#compliment

I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent. ↗

— James Taylor

#easily #extent #i #i think #low

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

— Margaret Thatcher

#compliment #our #regard #slick #sufficiently

I take compliments and I take constructive criticism. Not everyone loves you. It's the way you react as a footballer. I use it all to make me play better. ↗

— Timothy F. Cahill

#compliments #constructive #constructive criticism #criticism #everyone

The stage is the best experience in the world. It's a great compliment to be able to share the music, because people can hear my album but they don't get to make the connection in the same way as when it's one-to-one. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#album #because #best #compliment #connection

My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#compliment #exactly #fan #filmmaker #frustrated

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. ↗

— Polly Shulman

#bragging #compliments #teenagers #science

But I'd rather look like you than be pretty," she told Anne sincerely. Anne laughed, sipped honey from the tribute, and cast away the sting. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#pretty #sting #l-m-montgomery

You look great," he said. It made her smile, even if it was a lie. "I'm as big as a house." He laughed. "I like houses. In fact, I'm thinking about architecture as a career. ↗

— Kristin Hannah

#couple #humor #love #pregnancy #architecture

But you must give my compliments to him. Yes — I think it must be compliments. Is not there a something wanted, Miss Price, in our language — a something between compliments and — and love — to suit the sort of friendly acquaintance we have had together? — So many months acquaintance! — But compliments may be sufficient here. ↗

— Jane Austen

#love #love

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

#charming #compliments #men