Respectable Quotes

269 quotes by 225 authors

I write plays because dialogue is the most respectable way of contradicting myself. — Tom Stoppard
I think you'll have to marry me, Miss Fielding." "To save your reputation?" Derek grinned, bending to kiss the flash of pale throat revealed by… — Lisa Kleypas
Respectable people... What bastards! — Emile Zola
No, I do my torturing in the dungeon like any other respectable castle owner, — Jeaniene Frost
Many respectable physicists said that they weren't going to stand for this -- partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they… — Douglas Adams
There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or who have relinquished… — Christopher Hitchens
A single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as any body else. — Jane Austen
Heâ€™ll accept anyone at Hogwarts, sâ€™long as theyâ€™ve got the talent. Knows people can turn out okay even if their families werenâ€™ . . .well… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Mariano the Second had been the son of a fisherman, but he'd suffered from an unfortunate tendency toward seasickness and was forced to find a… — Ally Carter
A respectable person is invariably unrespectable within. — Rajneesh
I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on. — Ugo Betti
I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep. — Joseph de Maistre
Scientific evidence for God's existence is being claimed today by theists, many of whom carry respectable scientific or philosophical credentials. He who is neither a… — Victor J. Stenger
When one has never heard a man's name in the course of one's life, it speaks volumes for him; he must be quite respectable. — Oscar Wilde
Novell has the necessary resources to be a much more profitable enterprise but it currently lacks the vision, strategy and execution to produce respectable returns. — Maynard James Keenan
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is. — George Bernard Shaw
I've always thought respectable people scoundrels, and I look anxiously at my face every morning for signs of my becoming a scoundrel. — Bertrand Russell
Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable - even to observe neutrality, you must… — Alexander Hamilton
The goal is to do things that are exciting and respectable. — Jared Kushner

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