939 private quotes tagged respect

“A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him.” — Mikhail Bakunin

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“I adore adverbs they are the only qualifications I really much respect.” — Henry James

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“Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had.” — James Brown

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“If the individual is to be happy in the contemporary order, he must be open-minded with respect to new values and new arrangements.” — Thomas Cochrane

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“By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory the only object of respect that can never excite envy.” — George Bancroft

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“I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive inclination and a great respect for the Rothschilds.” — Mikhail Bakunin

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“As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now.” — Kristin Scott Thomas

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“I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.” — Lee Trevino

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“This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.” — William Lyon Phelps

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“Most young people have tremendous respect for older people's views.” — Dennis Prager

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“A great chef is an artist that I truly respect.” — Robert Stack

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“I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect.” — Joni Mitchell

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“From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.” — Sachin Tendulkar

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“We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to see if we can persuade the Syrian authorities to go, as I say, more in that direction of respect for democracy and human rights.” — William Hague

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“I love romantic comedies. I have a deep respect for them. I think they're really difficult to write and write well.” — Rashida Jones

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“True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.” — Ralph W. Sockman

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“Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.” — Vera Wang

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“There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.” — Herbert Hoover

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“I've got too much respect for stand-ups to call myself one.” — Johnny Vegas

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“You totally value and respect your body as you get older.” — Jenny McCarthy

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“Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.” — William Hague

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“The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.” — Edward R. Murrow

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“If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.” — Maimonides

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“I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.” — Loretta Lynn

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“We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people.” — Joseph Ratzinger

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