when they were giving me a lot of opportunities. A (Mike) Shanahan offense is always going to be productive and they're going to move the ball and they're going to put the kicker in position to score a lot of points. It's more of a tribute to them than it is to me.

I think that's a nice compliment to these guys and their effort. I like my team.

I think that is something that probably some of our younger guys don't understand is that you're going to see everybody's best effort, and that is a compliment to the program but is also a challenge to our guys.

I think they'll compliment each other. Jade is a little older than Danny but I think they'll get along well.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment

I sat down with Joey this summer, and I came under the impression, talent aside, here's a young man confused, frustrated, insecure, needs to grow up, and someone who doesn't particularly like some of the people he played for. Didn't appreciate Jeff Garcia. He wanted the compliment that this is his job, and he hasn't been able to handle that. I think he needs to move on.