Respectable Quotes

269 quotes by 225 authors

I used to think that once a writer became a man of letters, if only for a half hour, he was done for. And here… — Dylan Thomas
...claiming my right to follow whethersoever science should lead... it is as respectable to be modified monkey as modified dirt. — Thomas Huxley
There is a certain cowardice, a certain weakness, rather, among respectable folk. Only brigands are convinced-of what? That they must succeed. And so they do… — Charles Baudelaire
But I intend to make you respectable. — Elizabeth Hoyt
Gambling has held human beings in thrall for millennia. It has been engaged in everywhere, from the dregs of society to the most respectable circles. — Peter L. Bernstein
These days, there are many people around the world who listen to the songs that made me infamous and read the books that made me… — Kinky Friedman
The short story is still like the novel's wayward younger brother, we know that it's not respectable - but I think that can also add… — Neil Gaiman
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Falsifiability for a theory is great, but a theory can still be respectable even if it is not falsifiable, as long as it is verifiable. — Brian Greene
It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull. — Joseph Conrad
Why couldn't Obama have picked somebody respectable as his running mate, you know, like John Kerry did? — Ann Coulter
Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime. — Will Durant
Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's… — R. Lee Ermey
When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion. — Eric Hoffer
I started out as an opportunistic renegade. By now, I've lasted long enough to become sort of an American Original Respectable Renegade. — Wolfman Jack
I believe that my children, who are young, will look back on the early years of the 21st century in rather the same way I… — Jon Meacham
The long-established and noble rule of Law, one of the greatest products of the character and tradition of British history, has suffered a deadly blow.… — Robert Menzies
It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh. — Moliere
Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. — George Orwell
In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable. — Tom Robbins

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