Compliment Quotes

Praise worth pausing on.

These compliment quotes capture how public figures process praise, from treasuring an unexpected remark to learning to read Appreciation quotes.

Everybody likes a compliment.

Abraham Lincoln

I think the ultimate compliment that someone can give you is that you're a technician.

Quotes by Zach Ertz

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A lot of people have called me the black Bette Midler, and I regard that as a compliment.

Quotes by Vesta Williams

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

Quotes by Sidney Poitier

If my clothing does stand out, then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable.

Quotes by Shania Twain

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.

Quotes by Samuel Butler

I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment.

Quotes by Roy Ayers

There is no greater compliment for a writer than to have pleased a troubled child.

Quotes by Rodman Philbrick

Anytime anybody impersonates you, it's a great compliment.

Quotes by Robert Wagner

My favourite compliment now is that people are talking about my acting, my craft - not my torso.

Quotes by Ricky Whittle

Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way.

Quotes by Richard Rorty

I compliment President Obama on having these summits each year in Washington in which people have talked about ridding the world of materials of mass destruction.

Quotes by Richard Lugar

I've been cast as myself so many times, I guess I should catch on and figure out if it's a compliment.

Quotes by Richard Belzer

I think the fact that Rajamouli sir wrote the character of 'Baahubali' for me has been the biggest compliment in itself.

Quotes by Prabhas

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

Quotes by Plautus

Being compared to 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' is a huge compliment.

Quotes by Panos Cosmatos

I have always been considered to be the most German among Italian economists, which I always received as a compliment, but was rarely meant to be one.

Quotes by Mario Monti

We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

Quotes by Margaret Thatcher

If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.

Quotes by Luc de Clapiers

My grandfather criticized me thousands of times, and he gave me a compliment once.

Quotes by Louis Garrel

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