Respectable Quotes

269 quotes by 230 authors

The weeds of a seemingly learned and brilliant but actually trivial and empty philosophy of Nature which, after having been replaced some 50 years ago… — Hermann Kolbe
Since it is impossible for the people spontaneously and universally, to move in concert towards their object; and it is therefore essential, that such changes… — James Madison
The devil's most devilish when respectable. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Daydreaming with pencil and paper is a respectable form of meditation. — John Howe
A growing number of respectable scientists are defecting from the evolutionist camp.....moreover, for the most part these "experts" have abandoned Darwinism, not on the basis… — Wolfgang Smith
The reason crime doesn't pay is that when it does, it is called a more respectable name. — Laurence J. Peter
Virtue has never been as respectable as money. — Mark Twain
It is hardly respectable to be good nowadays. — Edith Sitwell
From my earliest childhood I nourished and cherished the desire to make a creditable journey in a new country, and write such a respectable account… — Joseph Dalton Hooker
To a chemist, nothing on earth is unclean. A writer must be as objective as a chemist; he must abandon the subjective line; he must… — Anton Chekhov
No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of… — James Madison
Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football is a metaphor for America's sinfulness. — George Will
The Gospel is open to all; the most respectable sinner has no more claim on it than the worst. — David Lloyd-Jones
Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science. — Thomas Carlyle
Understand that you, yourself, are no more than the composite picture of all your thoughts and actions. In your relationships with others, remember the basic… — Denis Waitley
Mathematical economics is old enough to be respectable, but not all economists respect it. It has powerful supporters and impressive testimonials, yet many capable economists… — James R Newman
No society can exist if respect for the law does not to some extent prevail; but the surest way to have the laws respected is… — Frederic Bastiat
Thinking that being a good, decent, respectable person will mean that others will see you as weak, vulnerable, and easy to manipulate. — Paulo Coelho
It is . . . [the citizens] choice, and depends upon their conduct, whether they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptable and miserable as… — George Washington
A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity; an ethical automaton. A clerical prig is, in general, a very dangerous as well as… — William Hazlitt

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