939 private quotes tagged respect

“I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect.” — E. O. Wilson

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“First and foremost, I'm a feminist. And basically that stems from a strong belief that all people and creatures deserve equal opportunity, rights and respect.” — Kathy Najimy

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“I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.” — June Jordan

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“Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.” — Jane Austen

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“I want the French people to respect values that allow each individual to practice his or her faith, but in the frame of our common rules of secularism.” — Francois Hollande

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“Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.” — Will Cuppy

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“The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.” — Johann Kaspar Lavater

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“All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.” — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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“In my school, people liked the gym teachers because they were the football or soccer coaches. But look, if they're cool, they get respect.” — Danny McBride

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“The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income, responsibility. the vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind.” — Dennis Prager

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“Like the average American that I hang out with, and like my father before me, I raised all my children to respect tools and use them wisely and safely.” — Ted Nugent

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“Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.” — William Jennings Bryan

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“You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do.” — Nicole Kidman

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“I will have to earn trust and respect from my kids.” — Tiger Woods

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“The Masters is where I won my first major, and I view this tournament with great respect. After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like I'm ready to start my season at Augusta.” — Tiger Woods

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“I respect a woman too much to marry her.” — Sylvester Stallone

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“If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.” — Denis Diderot

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“When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.” — LeBron James

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“You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.” — K. D. Lang

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“Here's my gift-giving rule: Respect your current financial situation.” — Suze Orman

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“I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.” — Charles de Gaulle

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“I think somehow men understand other men's need for respect differently than they understand it for a woman. I'm disappointed to have to say that, but I think it's undeniably true.” — Carly Fiorina

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“I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong. Than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.” — Malcolm X

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“When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.” — Louis Pasteur

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“To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.” — James A. Baldwin

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