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Compliments
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“If you think a complimentary thought about someone, don't just think it. Dare to compliment people and pass on compliments to them from others.”
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“... all Compliments Exceed the Truth ...”
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“I am in perfect health, and hear it said I look better than ever I did in my life, which is one of those lies one is always glad to hear.”
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“But that is one great difference between us. Compliments always take you by surprise, and me never. ”
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“... there is such a mistaken notion abroad in this country that the individual who makes sharp remarks must be sincere, while the one who says pleasant things must be more or less a humbug.”
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“'Are you a horticulturist?' ... 'Why do you ask?' 'Because your compliments are so flowery!'”
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“I'm sure you're much nicer than you look!”
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“... nothing makes people so worthy of compliments as occasionally receiving them. One is more delightful for being told one is delightful — just as one is more angry for being told one is angry.”
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“I long ago exhausted the English language in commendation of her efforts. Nothing is so wearing on one as continual demand for praise ...”
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“To hear how special and wonderful we are is endlessly enthralling.”
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“As a singer you're a great dancer.”
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“'You are like me!' The deepest flattery one creature pays its fellow, the cry which is uttered when another enters 'our country.'”
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“Darling, I don't care what anybody says — I thought you were marvellous.”
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“[On Mickey Spillane's early detective novels:] They give me the feeling of hearing a military band in a public park.”
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“Since sane people rarely surround themselves with furnishings which they personally find repellent, it is logical to assume that it will generate a bit of goodwill to enthuse about those they have ...”
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“[On Dorothy Thompson:] Even if I hadn't liked her, I would have liked her, if you know what I mean.”
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“... watch out fer these fellers around here. It ain't safe fer a pretty girl. Why, I had one just now tell me I looked like a breath of spring. Well, he didn't use them words, exactly. He said I looked like the end of a hard winter.”
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“I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.”
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“There is an Irish way of paying compliments as though they were irresistible truths which makes what otherwise would be an impertinence, delightful.”
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“A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly unless you want to hurt the giver.”
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“What are compliments? They are things you say to people when you don't know what else to say.”
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“Never let an opportunity pass to give a well-deserved compliment.”
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“Leaders value other people's worth and opinions and take the time to let them know they are important. It doesn't take very much time to pay someone a compliment. The average is six seconds.”
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“[To Edgar Allan Poe who said she was 'the greatest poet of her sex':] What could I say in return except, 'Sir, you are the most discerning of yours!'”