Quotes About Compliments

The three words women most want to hear from a man are, "You lost weight".

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

It's funny when someone says to you 'you're hot' and all that, because I don't think of it in that way.

When I had my Comedy Central roast, David [Spade] was my first choice to be roastmaster, because I adore him. He's funny as hell, and nobody is meaner.

I live on shameless flattery...and vodka...but the two usually go hand in hand.

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.

When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.

Never take for granted when people tell you everyday that you're beautiful and that they love you. Not everyone is interested in flattering you. Some mean exactly what they say.

Conventional compliments often take the form of judgments, however positive, and are sometimes intended to manipulate the behaviour of others. NVC encourages the expression of appreciation solely for celebration.

Perhaps you are surprised that I regard praise and compliments to be life-alienating. Notice, however, that appreciation expressed in this form reveals little of what's going on in the speaker; it establishes the speaker as someone who sits in judgment. I define judgments—both positive and negative—as life-alienating communication.

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

Bailey was strangely warmed by his compliments. It was an odd feeling to be flattered and want to punch a man at the same time. It was so confusing to hold both feelings at once ... her skin was getting a little itchy.

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it

Appreciation and compliments can make you feel good about yourself. Stay humble by simply thanking people for their kind words. But each time you receive a compliment or praise do not absorb it or dwell too much in it because all these may go to your head and you may lose interest in improving yourself as a leader.

I don't like when people compliment my looks." "How come?" "I don't know," she said. And then, "Because it reminds me that I'm going to die. If someone says I have nice teeth, I think, One day they'll rot. If they say I have nice hair, I think about it falling out by the fistful.

here I was: shouting compliments about Joe through the mayonnaise-colored living room of my childhood and hoping I would start to believe them.

Ever notice how people wait until they're not going to see you anymore to say something nice to you?

Riley Carlson: So I guess I know what you wanted to tell me. I mean, you made it pretty clear that you don't want to go out with an average girl. Marc Hudson: That's right, I don't. I want to go out with YOU. There's nothing average about you, Riley.

I used to tell your mother she looked like Sophia Lauren." He looks at me, frowning, and then it registers. "Oh God, some guy's using that line on you, isn't he?" "Not just 'some guy'." I tell him. "The guy.

When a woman has not received much flattery in her life, she will be seduced.

Do you think I look like Sophia Loren?' I ask him as we get into the car. 'I used to tell your mother she looked like Sophia Loren.' He looks at me, frowning, and then it registers. 'Oh God, some guy's using that line on you, isn't he?' 'Not just "some guy",' I tell him. 'The guy.

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the Egyptian strongman, ably stroked the president and said, "You are a unique personality that is capable of doing the impossible." (To Sisi, Trump replied, "Love your shoes. Boy, those shoes. Man.…")

You listen to me, you daft cow. You are not boring. If you were we wouldn't be friends. You're funny and clever and, yes ,okay, you're a bit of a dingbat sometimes but that doesn't make you boring. The fact that we never know what'll come out of your mouth actually makes you interesting. Now, that's the end of that.