I didn't aspire to be just a celebrity; I aspired to be an…

Musicians always respected me because they knew I'm a huge music lover and I know what I'm talking about.

— Perez Hilton

I always wanted to be respected for my mind.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“I wanted to be respected and to be loved. I longed for a man, like my father, to come and take me away from…

— Nicci Greene

I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people…

— Caitlin Moran

I've always wanted to be on a show that's well respected and had critical acclaim and that people like to watch, and at the…

— Mike Colter

“I wanted to be someone, someone important. I wanted to be revered, I wanted to be respected, I wanted to be loved. I wanted…

— Karina Halle

I wanted to be a hero, then I wanted to be an actor. But always I wanted to be respected as a good human…

— Prosenjit Chatterjee

We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish.

— George Saunders

We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband,…

— Matthew Modine

I didn't aspire to be a good sport; 'champion' was good enough for me.

— Fred Perry

At the end of the day, everyone knows what it is to be loved and to aspire to love someone, to want to be…

— David Oyelowo

I love it when television is shot in a cinematic way and I think to aspire to that is no bad thing.

— Matthew Rhys

“No one has any right to tell you that the way you perceive yourself is wrong. Because by doing so, they also discourage the…

— Kamand Kojouri

Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.

— William Arthur Ward

Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

— Charles Lamb