Quotes About Compliments

I like to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything, but good.

When a man comes up to a woman he doesn't know, he's supposed to say lovely things. Could there ever be a male kamikaze who'd stop a woman and fling at her, "How can you be wearing those shoes? Your toes look like they're in a gulag. It's shameful, you're Stalin when it comes to your feet!" Who would say such a thing? Certainly not François, who'd wisely settled on the complimentary approach.

He might be quick to smile and adept at handing out compliments, but his smile never reached his eyes.

We learn to praise God not by paying compliments but by paying attention.

I'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose.

I like to have my hand on every single plate that goes out. It's really a good feeling when someone compliments your meal, and you had everything to do with making it. It's very rewarding.

Being told that you are good at banter is like being told that you are a good person.

I want to give my compliments to Australia. Ever since your government paid a few million dollars for a Jackson Pollack painting, I figure that it must be a marvellous country

If you walk out of the house and think you feel great, or if someone tells you that you look amazing, believe it and just say thank you.

My doctor said I look like a million dollars - green and wrinkled.

I hope that each one of us will be a better husband or wife, kinder to one another, more thoughtful, more restrained in criticism, and more generous with compliments.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor but the highest form of flattery.

I can last two months on a good compliment.

Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.

I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?

There is flattery in friendship.

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

True humility is being able to accept criticisms as graciously as we accept compliments.

Once you have become good at being a compliment detective, it's time to share some of your feelings with others. The following three-step formula will make it easy: (1) Be specific. (2) Say the person's name. (3) Follow up with a question.

Some of the biggest compliments you can get are from people who have played the game at the highest level.

People don't usually compliment your character.

My father always shied away from attention. Whenever he'd get a compliment, he'd downplay it.

People still come to me and compliment me on 'Bobby.'

I feel happy whenever people compliment me.