#lime

It was the nearest to a casualty on the Spray in her whole course, so far as I know. The young man having come on board with compliments made the mishap most embarrassing. ↗

— Joshua Slocum

#casualty #come #compliments #course #embarrassing

I can take criticisms but not compliments. ↗

— James Taylor

#criticisms #i #i can #take

And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment. ↗

— Jason Statham

#compliment #great #like #movies #people

In all unmerciful actions, the worst of men pay this compliment at least to humanity, as to endeavour to wear as much of the appearance of it, as the case will well let them. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#appearance #case #compliment #endeavour #humanity

I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of. ↗

— Rachel Stevens

#feel #i #i feel #limelight #out

It's been amazing to watch, because for 'Thor', which was always a mid-selling book, to be in the top ten for every single issue since the reboot is just a great compliment. ↗

— J. Michael Straczynski

#amazing #because #been #book #compliment

It might seem paradoxical given my profession, but I'm not someone who likes to be in the limelight. ↗

— Audrey Tautou

#i #likes #limelight #might #paradoxical

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

The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd. ↗

— Lowell Thomas

#above #crowd #cut #distinction #head