Compliments Quotes

261 quotes by 209 authors

Pay with compliments and you will always be wealthy. — Michael Dolan
Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must… — Samuel Johnson
I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more. — Alice James
I would rather hear the pleased laugh of a child over some feature of my exhibition than receive as I did the flattering compliments of… — P T Barnum
I am not accustomed to pay fulsome compliments to the English, by telling them that they are superior to all the world; but this I… — Richard Cobden
There's a lot of intensity when you're on a set. And then it just goes away and no one's giving you attention or flooding you… — Rose Byrne
I would not have discredited every one of their compliments. It was your approval I wanted, your congratulations. — Alanis Morissette
Elizabeth, With my compliments. You will never get your claws into another one of mine. Rot in hell, NÃ¯x clasped her hands over her chest,… — Kresley Cole
I think I've become the go-to mustache man. It works in period pieces. Modern-day mustaches are probably creepy. But I get compliments - everyone's like,… — Jack Huston
There is an Irish way of paying compliments as though they were irresistible truths which makes what would otherwise be an impertinence delightful. — Katharine Tynan
To be acceptable is for one to ignore his weakness while knowing his strength, to cover the scar even though it's always there, however, to… — Criss Jami
Nothing makes people so worthy of compliments as receiving them. One is more delightful for being told one is delightful-just as one is more angry… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould
I have arrived more definitely than any other painter during his lifetime; honours shower upon me from every side; artists pay me compliments on my… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness. — Ben Bradlee
I am not here to pass civilities or compliments with you, but on other business. I have stood your meanness as long as I intend… — Nathan Bedford Forrest
When someone compliments you, listen, but don't believe it. Praise or blame are immaterial. You know what you are. — Frederick Lenz
Baz [Luhrmann] paid me one of the greatest compliments ever. I don't know him, really, but when I first met him I was congratulating him… — Ian Mckellen
Credentials are like potential energy, the compliments of a name on paper, in documents, word of mouth, but faith is like kinetic energy, the motion… — Criss Jami
One of the best compliments I ever got was "You know what I like about you? You're smart enough to be scared. So many guys… — Scott Raab
Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them. — Thomas Fuller

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