Honoured Quotes

88 Honoured quotes by 85 unique authors

When I was 49, I posed for Playboy - I was very flattered to be asked. I was quite honoured, really, considering that most of… — Joan Collins
I'm honoured to have been selected to be the Labour candidate for Manchester Central. — Lucy Powell
I married somebody who likes the way I look. If I changed my hair every year, and I reinvented myself in time-honoured pop fashion, I… — Robert Smith
...Everything has to be taken on trust; truth is only that what is taken to be true. It's the currency if living. There may be… — Tom Stoppard
He saw mankind going through life in a childlike manner... which he loved but also despised.... He saw them toiling, saw them suffering, and becoming… — Hermann Hesse
Most people, if they were generous, were so because they thought life was short and that one must make the most of it. Sid Baxter… — Jennifer Donnelly
The greatest cure for love is still that time honoured medicine - love returned. — Friedrich Nietzsche
‎Honoured sir, poverty is not a vice, that's a true saying. Yet I know too that drunkeness is not a virtue, and that's even truer.… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jesus was not content to derive his ethics from the scriptures of his upbringing. He explicitly departed from them. [...] Since a principal thesis of… — Richard Dawkins
When he faced me again, he looked ashamed of himself. "I have gravely underestimated you, Darren," he said. "I will not do so again. I… — Darren Shan
I see that I hold a sanctuary in their hearts, and in the hearts of their descendants, generations hence. I see her, an old woman,… — Charles Dickens
It is far more honest to be undeservedly ignored than to be honoured without merit. — Denis Fonvizin
With respect to Committees as you would perceive I am very jealous of their formation. I mean working committees. I think business is always better… — Michael Faraday
It is better to be honourable than be honoured. — Shiv Khera
I am not expecting anyone to feel sorry for me, but when friends ask how it feels to be a debut novelist who has also… — Rachel Joyce
It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55. — Kapil Dev
I have been honoured to serve the whales, dolphins, seals - and all the other creatures on this Earth. Their beauty, intelligence, strength, and spirit… — Paul Watson
I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council. — Natalie Massenet
I am honoured to be associated with a brand like Movado. It believes in the art of design and is known for its perfection worldwide.… — Harbhajan Singh
I am honoured that my fans worked so hard to help me win Best Act Ever at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards. — Rick Astley
It is a mistake to suppose that the Supreme Court is either honoured or helped by being spoken of as beyond criticism. On the contrary,… — David Josiah Brewer
I am, of course, greatly honoured to win the Booker, which is one of the great literary prizes in the world. — Richard Flanagan
I am much interested and honoured by what you tell me of C. S. Lewis. — Ruth Pitter
Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured. — Isaac Hayes
There are some days when history is made. Yesterday was one - and I was honoured to be in Washington to watch Barack Obama being… — Des Browne

Who Wrote These Honoured Quotes

85 authors contributed a total of 88 Honoured Quotes, led by these top contributors: