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Monday, July 1st, 2024
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Quotations regarding 'Compliment'

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A girl's got to do what she's got to do to make somebody pay her a compliment. If that means moaning 'til the cows come home, then so be it.
Cat Deeley, English Celebrity (1976-  )
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.
Bill Dickey, American Athlete (1907-1993)
The fact of the matter is that everybody treats me pretty much as one of the boys, which I take as a great compliment.
Julia Louis Dreyfus, American Actress (1961-  )
I never considered myself a songwriter, but now since I've been working with Nick Lowe, I am contributing to an extent. But I'm the guitarist and he's not, so we compliment each other in a way.
Dave Edmunds, Welsh Musician (1944-  )
No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.
George Eliot, British Author (1819-1880)
I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive.
Joseph Epstein, American Writer (1937-  )
Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.
William Feather, American Author (1889-1981)
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.
Morton Feldman, American Composer (1926-1987)
The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.
Henry Fielding, English Novelist (1707-1754)
Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.
Henry Fielding, English Novelist (1707-1754)
Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.
Calista Flockhart, American Actress (1964-  )
If something is successful with the audience, it's automatically suspect; the reverse is to say that not to reach audiences is the greatest compliment an artist can receive!
Carlisle Floyd, American Composer (1926-  )
Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.
Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman (1608-1661)
There are so many questions to be answered and so many personal compliments that we appreciate so very much.
Eydie Gorme, American Musician (1931-  )
The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
Wayne Gretzky, Canadian Athlete (1961-  )
The best compliment I ever had is, one day I was in Nashville, some disc jockey said, Hey, that sounds like a Tom T. Hall song. Up until then there hadn't been any such thing.
Tom T. Hall, American Musician (1936-  )
I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That's like a free compliment and you don't even gotta be smart to notice it.
Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian (1968-2005)
For me, it's a compliment to be compared with Marilyn, the unforgettable actress, the most beautiful one of all. But, curves aside, we have very little in common.
Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model (1973-  )
A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
Elbert Hubbard, American Writer (1859-1915)
Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.
Victor Hugo, French Author (1802-1885)
 
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