If anything I was probably loved and praised too much as a child. I think that's why I can't accept any compliments. — Max Winkler Copy Share Image
Some of my battles with weight have been very public. But most of them have been internal. Even at my thinnest, when… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
We think of ourselves as our titles or our jobs or our position in a family. We depend on being praised by… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
So many have come to me that I might serve them, leaving me no time to think of myself. However, I assure… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
I've praised Obama's record on same-sex equality as enthusiastically as anyone: it's one area where his record has been impressive. I understand,… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Some of the writers I've praised are Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid, Elisabeth George and Minette Walters. Strangely enough, almost all are women. — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples - where I'm pleased to… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
I finished 'Heartsick' with my daughter asleep in her bassinet by my desk, a feat that any new mother will tell you… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
“Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
George Bush, Dick Cheney, every one of the speakers praised John Kerry's war record. No one said he was unfit. They said… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Remember the Dreamers whose patriotism was praised when the Democratic House passed, and the Senate filibustered - the DREAM Act in 2010?… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
The big difference between the radio show and the TV work is that I don't have to work by committee on the… — Gary Calamar Copy Share Image
I didn't want readers to think I was asking to be praised for taking care of my wife while she was ill.… — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
I believe in one thing: that anyone who is able to do something good for someone, I mean, should be praised. — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
God be praised for his gracious long suffering towards me in sparing my life so long. Grant, gracious God, that I may… — Patrick Gordon Copy Share Image
“Wise man doesn't need to be praised like one. It can reduce the guts of him to be a better man.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
In 2001, President George W. Bush was condemned for politicizing science with his decision to limit federal funding for stem-cell research; in… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I have done everything I have ever wanted to do. I have swum with tiger sharks, been charged by lions and elephants.… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
For every benefit conferred, God is to be praised in his gifts. Otherwise when the time of judgment comes, that man will… — Saint Bernard Copy Share Image
