Quotes About Compliment

Every now and then in life, a compliment is tucked so seamlessly into a insult that it's impossible to know how to react.

You're absolutely gorgeous. What's your name?

If you came here dressed like this in order not to let me notice how lovely you are," he said, "you miscalculated. You're lovely. I wish I could tell you what a relief it is to see a face that's intelligent though a woman's. But you don't want to hear it. That's not what you came here for.

You make cheese yourself, she repeated reverently. You are a real housewife. It has taken me decades to get here, but I took that as a compliment.

Bayesian reasoning recommends against the common practice of using "textbook" as an insult and "scientific revolution" as a compliment.

Architects love to rethink a project - that's what we do. If something is successful, like a house or a kettle, in this case, it's a great compliment when someone wants another one.

There's a fine line between heartbreak and love. It's a compliment when someone tells me my music put them in a place when where they were almost in tears.

Tu está tão bonita, tu nem sabe… Tu parece uma cebola, carnuda e sumarenta, boa de morder… Quem tem razão é o salafra do Vivaldo… Bota cada olho em teu pandeiro, aquele fístula…

Oh, no," meowed Thornclaw. "There's not enough meat on you to be a decent meal.

Alright, good night," he said, his words a little slurred. "But before I pass out, I want you to know that you're the hottest biscuit this side of the gravy boat.

I had a positive remark from Johnny Rotten, would you believe? He said I was a fantastic singer. Not a lot of people know stuff like that.

It's a compliment that people think that I'm a good player. I remember when people didn't think I was good. And I remember being a rookie coming into the league with a big chip on my shoulder trying to prove myself.

Somebody DM'd me like, 'Bruh, you remind me so much of Michael Jackson.' I was like, 'What? That's a bar.'

I've got a great sense of humor, and if I'm able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that's hugely flattering.

When I first put my hat in the ring, several very tried and true and loyal Democratic activists from our community said, 'What? She's not a Democrat. She's a Republican.' I took that as a compliment, you know, that people didn't necessarily know what my ideology might be because I wasn't driven by that.

My husband says I like animals more than I like people. I take that as the compliment he means it as.

The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.

Imitation is obviously a great form of flattery.

I think the biggest backhanded criticism-compliment I get is that I'm 'good at communicating.' Which implies that you're bad at doing.

I'm so proud of you!'' I gushed, a statement I've only recently come to realize can be a backhanded compliment, insinuating that the person you're proud of has had to overcome some character flaw to do whatevre they've done to make you proud, so what you're really saying is not that you're proud, but that you're suprised the person has made you proud.

Saying someone is religious is heard in most of America as a compliment, a reassuring affirmation that someone will be moral, ethical, and after a few glasses of wine, a freak in the bedroom.

My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?

I don't want flowers or candy or anything like that. I just want somebody to say, 'Wow, you've done a great job.'

Four months after we finished shooting, I'd been in New Orleans shooting another movie and my agent and I were having a bite to eat - actually in London - and he's sitting there and goes, 'Wow, I just can't believe how ripped you are.'