Compliments Quotes
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Not a week goes by when someone doesn't call me Larry, and every time it happens I take it as a generous compliment. (Quote by - Randy Turner)
That's one of the things in the second half of the season that I would really compliment our kids on is they finish games really well. Tonight, we didn't. We had to hang on. (Quote by - Gordie Kerkman)
It's the ultimate compliment a coach would want from a player. Without a doubt, it's the ultimate. (Quote by - Bob Burke)
Jen never forgot to compliment us and support us. She always went out of her way to include us all. She was so vivacious and so much fun to work with. (Quote by - Stephanie Cooperman)
Love, love, love -- all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental postures, a welter of self-induced miseries and joys, blinding and masking the essential personalities in the frozen gestures of courtship, in the kissing and the dating and the desire, the compliments and the quarrels which vivify its barrenness. (Quote by - Germaine Greer)
My compliments to your fellow countrymen up there in Canada for the work that they have done, .. They've been with us all along in the return to flight effort and I think they have done a magnificent job. (Quote by - Bill Readdy)
The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence. (Quote by - Edward Thomas)
She's got to stand the test of time and keep getting better. Who's to say? If Stephanie White says (Rayburn) can be as good as Stephanie White, that's a high compliment. (Quote by - Garry Donna)
I've always been the biggest guy out there. A lot of (lacrosse) coaches say I'm the biggest guy they ever recruited, and they figure if I lower my shoulder, maybe it'll be a little easier getting to the goal. But another thing they say is, 'We'd still be recruiting you if you were 5-10 because of the different assets to your game.' I thought that was a nice compliment. (Quote by - Will Yeatman)
One of the best compliments you can give to a teammates is that he makes others better. I speak for all the guys when I say we're very grateful to have him here. (Quote by - Nils Ekman)
Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Jackson is a new goalie and he has already gotten some compliments from college coaches. I don't know if natural goalie is the appropriate word, but he is fearless. The goalie is considered the captain or leader of the team and he is growing into that role very quickly and his stick skills are excellent. (Quote by - Scott Found)
That guy has muscles in places most people don't have places. (Quote by - Bucky Waters, on Tom Hammonds)
It's going to make Lanier look good, the school look good and the community look good. To be in the Top 25 in the nation .. that's a great compliment right there. (Quote by - Thomas Billups)
It's nice that they don't have to talk about my behavior anymore, .. That's the biggest honor you can have, for the guys you race with to give you that kind of compliment. (Quote by - Tony Stewart)
Its not its what your country can do for you what you could do for your country. (Quote by -Felics Sadge)
It's just a lot of things to worry about. We've basically got two young guys that average 20 points. The thing about it is I feel we've got other guys that compliment them well. (Quote by - Troy Schwemley)
Johnstown welcomed us with open arms. We've had so many compliments. (Quote by - Andrea Kottler)
Ivan is an excellent player and this is a great honor for him. This is also a great compliment to the team. Everyone played well and that opened things up for Ivan. He stepped up and was a big part of our attack. (Quote by - Tom Peterson)
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. (Quote by - Lord Chesterfield)
It's nice that people remember that far back. Definitely a compliment. I worked hard for 12 years. And I appreciate that fans appreciated that. (Quote by - Jim Jensen)
It's especially rewarding coming from a player you didn't recruit. It's an indirect compliment to our staff. Linda has a natural feel for the game. She has a great demeanor with kids. She's going to be a great coach. (Quote by - Amy Stephens)
It's the first time in a long time that I've been complimented on my leadership skills. Partly it was my fault that I hadn't been complimented in the past. Maybe some people just weren't recognizing. (Quote by - Ron Artest)
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. (Quote by - Samuel Butler)
It's very exciting for us, as a coaching staff, to have so many guys get invited to the combine. That's never happened before and is a compliment to the work we've done here. That would have been unbelievable five years ago, but we've made a lot of progress and these guys have earned it. (Quote by - Rocky Long)
Some people have mentioned that, and it's just a wonderful compliment. Danny Wuerffel did all the right things and he was always so humble. (Quote by - Pam Tebow)
The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own. (Quote by - Alistair Cooke)
Look what we've accomplished so far this year. We're pretty much filling the stadium every night with a team that has only won two games. This is pretty much unheard of in the CFL. This is a sign of the completion of the initial phase of this project . . . The fact David can step out this early is a huge compliment to what he has achieved. (Quote by - Bob Young)
It's such a rewarding craft. You make it. You wear it. You have pride that you made it and people compliment you. It just makes you feel good. It's the best therapy. (Quote by - Sally Manzone)
That was the one universal compliment .. everyone was excited about the course. That's just such a credit to Pat. We could not have had this race without him and his expertise. (Quote by - Paul Epstein)
