Compliments

It's all relative, in the end, and when Amy Grech is amassing compliments from the likes of Joel Sutherland and Nate Kenyon -- two accomplished authors of dark fiction -- she's certainly on the right path. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sincere compliments from a coworker or a boss are nice, but outrageous flattery is often an attempt to draw you into a sociopath's snare. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So I learned that giving compliments is a great way to change the world! ❋ Unknown (2010)

She got alot of compliments from the guys and from the wardens, and I hope that she will want to continue. ❋ Unknown (2009)

TBD's Jenny Rogers collected the best faint praise and back-handed compliments from the press conference. ❋ Mike DeBonis (2010)

I realized this past week one of the things that bothers me so much about this whole “getting hit on” conundrum … First, it makes you uncomfortable – even the nicest least aggressive of compliments is quite frankly weird and uncomfortable, and immediately makes you feel like a sex object rarther than a person. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The problem with lyrical realism is that it wants to be "observant" of reality (think of that most sought-after of compliments from a reviewer that the Author is Very Observant) but really what even the best of it achieves is not usually recognizable as "real." ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Washington Post's Steven Pearlstein compliments Bush's "political courage" in addressing the issue in this manner. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But Braille was also well-known as an organist and cellist, gaining compliments from the likes of Felix Mendelssohn. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2007)

His paragraph, far down the column, on receiving compliments is highly pertinent; I am very maladroit at accepting compliments, and I have been trying to manage better when people say kind things about me. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Keep waiting, Chump, fishing for compliments is your game. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The Irish find themselves for the first time ever being showered with compliments from the English. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I worry about the messages I give her in compliments and comments and language both labelling and descriptive that I use in front of her. ❋ Kittenpie (2006)

The weird thing about physical compliments is that if they are taken the wrong way, the more you try to deny it the worse you come off. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I had, as it turns out, one last Compilation CD – again compliments of nosymmetry and it has been playing all day. ❋ Deep_bluze (2004)

Those who are uncomfortable with her message take refuge in compliments on her purity of style (David Lodge) and "technical skill" (Sebastian Faulks). ❋ Unknown (2001)

since u hate compliments so much [i'm going to] start [insulting] u cuz [that's what] u love ❋ Somethingthatreallysmells (2009)

[friend 1]: "I love your [t-shirt]!" friend 2: "[I love your face]!" friend 1: "Thank you for that compliment!" friend 2: "Thank you as well!" ❋ Fredrietta (2008)

Dan complimented Joe for being honest enough to [admit] that he had actually [thought it was] [spelled] 'Mientkiewich' ❋ Confident Lefty (2006)

"[Steven], you are so cool! you are the sweetest most caring guy I've ever met!" "[Why thank you] [Jenny], that was very complimentative of you. ❋ Andrew Kade (2005)

"In this day and age, a guy can't compliment a girl without receiving trouble." -Incel Male: "I want to eat your asshole like I eat my moms [chicken tendies]." Female: "Stop following me!" Male: "My goddess, if you allow me to suck your toes I will forever be indentured under your [servitude]." Female: "Fucking creep, leave me alone faggot. Male: "[Your hair looks nice] today." Female: "That's so nice! Thank you. Female: "'Sup my nigga, hows it popping foo." Female: "Nothing much ho, thanks for asking bitch. ❋ HungryManster (2019)

Person 1: *[compliment]* Person 2: Oh, thanks! Person 1: Also, [I ran] over [your dog]. ❋ AN0NYM0U5_3CH0 (2021)

The [compliment] of ... you have [pretty eyes] = [get naked] You have a lovely smile = get naked You have a great laugh = get naked ❋ Maryfuckingpoppins (2015)

When was the last time a girl told you that you had pretty [eyelashes]? Never, since you give a girl a compliment every time you see one instead. Guys are [giving up] compliments [too easy] these days. ❋ Solid Mantis (2019)

"In this [day and age], a guy can't compliment a girl without receiving trouble." -me ME: "You look nice today." GIRL: "Oh my God [get the fuck away from me] you fucking loser!!" GUY: "You look nice today." GIRL: "Fuck you." GIRL: "You look nice today." GIRL: "[Aaw], thanks." ❋ Dave (2004)

"It is unlikely that someone would want to be seen as having glowing [red eyes] that risk burning people by dispersing heat or [blinding] another by intense light, so by negatively [comparing] her eyes to the sun, he is inevitably, being very complimentative, as well as realistic." ❋ Alyssa Inkpen (2008)