Monday, March 11

10E2131: Compliments Cost Nothing 2

Kerim Bey (Pedro Armendariz): The game with the Russians is played a little differently here.

James Bond (Sean Connery): So your chauffeur informed me. He is a rather intelligent young man by the way.

Connery in Istanbul, in From Russia With Love

Have you ever been caught out by a disparaging remark? Course you have. Ever been let down by giving an honest compliment? Never. And you will be glad you did. Not talking about crawling here, I mean a straight-up compliment.  Go tell her/him/kid-down-the-street you have noticed how hard they have been working or what a good job they are doing (if they are).

Further reading: Compliments Cost Nothing