It is the habitual carriage of the umbrella that is the stamp of Respectability. Robinson Crusoe was rather a moralist than a… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Women deluded by these sentiments, sometimes boast of their weakness, cunningly obtaining power by playing on the weakness of men; and they… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
By elevating the dictum of the market to the role of the sole criterion of rationality and efficiency, economics denies even all… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
Much indeed to be regretted, party disputes are now carried to such a length, and truth is so enveloped in mist and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I care not for the theoretical symmetry and impregnable logic of your moral code, I care not for the hoary respectability and… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
You and I, we must carry on, Gemma. I cannot afford the luxury of love. I must marry well. And now I… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Unless a person decides that 'Whatever the cost, I want just to be myself. Condemned, unaccepted, losing respectability - everything is okay… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
INCOME, n. The natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability, the commonly accepted standards being artificial, arbitrary and fallacious; for, as… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
In our Ashrams of East and West, places of spiritual retreat, we begin with what we call "The Morning of the Open… — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
Satan mostly employs comparatively moral instruments and the language of ethics to give his aims an air of respectability. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is fatal for art if it is forced into official respectability and condemned to sterile mediocrity. — Gustave Courbet Copy Share Image
I hated the idleness, the stupidity, the respectability, the petty unselfishness. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I wish more women would come into films and give it the respectability it deserves. — Suhasini Maniratnam Copy Share Image
A perfect example of the new republic's urge to drape itself with the togas of classical respectability. — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
Naked need is the occasion for God's giving, not a need adorned with the clean, elegant robes of respectability and good works. — Miroslav Volf Copy Share Image
We create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At present I feel like a caged animal, bound up by the luxury, comfort and respectability of my position. I can't get… — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
I don't want learning, or dignity, or respectability. I want this music, and this dawn, and the warmth of your cheek against… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Stop moping, sule," galladon said with a grunt."It doesn't suit you-it takes a fine sense of pessimism to brood with any sort… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
A mere literary man is a dull man; a man who is solely a man of business is a selfish man; but… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Respectability and security are subtle traps on life's journey. Those who are drawn to extremes are often nearer to renewal and self-discovery.… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
The world of shabby gentility is like no other; its sacrifices have less logic, its standards are harsher, its relation to reality… — Murray Kempton Copy Share Image
And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I couldn't have known how vertiginous the entire Huxtable project was. I was, like, 10, 13, 15 years old when the show… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
Respectability, regularity, and routine - the whole cast-iron discipline of a modern industrial society - have atrophied the artistic impulse, and imprisoned… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There's this responsibility you feel to present a certain thing that kind of respectability politics. I think that became the only accepted… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
Smug respectability, like the poor, we've had with us always. Today, however, ... such obtuseness is an indulgence we can no longer… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I was raised in an Irish-American home in Detroit where assimilation was the uppermost priority. The price of assimilation and respectability was… — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
“Mr. Vholes is a very respectable man. He has not a large business, but he is a very respectable man. He is… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
