Top 325 Backhanded Compliments Quotes & Sayings - Page 2
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Last updated on April 16, 2025.
There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments.
Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.
Compliments are very un-British, but when someone pays you one, you should take it.
I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
If compliments were food, I'd have starved to death 28 years ago.
Compliments and praise, for their part, are tragic expressions of fulfilled needs
You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.
You have to love yourself or you'll never be able to accept compliments from anyone.
I dont like compliments. I prefer criticism..then I can prove those people wrong.
There's so many great, fantastic compliments I need to give that girl. Three words isn't enough.
Women need food, water, and compliments That's right. And an occasional pair of shoes.
Compliments and criticism are all ultimately based on some form of projection.
What honour that, But tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies.
If anything I was probably loved and praised too much as a child. I think that's why I can't accept any compliments.
Sincere compliments cost nothing and can accomplish much. In any relationship, they are the applause that refreshes.
You know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoot.
I'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose.
The habit of paying compliments kept a man's tongue oiled without any expense.
I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.
It is so nice to get so many compliments from fans and people from within the industry.
A reproof entereth more into a woman of sense than an hundred compliments into a fool.
I'm really bad at taking compliments, but whenever I get them, I tell myself, 'Way to go, girl' and move on.
You can receive all the compliments in the world, but that won't do a thing unless you believe it yourself.
There's nothing better than listening to music that compliments my mood.
We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
It's nice to compliment people on what they're wearing, but don't make insincere compliments.
Some of the biggest compliments you can get are from people who have played the game at the highest level.
Even when I'm not wrestling, I still appreciate all my fans. I take all the compliments to heart.
A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
I made a decision when I started writing 'All is Song' to take the compliments I had for 'The Wilderness' and try to be confident and not overwhelmed by it.
When someone compliments you, listen, but don't believe it. Praise or blame are immaterial. You know what you are.
Everyone needs to know how to accept compliments and say thank you.
It's always flattering when you get compliments, but it's more of a measure of who you are at the time than anything else.
The highest compliments leaders can receive are those that are given by the people who work for them.
I usually get a lot of compliments from people as they can't believe I'm the same person when they meet me.
I throw out compliments to strangers all the time, because I would like it back at me, and do unto others.
It takes a million compliments to build you up and one insult to send it all crashing down.
The cut of the bikini is definitely important. You want to wear one that compliments your body type.
There's a lot of intensity when you're on a set. And then it just goes away and no one's giving you attention or flooding you with compliments.
It's important to work hard, stay humble, and not let the criticism or the compliments go to your head.
It's where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this. Plus it's not a purse, it's called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.
I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more.
Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising.
I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.
Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.
I told my sons to remember to always thank people for compliments.
I get the worst compliments all the time. 'Oh you're Asian? I love orange chicken.'
Wherever I go I bask in the glory of the compliments showered at me by everyone that I have a beautiful wife.
The West didn't see our real situation, and we were blinded by the compliments coming from the Europeans and Americans.
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.
From the bottom of my heart, I've always found compliments hard to take. It makes me feel awkward.
I love when architects build a golf course that compliments the landscape rather than intrudes upon it.
I'm not great at taking compliments because I always find the thing I could do better.
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
When someone compliments me on my physique, positive attitude, or enthusiasm, I walk on air the rest of the day.
My mom told me when I get compliments to cover my ears.
Anytime anyone compliments me on my figure, I'm wearing my Spanx undies.
I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind of try to immediately forget.
I'll leave you with one that I have hanging on my office wall, compliments of Nike: Impossible is nothing.
Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
