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Quotes About Compliment

I'm very much aware in the writing of dialogue, or even in the narrative too, of a rhythm. There has to be a rhythm with it … Interviewers have said, you like jazz, don't you? Because we can hear it in your writing. And I thought that was a compliment.
~ Elmore Leonard
Every woman likes a compliment. So, do you long to win any woman's heart? If Yes! then do compliment her as often as you can. -Emeasoba George
~ Emeasoba George
you make me feel intelligent, especially when you talk
~ Bart King
That was the biggest compliment that I can receive - making somebody wonder whether they have the problem, rather than what my problem is.
~ Aldous Harding
I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive.
~ Joseph Epstein
I have always been considered to be the most German among Italian economists, which I always received as a compliment, but was rarely meant to be one.
~ Mario Monti
There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy.
~ Richard Steele
I'm a character actor and I get lost in these characters, so I think it's only recently that people have begun to connect dots and go, 'Oh, that's the same person that did this, this, this, this and this!' which I take as a compliment. One time somebody called me an illusionist, and that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said.
~ Carrie Preston
It is a great compliment to go out and be recognized. Although, because I basically go home and go to work, there isn't much opportunity for that kind of thing to happen.
~ Lara Flynn Boyle
People of India deserve to be complimented for making the 2014 elections a referendum on the misrule of the Congress-led UPA and demonstrating their faith in a proven new leadership.
~ Piyush Goyal
To be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment.
~ Herman Melville
When 'Mardaani' came out, one of the great compliments was that we hated the character but we loved the guy. So that was a great compliment to get, especially from female fans.
~ Tahir Raj Bhasin
Hearing anyone think that I'm any form of sexy or handsome is incredibly flattering.
~ John Krasinski
That's the greatest compliment I can get: when somebody from Key West says, 'Hey, Bubba.' That means I'm in!
~ Frank Deford
I am sorry I cannot think of a compliment to pay you-without lying, that is.
~ George MacDonald
I shan't ask you how you do, ma'am: to enquire after a lady's health implies that she is not in her best looks. Besides, I can see that you are in high bloom.
~ Georgette Heyer
Mr Warboys, without putting himself to the trouble of deciding which of the more ferocious animals his friend resembled, stated the matter in simple, and courageously frank terms. You know, old fellow, he once told Martin,if you had a tail, damme if you wouldn't lash it!
~ Georgette Heyer
I remember the 2015 World Cup looking up at the scoreboard and seeing that big Hublot sign and that clock and I just think it's a real compliment to the game of cricket.
~ Michael Clarke
Someone very important once told me, 'You can make almost everything look great.' That's the best compliment I have received till date.
~ Nimrat Kaur
I love Felicity Jones. It was funny because I went to go see the 'Rogue One' set, and I was like, 'Oh my God, I love you.' And she's so tiny, and elegant, and she's just so small. Everyone's so much smaller than they seem.
~ Daisy Ridley
I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
~ Hannah Simone
Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.
~ Calista Flockhart
I'm too busy being the bad guy." It was one of those things that get said in a marriage, something that starts out as a genuine compliment but turns into a criticism without either party noticing or caring all that much.
~ Sarah Dunn
You have an honest way of writing, especially your first book. It's genuine. That may not seem like the most thrilling compliment, but a voice like yours—a real voice—is rare these days.
~ Scott Thomas