I have always been considered to be the most German among Italian economists, which I always received as a compliment, but was rarely meant to be one. – Mario Monti
The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment. – Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Our two biggest rivals had adjusted their whole season to this one aim of beating us. Of course, it is a big compliment that they were so motivated to stop us but it was very tough to face two matches like that so close together. Suddenly three trophies are down to one. – Dennis Bergkamp
If you set the attractiveness bar really low, people have to compliment you on your looks when they meet you in person. I’m pretty much a genius. I’m actually applying to work at the Genius Bar based on this trick. – Megan Amram
If somebody says I’m a leader or notices the things I try to do to be a leader, it’s the ultimate compliment. – Dak Prescott
Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you’ve become a comfortable, trusted element in another person’s life. – Joyce Brothers
To be unrecognizable in movies is the biggest compliment that anybody can give you. – Michael Angarano
The nicest notes I’ve received from readers are those that tell me I’ve gotten them back into reading for entertainment. For me, there is no greater compliment. – Jeff Abbott
Well, I think every now and again, some people deserve to get their butts chewed. Every now and again some people deserve a pat on the back. What I try and do is compliment folk who deserve a compliment, and chew folks out who deserve to be chewed out. – Judge Mills Lane
When we came out with ‘Lazy Sunday,’ the greatest compliment I heard was that Questlove had it on his iPod. – Jorma Taccone
I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive. – Joseph Epstein
We were told our campaign wasn’t sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment. – Margaret Thatcher
Sometimes, I’ll hear from other writers or folks in the publishing industry that my books are rule-breakers, which I take as a compliment. – Kristan Higgins
There’s a gap between what I want to do, what I do on camera, and what gets edited. Right? So the goal is to try and close the gaps. What’s the biggest compliment is if I read a review and it’s exactly what I wrote down in my diary before ever filming it. That’s really cool. That’s the biggest signifier of closing the gaps. – Matthew McConaughey
I’ve heard that kind of weird backward compliment often – ‘She’s so talented, but not pretty.’ – Kathy Baker
It’s nice to compliment people on what they’re wearing, but don’t make insincere compliments. – Letitia Baldrige
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth – if the latter were unflattering. – Minna Antrim
Someone told me I had funny facial expressions. I don’t know whether I take that as a compliment or not, but. – Lucy Punch
The biggest compliment to me is that guys really approach me and they have a connection with me, so there must be something I’m doing that is authentic, otherwise they wouldn’t connect with me so strongly. It’s a real compliment. – Jeremy Piven