Best 251 quotes in «compliment quotes» category

Still, they must have got a few things right," Malcolm says. His green eyes sparkle. "You turned out beautifully, if I may say so." "Oh, you can say it," I reply, taking a drag off my cigarette. "Whether or not I'll believe you is something else entirely.

Stop tagging everyone into your life's profile. For all you don't know, some will neither comment nor commend you; some may not like or hike with you! Evil companies corrupt good morals... Watch who goes with you and why! ...live life soooo well!!

The best compliment someone can give me is stealing my idea and making it their own.

Stop giving complaints to people about what you can't do. Start giving compliments to God for what you can do. It'll amaze you; you'll see yourself doing amazingly!

Thank you,’ I answered, unsure of the proper American response to her gracious enthusiasm. In the Arab world, gratitude is a language unto itself. “May Allah bless the hands that give me this gift”; “Beauty is in the eyes that find me pretty”; “May Allah never deny your prayer”; and so on, an infinite string of prayerful appreciation. Coming from such a culture, I have always found a mere “thank you” an insufficient expression that makes my voice sound miserly and ungrateful.” (169).

To best influence someone's behavior, be a personal example. - Be the one who points out the bright side and serves compliments rather than complaints.

Stoical' is the best word to describe her reaction to these compliments, Emma putting up with them as of they were one of my unfortunate foibles.

We ought to compliment and not to compete with one another.

We are generally pleased the most by compliments that are insincere.

To flatter a young man, tell him that you thought that he was older than he is. To flatter an old woman, tell her that you thought that she was younger than she is.

You don't have to lie to me to be nice, Jake. You can just say, 'Wow, your nails look crappy.'" I did my best boy voice. "Well, I will tell you that's a crappy imitation of my voice." He smiled so wide I could see his eyetooth from across the table. "But you've got to know you're totally hot, chipped nails and all." He burned beet red all the way to the roots of his hair. "Man, you get me to say some embarrassing stuff, Brenna." He rubbed his hand on the back of his neck. "Hey, don't blame me when you feel moved to make strange declarations.

You look too pretty to be useful.

You have the most lovely skin,”  Finn told her. “Like mahogany. Like the finest river loam. Could I touch it?” “You are touching it, Casanova,”  Rita answered, eyes on the blood pressure dial. “Behave.” “Casanova?”  Finn shot Diego a questioning glance. “Famous lover.” “Ah. A compliment?” “Sarcasm.”  Please don’t make me explain sarcasm. “Typical.” Apparently, it wouldn’t be necessary.

You're an asshole." "And you're a bitch," he says. "A bitch with a kick-ass smile and eyes that can seriously screw with a guy's head.

You’re the prettiest thing I’ve seen fall from the sky today.

You stood up to the dragon so Beckendorf would have his chance to jump - now that was brave." "Or pretty stupid." "Percy, you're a brave guy," she said. "Just take the compliment. I swear, is it so hard?

Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you.

Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn't have any beginning or any end. He didn't mean it as a compliment, but it was.

A compliment is verbal sunshine.

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

A Friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us.

Alayana would forget my compliments

What does a freelance researcher do?” “Researches things.” He winks at me and helps lift my bike onto a cobblestone walkway. “It’s not an interesting or particularly sexy job. Nobody wants to date a perpetual studier, but I bet there’s an army of guys crawling over each other to get to you.” More like crawling away. “You’re ridiculous. Who’d ever want to date me?” “Someone like you? There’d be a line at your door as soon as work got out.” “Oh, would you be in the line?” Sarcasm. Not a real question. I don’t care if he responds—heat burns my toes, ears, and everything in-between—well, maybe I care a little. Jack pauses and gazes into me. “Yeah … I’m in the line … and I’m better than all the other guys so you should really pick me. I’m funny. I’m strong, like, I could sweep you off your feet and run without breaking a sweat. I can also blow milk through my nose, but only if I’m drunk and the milk is warm.

You're so much more than I deserve, than I dared to want. This isn't about saving me, is it? It's about saving you too.

A compliment makes someone feel good about themselves. A catcall is harassment.

A dozen direct censures are easier to bear than one morganatic compliment.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

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

An author values a compliment even when it comes from a source of doubtful competency.

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

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

Architects love to rethink a project - that's what we do. If something is successful, like a house or a kettle, in this case, it's a great compliment when someone wants another one.

A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo's compliment and fishy as a chancellor's promise.

An occasional compliment is necessary to keep up one's self-respect.

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.

A sincere compliment is one of the most effective tools to teach and motivate others.

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth.

A reproof entereth more into a woman of sense than an hundred compliments into a fool.

A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.

Bowing, ceremonious, formal compliments, stiff civilities, will never be politeness; that must be easy, natural, unstudied; and what will give this but a mind benevolent and attentive to exert that amiable disposition in trifles to all you converse and live with?

Being called a conscious rapper is quite a compliment. It's a great thing to be. But as an artist, my nature is to not be in a box.

Complimenting yourself is the funnest form of manifestation.

Complimenting someone in an exaggerated way is known as flattery, and flattery will generally get you anything you want.

Compliment people wherever you go. Praise every single thing you see. Be a ray of sunshine to everyone you meet.

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.

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

Compliment people. Magnify their strengths, not their weaknesses.

Complaints bring misery; compliments brings strength.

Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments.

Do not offer a compliment and ask a favor at the same time. A compliment that is charged for is not valuable.