Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes

I guess other people's compliments motivate you.

Give no time to finding fault of criticism.

Ballplayers, like everyone else, like to get told they did something right.

No one likes to be criticized.

By patting somebody on the back, a boy or a girl, a professional dancer, male, female, it really makes people feel good and I know it certainly made me feel good.

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something; I think that's human nature.

It's lovely to be told you're wonderful by someone when you're used to being told how awful you are.

I'm not a player who needs telling every day in training 'you're brilliant, you're this, you're that'... but it's always nice to hear comments from the manager and people around that you're doing well.

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

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.

It's very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.

It's not that I need everybody to be patting me on the back.

It is nice to hear some positive words from the manager.

It's hard for some parents to give their children compliments.

Men, learn to speak blessings over your wife and you will see that woman rise to a new level. She will respond to your praise and encouragement. Your words don't have to be poetic, fancy, or profound. Tell her simply but sincerely, "You're a great mother to our children. And you are a great wife to me. I'm so glad I can always count on you."

I think girls in general need to be more complimentary... It just makes people feel better.

In many ways we were drugged when we were young. We were brought up to need people. For what? For acceptance, approval, appreciation, applause.

I don't look for praise.

I love positivity. I'm always saying, 'Well done' - maybe too often, in fact.

Sometimes, men just need a little push. Men won't always be like, 'You are so beautiful. You look great today.' And sometimes women want to hear that.

Love is appreciating, complimenting, feeling gratitude, and speaking good words to others.

Praise can be your most valuable asset as long as you don't aim it at yourself.

An occasional compliment is necessary to keep up one's self-respect.

I need what I'm thinking to come out into the world, even if it's a two-word approval, like, "Yeah, I agree," I need that approval so that in the morning I can get up and use that when I go to work. It's a weird version of focusing.