"It's as serious as, like, brain surgery on a baby," Mr. Snyder said of "The Dark Knight," adding that he meant this as a compliment.
When theatergoers tell Ms. Headland that her attitude toward her generation reminds them of Neil LaBute, she said, "I take it as a compliment," adding, "He thinks awful people deserve good stories too".
Yevgeny Chentsov, who has worked at the observatory since 1968, described the art as "naive and childlike," which he meant as a compliment adding that astronomers have a similar approach to their work.
(When Agassi used the term "freak of nature," he hastened to add that he meant it as a compliment — Agassi was at the French Open issuing public praise of Federer and observing that only the freak of nature from Majorca had kept Federer from multiple French Open victories already).
He meant this as a compliment, he added.
He meant that as a compliment, he added.
Sandberg added, "I hope she meant it as a compliment.
He added: "There is an element of taking it as a compliment.
Whether Mr. Landowsky's comment was meant as a compliment or an insult, he added, "It frightens me equally".
"He is the Peter Mandelson of the media world," added another, which not everyone – Mandelson excluded – might take as a compliment.
