Complimented By Quotes

#1. Simple ignorance has in its time been complimented by the names of most of the vices, and of all the virtues.

Arthur Helps

#2. It was one of Mrs. Hale's fitful days, when everything was a difficulty and a hardship; and Mr Lennox's appearance took this shape, although secretly she felt complimented by his thinking it worthwhile to call.

Elizabeth Gaskell

#3. It undoubtedly feels nice when you are being appreciated and you get complimented by girls. Who doesn't like that? Having said that, I don't take it as any pressure.

Virat Kohli

#4. Strength should always be complimented by softness. If you resist too much, you will break. Thus, the strong person knows when to use strength and when to yield, and good fortune and disaster depend on whether you know how and when to yield.

Liezi

#5. A woman ... always feels herself complimented by love, though it may be from a man incapable of winning her heart, or perhaps even her esteem.

Abel Stevens

#6. Man is at his best when complimented by the influence of a good woman.

Ezra Taft Benson

#7. The fame of Maria Foote's beauty and charm of manner had reached London, and in May 1814, she made her first appearance at Covent Garden Theatre and personated Amanthis in 'The Child of Nature' with such grace and effect that the manager complimented her with an immediate engagement.

Sabine Baring-Gould

#8. If a man has done evil in his life, he must not be complimented in marble.

Charles Sumner

#9. The spike heels left a trail of silent reproach in the broadloom.

Petite and lovely as the girl next door, Dusty eschewed manners and bras in a way that complimented her boss's more uptight, corseted approach to life.

James Wilcox

#10. The historians criticized a tendency, as they phrased it, to too rapid generalization. Other people blamed my method; and those who complimented me were those who understood me least.

Andre Gide

#11. Full red lips complimented her face,

Trevor E. Donaldson

#12. I'm really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I don't think about it as being a leader.

Bill Kreutzmann

#13. whenever I achieve a little something and am complimented, shortly thereafter I am swiftly kicked in the ass by karma.

Ruby Wax

#14. I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!

Kabir Bedi

#15. He was never angry when she made mistakes. He complimented and encouraged her. He shared his own mishaps with a sense of humor that made her less annoyed with her own incompetence. He gave her hope that she could learn, and pride when she did.

Francine Rivers

#16. Most men complimented my sexual vigor, thinking I owed it to them. All of them credited themselves afterwards, but the dour clown just lay there. For a moment, I thought I loved him.

Stuart Dybek

#17. I sang "O Holy Night" in a school choir. My mother came and listened to me and complimented me. So that was the high point. I cannot sing a note.

Toni Morrison

#18. Yes, I am complimented on my work in Kids in the Hall once or twice a week. It's a nice feeling.

Thomas Lennon

#19. It's better that you're criticized than complimented as a person.

Yoko Ono

#20. Gregor, open up, I'm pleading with you.' But Gregor had absolutely no intention of opening the door and complimented himself instead on the precaution he had adopted from his business trips of locking all the doors during the night even at home.

Franz Kafka

#21. The only time a dog gets complimented is when he doesn't do anything.

Charles M. Schulz

#22. Compliment others on the virtues they have; and they're not half as pleased as being complimented for the ones they don't have.

Malcolm Forbes

#23. If a woman is surrounded by lovers or if a woman has a lot of guys asking her out, that's considered wonderful. As a woman who's slept with a lot of men, I've always been complimented on my ability to attract men.

Susan Cheever

#24. Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

Andre Gide

#25. I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel they have not said enough.

Mark Twain

#26. I've been complimented enough and asked to run for various offices out here in Utah, but right now, I'm not interested. I don't know that I have the stomach for it.

Dale Murphy

#27. She said "sweet boy" again, as if making a diagnosis like tooth decay or flat feet. I was embarrassed. I didn't know if I was being insulted or complimented.

Shawn Stewart Ruff

#28. I like to be admired from afar, and then complimented up close.

Gena Showalter

#29. He always got this glint in his eyes when he complimented my looks, like he was seeing so much more than just my actual appearance.

Richelle Mead

#30. Montana and I had a chemistry that was unbelievable. When I first came into the league he told me I added five years to his career, and I just think we complimented each other very well and were able to do some amazing things out on the football field.

Jerry Rice

#31. When complimented, a sincere "thank you" is the only response required.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#32. Day was about five inches shorter than him, but they complimented each other perfectly. Day was quick, witty, smart, skilled, and very dangerous.

A.E. Via

#33. Elle complimented me on my weight loss and asked me which diet I was on. Acid stomach, I wanted to say. You should try it. I can introduce your husband to Emmanuelle if you want.

Kristan Higgins

#34. The weight of a compliment is dependent on how great the complimenter is on the complimented.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#35. An accompanied, busy man's goodness is complimented and is absorbed in the compliment but a solitary man's goodness compliments nature and gets accompanied with all the nature's intangible secrets.

Ashutosh Gupta

#36. He asked what she was in for and complimented the find workmanship of her metal extremities, but she ignored him, making him briefly question if he'd been separated from the female population for so long that he could be losing his charm.
But that seemed unlikely.

Marissa Meyer

#37. She felt oddly complimented. Petrov hadn't thought she's just a girl; he'd thought she might be a desperate criminal.

Jonathan L. Howard

#38. A lady likes to be complimented on her looks, her eyes, her figure. But the personality comments are much appreciated.

Betty White

#39. You did what your heart told you to do,' Brain complimented. 'It is what leaders, not followers, do.

Tonya Hurley

#40. You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.

Tommy Cooper

#41. Those who complimented me were those who understood me the least.

Andre Gide

#42. You're charm can be terrifying."
"I suppose if you put it that way I cannot help but be complimented.

Julia Quinn

#43. I'm very introverted, so it requires a huge effort for me to put on a smile and extend a hand and accept compliments. I would much rather be insulted than complimented any day.

Michael Ian Black

#44. I appreciate all my fans. I appreciate anybody who has asked me for an autograph, or has complimented me as a fighter. When I go to the Hall of Fame events, I'm always well received and respected.

George Chuvalo

#45. Jersey cows," Eva explained after Jac complimented the luxurious taste. "The butter and cream here are better than anywhere in the world."
"Not that we're prejudiced," Theo teased.

M.J. Rose