Compliment Quotes · Page 31

Treat every piece of advice as a gift or a compliment and simply say, “Thank you.

— Marshall Goldsmith

Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising.

— Bruce Lee

[Dona Maria] saw that the people of this world moved about in an armor of egotism, drunk with self-gazing, athirst for compliments,…

— Thornton Wilder

The press still considers me one of the most laid-back athletes since Babe Ruth. That's supposed to be a criticism, but I…

— Fred Couples

A little flattery makes people feel good about themselves. When you notice someone looking great, give them a compliment.

— Ken Blanchard

Way across the country where the hillside mountains glide, the dynamo of your smile caressed the barefoot virgin child.

— Van Morrison

A lot of other bass players have told me I'm the only bass player who plays with a pick but sounds like…

— Glenn Hughes

My mom told me when I get compliments to cover my ears.

— Zooey Deschanel

I am very happy when people write that they have worn out my books, or that they are held together by Scotch…

— Richard Scarry

I'm very interested in trying to make comedy shows that are a bit bigger, more theatrical, more of a "show." Some people…

— Bo Burnham

And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment.

— Jason Statham

Rarely has a people paid the lavish compliment and taken the subtle revenge of turning its oppressor's speech into sorcery.

— Bill Vaughan

“You look too pretty to be useful.”

— Richelle Mead

In our methodical American life, we still recognize some magic in summer. Most persons at least resign themselves to being decently happy…

— Thomas Wentworth Higginson

To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of…

— Jane Austen

Apple no longer builds any products. When I was there, people used to call Apple "a vertically integrated advertising agency," which was…

— John Sculley

She's got a smile that heals me.

— Billy Joel

I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said…

— Abraham Lincoln

True love is the unearned compliment, the gift forever giving....

— Anonymous

Any description of a person that comes from the outside is very hard to deal with. People don't like being summarised. It's…

— Eleanor Catton

I have been called a stallion before, and it was always meant as a compliment.

— Cynthia Bailey

Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment -- it's a second opinion.

— Fran Lebowitz

It hasn't escaped my notice that you only compliment me when you're intoxicated.

— Jeaniene Frost

I've met kids right out of the Olympics who tell me they can't wait to be introduced by me. After a fight,…

— Michael Buffer

One of my obsessions in life is that we have the tools to manufacture moments and real things, but it's overwhelming and…

— Pete Holmes