The redemptive power of divine grace no longer seemed credible, nor very respectable in the arbitrary performance that was claimed for it. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Jerome sighed and set down his fork. "Are you still doing that, Georgie? Don't I suffer enough without having to endure the… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Artists put as much vitality and delight into their saintliness and escape out as most men do their escapes into similar places… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
As for sex, well, I mean sex is a perfectly respectable subject as far as Shakespeare is concerned. I mean, all history… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Some of my unhappiest moments have been in organizations. Somehow it seems to be quite respectable to do things in organizations that… — Charles Handy Copy Share Image
Can policy be both wise and aggressively partisan? Ask any Republican worth his salt and the answer will be an unequivocal yes.… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
A theorist today is hardly considered respectable if he or she has not introduced at least one new particle for which there… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
There is a certain cowardice, a certain weakness, rather, among respectable folk. Only brigands are convinced-of what? That they must succeed. And… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Silence alone is respectable and respected. I believe God to be silence. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
It is time, therefore, to abandon the superstition that natural science cannot be regarded as logically respectable until philosophers have solved the… — A.J. Ayer Copy Share Image
During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism. — Howard Thurman Copy Share Image
A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable… — Zebulon Pike Copy Share Image
Human beings thought with their hands. It was their hands that were the answer of curiosity, that felt and pinched and turned… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Society has never barred women from bread-winning roles, but only from economic roles that are profitable and respectable. — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
The best part? Probably being able to portray such a respectable, ethical, intelligent, strong woman. That's still pretty rare in our business,… — Catherine Bell Copy Share Image
If one looks closely one sees that there is no essential difference between a beggar's livelihood and that of numberless respectable people.… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
What Joe Hamilton lacked more than anything else in the world was some one to kick him. Many a man who might… — Paul Laurence Dunbar Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things about "outsidership" is that underneath it there's a longing to belong. I just wish the thing I… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
