Compliment Quotes - Page 13

• I've been treated there (Camden Yards in Baltimore) just like everywhere else: you got everyone booing for you. I take that as a compliment.

  Albert Belle

  Yards, Baltimore, Booing

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• I have talked to more people who are in politics who have said to me, "[House of Cards] is closer than you can imagine. It's the most accurate description of how politics actually works that we've ever seen." I mean, West Wing - beautiful, wonderful idea of how democracy should work. But I've had more people in politics say they think House of Cards is closer. I - don't know whether to take that as a compliment or a sad state of affairs.

  Kevin Spacey

  Beautiful, Mean, Thinking

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• Don't thank the lord, I gave you that compliment... Thank me.

  Hannibal Buress

  Lord

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• To wear something like that your whole life is the largest compliment someone can pay to you as an artist.

  H. R. Giger

  Artist, Pay, Life Is

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• A couple of kind words
  can not only make a person's day,
  but earn you a friend and supporter for life.
  For the rest of the week,
  whenever you see someone
  you want to judge negatively,
  pay them a compliment instead.
  See what happens.

  Neil Strauss

  Couple, Judging, Want

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• All of us , I believe , carry about in our heads places and landscapes we shall never forget because we have experienced such intensity of life there :places where, like the child that 'feels its life in every limb' in Wordsworth's poem'We are seven' ,our eyes have opened wider, and all our senses have somehow heightened.By way of returning the compliment , we accord these places that have given us such joy a special place in our memories and imaginations. They live on in us, wherever we may be, however far from them.

  Roger Deakin

  Memories, Children, Believe

  Roger Deakin (2008). “Notes from Walnut Tree Farm”, p.242, Penguin UK

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• I dont like compliments. I prefer criticism..then I can prove those people wrong.

  Paul Scholes

  People, Criticism, Prove

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• You're not going to be great at everything. Surround yourself with people that can compliment you so you can work together and then everybody can be successful.

  Jonathan Tisch

  Successful, Compliments You, People

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. April 16, 2005.

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• The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound. Im caught up in the story writing and I miss a good deal of sleep thinking about it and working out the plot points.

  Iris Johansen

  Writing, Character, Sleep

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• One of the great compliments paid the Savior was that he taught as one having authority. The missionary who knows scripture and can quote it speaks with the voice of authority...May I suggest that in our family night gatherings we make it a project to memorize one scripture a week pertinent to this work. At the conclusion of a year our children will have on their lips a fund of scripture which will remain with them throughout their lives.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Children, Night, Years

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• I did not know that 'poetess' was an insult, and that I myself would some day be called one. I did not know that to be told I had transcended my gender would be considered a compliment. I didn't know — yet — that black was compulsory. All of that was in the future. When I was sixteen, it was simple. Poetry existed; therefore it could be written; and nobody had told me — yet — the many, many reasons why it could not be written by me.

  Margaret Atwood

  Simple, Black, Would Be

  "Margaret Atwood : Writing Philosophy". Waterstone's Poetry Lecture, Delivered At Hay On Wye, canpoetry.library.utoronto.ca. June 1995.

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• In whatever sport of field of endeavor you are interested, you should do whatever is necessary to compliment your God-given talent with proper mental preparation so as to do "the best you can." The criterion should be to fully exploit your potential rather than to win at any cost. What more could anyone ever ask of you than to be the best you possibly can?

  Bob Cousy

  Leadership, Sports, Winning

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• Being on time to appointments and meetings is a phase of self-discipline and an evidence of self-respect. Punctuality is a courteous compliment the intelligent person pays to his associates.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Intelligent, Self, Discipline

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• Remind people who they are instead of just complimenting them on what they've done.

  Thomas Leonard

  Inspirational, People, Done

  Thomas J. Leonard (2007). “The 28 Laws of Attraction: Stop Chasing Success and Let It Chase You”, p.82, Simon and Schuster

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• I am determined, even if they throw mud in my face, never to show any resentment, nor break with them, nor deviate from the esteem and honor I owe them in the sight of God. If they forget themselves and say or do something offensive against your little bark, even if it is done purposely to make it sink, bear with it for the love of God, who will save you from shipwreck and calm the storm. Do not complain or even say a single work about it. In spite of everything, continue to compliment them when you meet, as if nothing were amiss.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Sight, Honor

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents”

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• Instead of putting others down, try improving yourself instead. The only person you have a right to compete with is you. In the meantime, treat others how you'd like to be treated. One trait that some of the best (communicators) share is empathy. A couple of kind words can not only make a person's day, but earn you a friend and supporter for life. For the rest of the week, whenever you see someone you want to judge negatively, pay them a compliment instead. See what happens.

  Neil Strauss

  Couple, Judging, Empathy

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• I've always liked wrinkles. When I was a young girl, I used to make lines on my face with my nails because I loved Jeanne Moreau. I always wanted to be older; I always added years to my life. For the longest time, if people thought I was older I would take it as a compliment.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Girl, Wrinkles, Years

  "DVF Up Close". Interview with Anamaria Wilson, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 31, 2011.

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• Ah well that I can't tell you." Diana ducked her head so that the brim of her bonnet covered her face. "Some things must remain a mystery and for now I think I'll keep my opinion of you and your compliments to myself.

  Anna Godbersen

  Thinking, Faces, Opinion

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• Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the compliment and be thankful that people are complimenting you, but don't let it consume you; don't let your circumstances around you and the way people view you make you act a certain way.

  Mary J. Blige

  Love You, Views, Hype

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• Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.

  Joyce Meyer

  Inspirational, Smile, Encouraging

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• If a man takes you to a restaurant of his choosing, don’t compliment him. Rave about the quality of the food and he’ll be thrilled, because he took you there.

  Ilona Andrews

  Men, Quality, Rave

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Magic Bites: A Special Edition of the First Kate Daniels Novel”, p.100, Penguin

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• Were I the Moor I would not be Iago. In following him I follow but myself; Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, But seeming so for my peculiar end. For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart In compliment extern, ’tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at. I am not what I am

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Long, Judging

  1603-4 Iago. Othello, act1, sc.1, l.60-5.

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• We have a long way to go to being the perfect couple, we certainly don’t live the fairy tale marriage, he doesn’t shower me with rose petals and fly me to Paris on weekends but when I get my hair cut, he notices. When I dress up to go out at night, he compliments me. When I cry, he wipes my tears. When I feel lonely, he makes me feel loved. And who needs Paris, when you can get a hug?

  Cecelia Ahern

  Lonely, Couple, Cutting

  Cecelia Ahern (2005). “Rosie Dunne”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.

  Oscar Wilde

  Giving Up, Mistake, Men

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• Listen," I began, "this is an established,traditional form that-" "Traditional nothing.Where are your clothes?" "Clothes?" I said weakly. "I don't normally bother with them in this guise." "Well,you could put on a pair of shorts,at least.Your not decent." "I'm not sure they'd go with the wings..." The demon frowend,and blinked."Hold on,enough of this." "Lenderhosen would. They'd compliment the leather.

  Jonathan Stroud

  Wings, Clothes, Pairs

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