Respectability Quotes

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My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I… — Hanif Kureishi
We cut these numerous windings in our destinies daily with our own hands, while we imagine that we are pursuing a track on the royal… — H. P. Blavatsky
Every fairly intelligent person is aware that the price of respectability is a muffled soul bent on the trivial and the mediocre. — Walter Lippmann
It is not for nothing, either, that the umbrella has become the very foremost badge of modern civilization--the Urim and Thummim of respectability. . .… — Robert Louis Stevenson
It is fatal for art if it is forced into official respectability and condemned to sterile mediocrity. — Gustave Courbet
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
In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability. — John Kenneth Galbraith
I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps. — D. H. Lawrence
Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability. — George Bernard Shaw
To claim that theft or adultery or lying are "evil" simply reflects our degraded idea of good-â€”that it has something to do with respect for… — Simone Weil
We talk of wild animals but man is the only wild animal. It is man that has broken out. All other animals are tame animals;… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount of sordid terror, a certain… — Oscar Wilde
You and I, we must carry on, Gemma. I cannot afford the luxury of love. I must marry well. And now I must look after… — Libba Bray
Respectability, regularity, and routine - the whole cast-iron discipline of a modern industrial society - have atrophied the artistic impulse, and imprisoned love so that… — Bertrand Russell
Advice,' DoÃ±a Vorchenza chuckled. 'Advice. The years play a sort of alchemical trick, transmuting one's mutterings to a state of respectability. Give advice at forty… — Scott Lynch
Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels… — Oscar Wilde
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 of respectability. — Brandon Sanderson
The Great Man... is colder, harder, less hesitating, and without fear of 'opinion'; he lacks the virtues that accompany respect and 'respectability,' and altogether everything… — Friedrich Nietzsche
She wanted, passionately and persistently, two things which she believed should subsist together in any well-ordered life: amusement and respectability. — Edith Wharton
I don't want learning, or dignity, or respectability. I want this music, and this dawn, and the warmth of your cheek against mine. — Rumi

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