Ryan got some good looks and compliment the other guys, because that came off some pretty good action. (Quote by - David Fox)
It is hard to resist a flatterer who gets it right. (Quote by - Robert Brault)
Slippery bunch, angels, hiding their nasty little sins behind curtsies and compliments, Bibles and badges. (Quote by - Jean Harris)
The plan of the newspaper is good and wise; when you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one. (Quote by - Mark Twain)
A person given to barefaced flattery, will usually balance the account with interest in your absence. (Quote by - Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827)
Second doubles had a great day. In the last match, they were down 4-1 and came back and won it 7-5 so that was really huge. I was pleased with them. It was fun to watch. That's a huge compliment from me when I tell them they're fun to watch. (Quote by - Sena Drawer)
The biggest compliment you could give us is when you say we're baseball people. Because we are. I'm a firm believer that a baseball person, a guy that has a love for the game, should be running the club. (Quote by - Jay Miller)
I've paid him a lot of compliments. He earned a lot of respect from managing through a lot of injuries and through when they were forced to trade Aramis Ramirez. I thought he did a good job of keeping his club competitive every time we saw them. (Quote by - Tony La Russa)
That's a very good compliment. I would think discipline is what they see. I've been accused of that. (Quote by - Bob Vaughan)
People put a lot of pressure on our kids right now because the expectations have climbed so high. That's a compliment to our program, but it's also real, so the kids were feeling the pressure and still are now. The best way to make the pressure go away is to win. (Quote by - Tom Sawyer)
That means that there's a whole lot of dumb sportswriters out there. No, I don't know what it means. We take it as a compliment to the program and the kids that we have. (Quote by - Fred Wieck)
Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs. (Quote by - George Chapman)
Some of it is that they have to have a double team for her. It's a compliment to her and her game. (Quote by - Keith Andrews)
One of the reasons why we brought her in was we felt like she complimented Robin very well and her ability to run the floor and transition was a huge asset. (Quote by - Maryann Mitts)
I've said it all year long that our district, the past two years, is definitely one of if not the hardest to play in. Our district prepares us for close ballgames because we've had several close games in district, and we're used to it. That's a compliment to our district as far as how tough it is. (Quote by - Stacey Stroman)
My whole life is thrown up there in front of the camera, and I'm the last person who wants to watch me for 90 minutes, I'll tell you that. For people to say they love the movie or were inspired by the movie, it's such a compliment. (Quote by - Brian Herzlinger)
It's different. You've got to win today's game. It's almost like every game's an elimination game. I think it's a compliment to the teams the U.S. played against, and also it's the timing, so you don't get a true read of the teams. How many games of consequence do you have where a catcher plays half a game?. (Quote by - Terry Francona)
The difference was the speed. It will take some time for them to catch up. I complimented (Phillips) on their inside, they had some boys bigger than us. I think they can compete. (Quote by - Bob Stacey)
She moved so well without the basketball tonight and you have to compliment our girls because they did a great job looking for her. I?m just thankful the girls did a great job of executing the plays and setting screens for her and getting her a lot of open looks. (Quote by - Tom Halbmaier)
Let's face it, Drapes sets the work ethic for this team. That's his job. If Dan Cleary can gain something from that, that's fantastic. .. That's a real compliment to Drapes, but (also) a real compliment to Dan Cleary if he's smart enough to figure it out. (Quote by - Mike Babcock)
Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke. (Quote by - William Feather)
The FedEx comments we're getting back are that there are regular driving characteristics. The drivers are getting into these vehicles and not seeing much of a difference — which we take as the ultimate compliment. If we can make this technology seamless to them, then we think we've accomplished our goal. (Quote by - Jeffrey Carpenter)
Leander Cedar Park was a good team. We just really played well Saturday afternoon. I would definitely have to compliment the whole team on just determination alone. We're gutting out some matches that make a difference and it's good to see that from our kids in the middle of the season. (Quote by - FHS Coach Randall King)
What flatterers say, try to make true. (Quote by - German Proverb)
It's not that I don't like getting compliments. It's that the only person I want to get a compliment from is the one who has never given me one. Otherwise, they mean nothing to me. (Quote by - Caitlin Allen)
She's already tournament savvy. Players like Susan and Sarah and (current junior) Rachael (Johnson) had the same talent level at the beginning of their freshman years, but she has some experience behind her, too, so she's probably a step ahead. So she may be better, which is a huge compliment to her. (Quote by - Ann Curtis)
I've been compared to him and a couple of other guys, but that's a great compliment. Barry Sanders, pound for pound, is the best running back to ever play the game. (Quote by - DeAngelo Williams)
The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work. (Quote by - Voltaire)
