Beware of fishing for compliments - you might come up with a boot

Stoical' is the best word to describe her reaction to these compliments, Emma putting up with them as of they were one of my unfortunate foibles.

It's one of the greatest compliments you can get when the guy who's taking the bullets behind you says you did a great job. That makes you want to block and protect that much harder.

They're going to do something that compliments the neighborhood. It's going to make everyone happy. They're going to take all those things into account.

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

Justin: "Girls like compliments, don't they?"
Madeline: "I think everyone does if it's sincere. Not just girls.