Compliment Quotes

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There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering. — Minna Antrim
When Steve Ballmer calls me wacko, I consider that a compliment. — Scott McNealy
Finding your look isn't complicated if you go in without being frightened. Notice what people are complimenting you on. Experiment with new things once in… — Lauren Hutton
Tell me I'm beautiful, it's nothing. Tell me I'm intellectual - I know it. Tell me I'm funny and it's the greatest compliment in the… — Julie Newmar
The gospel costs nothing. We cannot buy it or earn it. It can only be received as a free gift, compliments of Godâ€™s grace. So… — Mark Batterson
The best compliment I ever had is, one day I was in Nashville, some disc jockey said, Hey, that sounds like a Tom T. Hall… — Tom T. Hall
If compliments were food, I'd have starved to death 28 years ago. — Erma Bombeck
Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average. — W. Somerset Maugham
Fight less, cuddle more. Demand less, serve more. Text less, talk more. Criticize less, compliment more. Stress less, laugh more. worry less, pray more. With… — Dave Willis
Yves Saint Laurent gave women power, Chanel liberated them and when I joined Lanvin, I thought 'what do I bring to women? One day, I… — Alber Elbaz
Ozzie Newsome hit a home run by drafting Bernard Pierce. He is a great compliment to Ray Rice. — Marshall Faulk
I take compliments and I take constructive criticism. Not everyone loves you. It's the way you react as a footballer. I use it all to… — Tim Cahill
Dancing, is, for the most part, attended with many amorous smiles, wanton compliments, unchaste kisses, scurrilous songs and sonnets, effeminate music, lust provoking attire, ridiculous… — William Prynne
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. As Collingwood never saw a vacant place in his estate but he took an acorn out… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt. — Kin Hubbard
If you are flattering a woman, it pays to be a little more subtle. You don't have to bother with men, they believe any compliment… — Alan Ayckbourn
"Dark Fantasy" was my long, backhanded apology. You know how people give a backhanded compliment? It was a backhanded apology. It was like, all these… — Kanye West
Girls are trained to say, â€˜I wrote this, but itâ€™s probably really stupid.â€™ Well, no, you wouldnâ€™t write a novel if you thought it was… — Lena Dunham
In an ideal state of society we never lose sight of the womanliness of womenâ€¦why should it be considered a compliment to any woman to… — Elizabeth Wordsworth
Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising. — Bruce Lee

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