Paying Compliments Famous Quotes & Sayings
23 Paying Compliments Famous Sayings, Quotes and Quotation.
God didn't give you the strength to get back on your feet so that you can run back to the same things that knocked you down.— Marvin Sapp
Whoever said ignorance is bliss must have died a horrible death with a really surprised look on his face.— Lisa Shearin
What excellent fools religion makes of men.— Ben Jonson
Then, the clock caught her eye, 12:11 PM.— Aleatha Romig
It seems that the desire to oppress others is so ingrained in many humans that they readily distort even a liberating theory or concept into its inverse, creating another wall of defense against positive change. Ultimately, an unbiased observer of human behavior must conclude that most action is not shaped by theory, but rather theories are shaped to conform to actions we have no intention of changing.— Marjorie Spiegel
He has certainly not been paying me compliments. Perhaps that is the— Oscar Wilde
reason that I don't believe anything he has told me.
Never listen to anybody who try to discourage you.— Mariah Carey
If we all had a little bit of Michael Jackson in us, I think it would make the world a better place.— Tracy Morgan
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.— Tahereh Mafi
I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war.— Abraham Lincoln
I keep pushing for the Crest Whitestrips thing. I get so many compliments on how white my teeth are, but I have to say it's not because of my brushing skills. It's from Crest Whitestrips, and that's the honest truth. I don't believe in going to the dentist and paying for whitening.— Jill Wagner
I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don't feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid's runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are - particularly when it's difficult. People do notice, people appreciate. I appreciate it when it's done to (for) me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain ("I'm not a big one for paying compliments ... "), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself. For a moment life suddenly feels lighter, a bit more Gene Kelly dancing in the rain.— Jonathan Carroll
By ignoring compliments and homages we lead the person paying those compliments to think we look down on him, when in fact we are only doubting ourselves.— Albert Camus
He had seen God in the night sky long before he understood its patterns.— Kate Grenville
For my own Part, when I am employed in serving others, I do not look upon myself as conferring Favours, but as paying Debts. In my Travels, and since my Settlement, I have received much Kindness from Men, to whom I shall never have any Opportunity of making the least direct Return. And numberless Mercies from God, who is infinitely above being benefited by our Services. Those Kindnesses from Men, I can therefore only Return on their Fellow Men; and I can only shew my Gratitude for these mercies from God, by a readiness to help his other Children and my Brethren. For I do not think that Thanks and Compliments, tho' repeated weekly, can discharge our real Obligations to each other, and much less those to our Creator.— Benjamin Franklin
The habit of paying compliments kept a man's tongue oiled without any expense.— Charles Dickens
Schoolboys are a merciless race, individually they are angels, but together, especially in schools, they are often merciless.— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Manchester is a city which has witnessed a great many stirring episodes, especially of a political character. Generally speaking, its citizens have been liberal in their sentiments, defenders of free speech and liberty of opinion.— Emmeline Pankhurst
We learn to praise God not by paying compliments but by paying attention.— Frederick Buechner
I wasn't sure what day it was because life is meaningless. Turns out it's Thursday. The thing about life still applies.— Friedrich Nietzsche
I decided the reason why Luccas rushed off was he was allergic to the food that they had brought out. Not paying compliments to the decorations, I poked at the squid with a fork making sure it was dead. Yuck, it reminded me of squid shaped spaghetti. My mind imagined it struggling to break free from my fork. Its legs flopped back and forth, to the sides almost as if it danced. Then to eat it while it squirmed after every bite; chomp, chomp, chomp. On the other hand, you could also eat it raw, but I suppose that was where the squirming comes in. Hmm ... Any who ... Before we get off topic, I finally ate it. Yes, even with the gross images in mind.— Millicent Ashby
There is an Irish way of paying compliments as though they were irresistible truths which makes what would otherwise be an impertinence delightful.— Katharine Tynan
It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.— Oscar Wilde
