Quotes About Compliments

I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would say to me - and it was such a backhanded compliment - they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable.'

There are so many questions to be answered and so many personal compliments that we appreciate so very much.

I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!

I always feel the most validated and confident being around people that I find funny - having Fred Armisen laugh at a scene or Bill Hader or Seth Meyers give me a compliment.

Wherever I go I bask in the glory of the compliments showered at me by everyone that I have a beautiful wife.

I'm definitely not one of those guys that's chirping the guys that dress super nice, because you know, there's guys out there in the league - and on my team in fact - that have great style. And I'm just like, 'go for it, man, you look good!'

It feels good to hear good things about yourself.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

Of my old tendency to overdo the dedication and deface the title page with florid compliments and obscure quotes which the recipient cannot read, I will say only that I learnt my lesson when I had to shell out with my own money for a hardback I'd vandalised and now limit myself to 'Good wishes.'

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.

Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most important thing in someone's world. Only a man can paint this picture.

When people compliment me, I don't put much meaning into them, but when they say bad things, I take them too seriously. I try to fix this mentality, but it's hard.

The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and saying things, but now usually it's because they recognize me, and they say nice things.

I get recognised quite a bit, but people are so nice. They say things like, 'Thank you for all the fun,' which is wonderful to hear.

If your girlfriend is saying, 'Ugh, look at my stretch marks, look at my rolls,' don't say, 'Yeah, I hate my thighs, too.' Say, 'No, you look really cute today - and I feel good, too!'

I don't mind my eyebrows. They add... something to me. I wouldn't say they were my best feature, though. People tell me they like my eyes. They distract from the eyebrows.

Imagine if that was the best compliment you ever received. "Wow, you are really normal",' before pointing out that, generally speaking, compliments tend to be more along the lines of 'You are extraordinary', 'You step outside the box', or 'You're amazing'. 'So if people want to be these things, why are so many people striving to be normal? Why are people pouring their brilliant individual light into a mold?

Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears.

And most of all, most emphatically of all, they hated how her favorite means of connecting was commiseration. "Oh, poor you!" she would say. "You're looking so tired!" Or "You must be feeling so lonely!" Other people showed love by offering compliments; Abby offered pity. It was not an attractive quality, in her children's opinion.

Other people showed love by offering compliments; Abby offered pity. It was not an attractive quality, in her children's opinion.

You know how I love talking about books, and you know how I adore receiving compliments.

My compliments, Alek said slowly and evenly. Your contempt was most convincing. I am your servant.

You need to up your vocabulary, boy. You can't walk around letting people think you're stupid. Expand your horizons. Besides, it's fun to call people names they have to look up to realize they've been insulted. (Mark) Yeah, that's a twofer there. You get away with it and then they're twice as mad when they realize how bad you really insulted them. Especially if they mistake it for a compliment when you say it and thank you for it. (Bubba)

Because I have no boobs. My ears stand out, and I have freckles all over me. (Grace) Boobs? (Julian) Breasts. (Grace) You have very nice breasts. (Julian) Thanks. What about you? (Grace) I have no breasts. (Julian)