Compliment Quotes

687 quotes by 549 authors

People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl. — Victoria Beckham
Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the compliment and be thankful that… — Mary J. Blige
I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment. — Albert Brooks
Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life. — Joyce Brothers
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of… — Leo Buscaglia
Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. — Samuel Butler
I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an… — Nick Cave
The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment. — Lord Chesterfield
You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a costume. You'd give them a… — Tommy Chong
If people did not compliment one another there would be little society. — Luc de Clapiers
As a horn player, the greatest compliment one can get is when a person comes to you and says, 'I heard this saxophone on the… — Clarence Clemons
There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment. — Robert Breault
To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
An author values a compliment even when it comes from a source of doubtful competency. — Mark Twain
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. — Sun Tzu
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the enemy's troops march… — Sun Tzu
The absolute heart of loyalty is to value those people who tell you the truth, not just those people who tell you what you want… — Pat Summitt
There have been a few players described as the new George Best over the years, but this is the first time its been a compliment… — Cristiano Ronaldo
Remember that unjust critisism is often a disquised compliment. — Dale Carnegie
I really lack the words to compliment myself today. — Alberto Tomba

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