939 private quotes tagged respect

“I have many valentines. My mom and my sister and my directors. I got calls from all of them. And my friends. I respect what Valentine's Day stands for because it is about love.” — Michelle Trachtenberg

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“I have so much respect for my mom and all the women across the world.” — Jessica Simpson

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“Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen.” — Jonathan Sacks

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“A police force, wherever they are, is made up of amazing people, and I respect them a great deal.” — Nancy McKeon

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“I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.” — Gene Fowler

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“My sisters and mom raised me to respect women and open doors for them.” — Milo Ventimiglia

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“I contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family.” — Venus Williams

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“Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.” — Condoleezza Rice

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“One's nativity is not of his own choosing, but whatever it may be, it is entitled to respect and all nations have honorable place in the world's family.” — Paul Harris

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“The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul.” — Charles Handy

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“It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions.” — Harvey Milk

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“I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't.” — Audre Lorde

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“Money is always on its way somewhere. What you do with it while it is in your keeping and the direction you send it in say much about you. Your treatment of and respect for money, how you make it, and how you spend it, reflect your character.” — Gary Ryan Blair

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“I've been involved with violent movies, and then I've also said at a certain point, 'I can't take it anymore. Please cut it.' You know, you've got to respect the filmmaker, and it's a really tough issue.” — Harvey Weinstein

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“I'll work with a director if I think I'm going to get into a comfortable situation, and if it's someone I respect and who respects me, even if they're not so well known. Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best.” — Robert De Niro

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“When I'm shooting a movie, I'm always in an invisible theater seat. I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained.” — Michael Moore

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“The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.” — Igor Stravinsky

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“Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.” — William Hazlitt

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“The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it.” — John Stuart Mill

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“A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.” — Billy Graham

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“I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.” — Jenny Agutter

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“Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities.” — Alcee Hastings

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“The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families our deepest respect.” — Bill Frist

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