Compliments Quotes

So how did you get this job, anyway?' I asked.'My science teacher.''Why'd he pick you?''For my brains and good looks, obviously.''Yeah, right. My social studies teacher picked me, but I can't really figure out why."'For your brains and good looks, obviously.''Um, thanks.' Had Aaron just complimented me? Wow.

This gentleman here, Michael Hussey, is just an absolute freak.

People who get offended by your not saying 'Thank you!' … after they’ve paid you a compliment were merely desperate to be thanked.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Pay it forward with free compliments. They are returned in due time. NetworkEtiquette.net

...For like a rugged tree you are hard and sound at the core.

H. Rider Haggard

Only fools imply compliments. The wise man comes right out with it, point-blank. Imply criticism--unless the criticized isn't within earshot.

William Faulkner

Calvin said, "Do you know that this is the first time I've seen you without your glasses?""I'm blind as a bat without them. I'm near-sighted, like father.""Well, you know what, you've got dream-boat eyes," Calvin said. "Listen, you go right on wearing your glasses. I don't think I want anybody else to see what gorgeous eyes you have.

Madeleine L'Engle

You would compliment a coxcomb doing a good act, but you would not praise an angel.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I was as terrible at giving compliments as I was at receiving them.

You can always tell when someone deserves the praise and recognition they receive, because it humbles them rather than inflating their ego.

Ashly Lorenzana