Compliments and criticism are all ultimately based on some form of projection. Votes: 4
Billy CorganCompliments and praise, for their part, are tragic expressions of fulfilled needs Votes: 3
Marshall B. RosenbergIf you're criticized then you can use it as an experience. Compliments, you can't use. Votes: 3
Yoko OnoYou know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoot. Votes: 3
Phyllis DillerYou have to love yourself or you'll never be able to accept compliments from anyone. Votes: 2
Dean WarehamWomen are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes. Votes: 2
Oscar WildeTo dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment Votes: 1
Edward G. Bulwer-LyttonNext to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke Votes: 1
William FeatherFor all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me gay Votes: 1
Marcus AureliusWe learn to praise God not by paying compliments but by paying attention. Votes: 0
Frederick BuechnerA few good compliments produce a wealth of good and often financial benefits. Votes: 0
Mariette HartleyThe habit of paying compliments kept a man's tongue oiled without any expense. Votes: 0
Charles DickensI dont like compliments. I prefer criticism..then I can prove those people wrong. Votes: 0
Paul ScholesWomen need food, water, and compliments That's right. And an occasional pair of shoes. Votes: 0
Chris RockTrue humility is being able to accept criticisms as graciously as we accept compliments. Votes: 0
Sabrina NewbyGive me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off. Votes: 0
Val KilmerYou have to love yourself or you'll never be able to accept compliments from anyone Votes: 0
Dean WarehamDeference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments. Votes: 0
William ShenstoneShe kept up her compliments, and I kept up my determination to deserve them or die. Votes: 0
Mark TwainA reproof entereth more into a woman of sense than an hundred compliments into a fool. Votes: 0
Gelett BurgessYou know how I love talking about books, and you know how I adore receiving compliments. Votes: 0
Annie BarrowsGet not your friends by bare compliments but by giving them sensible tokens of your love. Votes: 0
SocratesAs a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness. Votes: 0
Ben BradleeThere's so many great, fantastic compliments I need to give that girl. Three words isn't enough. Votes: 0
Sam ClaflinRemember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Votes: 0
Mary SchmichNever praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears. Votes: 0
Rudyard KiplingYou are fairly smart," I said after a while. "You are fairly good at compliments," he answered. Votes: 0
John GreenI'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose. Votes: 0
Jeremy RennerIt takes a million compliments to build you up and one insult to send it all crashing down. Votes: 0
DrakeI've received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize me Votes: 0
Harry Dean StantonWhat honour that, But tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies. Votes: 0
John MiltonI refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done. Votes: 0
Indira GandhiYou have to love yourself or you'll never be able to accept compliments from anyone. Votes: 1 Dean Wareham
I find it to be the ultimate backhanded compliment when you are compared against yourself. Votes: 3 Elvis Costello
Compliments and criticism are all ultimately based on some form of projection. Votes: 1 Billy Corgan
Nothing is worse than a beautiful girl fishing for compliments by saying how gross she is. On the flip side, I find genuine humility and modesty attractive. Votes: 3 Chris Evans