Our guys who are core guys just have to have solid seasons. They don't have to be superstars. Just be solid. And then the other guys can compliment them. (Quote by - Tony La Russa)
It's been something we've harped on maybe even too much, knowing this day would come when we play against a team that just bullies people on the boards. I mean that as a compliment. (Quote by - Sean Miller)
She really gives us a great inside presence. With the athletic abilities that our guards have, Mallory is a very good compliment that we can plug in there and get results. (Quote by - Bob Condrick)
That's help us get noticed by Hollywood, the fact that these fans are a wellspring of money for the studios. With Lost, for instance, ABC called us (to initiate a convention tour). That was a really nice compliment after all these years. (Quote by - CEO Gary Berman)
That's happened to our club all year long. We take that as a challenge and as a wonderful compliment. (Quote by - Pat McMahon)
That's a wonderful compliment. I've always looked up to Sarah as a role model. It's going to be really weird not having her back. (Quote by - Amy Cox)
Not only was he a good basketball player but he was a coach on the floor. That's the greatest compliment you can give a point guard. He was the extension of what I wanted and a lot of times I didn't even have to tell him what to do on the court. (Quote by - Grant McCasland)
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau)
I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your effort to believe it. (Quote by - Wilson Mizner)
I've been told that I am not big enough, not fast enough. The only thing that people said is that I am a hustle player as if it was a backhanded compliment. (Quote by - Bryce Fisher)
Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears. (Quote by - Rudyard Kipling)
Marge, you're as pretty as Princess Leia and as smart as Yoda. (Quote by - Homer Simpson )
I can live for two months on a good compliment. (Quote by - Mark Twain)
My biggest compliments. The conditions are now .. very good. (Quote by - Guenter Hujara)
There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment. (Quote by - Robert Brault)
'Twas never merry world Since lowly feigning was called compliment. (Quote by - William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night)
Jacques knew before the tour that he would be covering for all of the top six positions. I told him it was a great compliment to his abilities that he can bat anywhere and he is quite prepared to bat where he is needed. (Quote by - Haroon Lorgat)
Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on. (Quote by - Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960)
One of our best managers, her second language is English. We needed her to get better at English to be able to leave her alone in the restaurant. I heard somebody compliment her today on her English. (Quote by - Beth Wilson)
Nothing makes people so worthy of compliments as receiving them. One is more delightful for being told one is delightful -- just as one is more angry for being told one is angry. (Quote by - Katherine F. Gerould)
She's got a great compliment of players around her. She can do so many things, but No. 1, she controls the paint on both ends of the floor. She's just so tough. She's worth the price of admission. (Quote by - Royce Chadwick)
Some folks pay a compliment like they went down in their pocket for it. (Quote by - Kin Hubbard)
God was just showing off when he created you. (Quote by - From the movie Keeping the Faith)
The College Board's recognition of four of our AP programs is a compliment to Keystone School's overall approach to education. We put motivated, capable students in small classes with dedicated, experienced teachers in a homey, safe atmosphere. (Quote by - Hugh McIntosh)
A compliment is usually accompanied with a bow, as if to beg pardon for paying it. (Quote by - A.W. Hare & J.C. Hare, Guesses at Truth)
Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are. (Quote by - Hartley Coleridge)
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. (Quote by - Bible)
Our new city administrator has been great, because I had no experience as a finance director. I am an accounting person, which is a bean counter and finance is a little different than being an accountant. Accountants are more exact and finance people have more vision. He's got the vision. He's been a good compliment to me and has helped me a lot and I really appreciate that. He's a little more involved.. For the most part everybody has been great and I have enjoyed every minute of it. (Quote by - Shirley Norton)
That's quite a compliment to Archie because a lot of junior college players can't make that play. A lot of young men would have forced that shot up. (Quote by - Eddie Barnes)
Women are never disarmed by compliments; men always are. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)
I've paid him a lot of compliments. He earned a lot of respect, with a lot of tough situations. There were injuries, they were forced to sell or trade guys like [Aramis] Ramirez. I thought he did a good job of keeping the club competitive every time we saw them. (Quote by - Tony La Russa)
Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough. (Quote by - George Moore)
Rarely has a people paid the lavish compliment and taken the subtle revenge of turning its oppressor's speech into sorcery. (Quote by - T. E. Kalem)
Current among men, Like coin, the tinsel clink of compliment. (Quote by - Lord Alfred Tennyson)
Never compare what other do best but do compare what you do best. (Quote by - Zeeshan Shahzada)
It is great to get praise from the lips of taciturnity. (Quote by - John Addington Symonds)
