Respected Quotes

595 quotes by 527 authors

Arson is a respected profession among certain subcultures in Jersey, and the good ones don't get caught. The good ones channel lightning and mysterious acts… — Janet Evanovich
If we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets. — Henry David Thoreau
A child who can love the oddities of a fantasy book cannot possibly be xenophobic as an adult. What is a different color, a different… — Jane Yolen
We, as human beings, should wish to be loved and embraced for our character, respected and relied on for our courage, and trusted for our… — Laura Schlessinger
You have grown abominably lazy, and you like gossip, and waste time on frivolous things, you are contented to be petted and admired by silly… — Louisa May Alcott
Unfortunate and wretched are those who have respected a book they did not love and hated those they did. — Milorad PaviÄ‡
I was bitterly resentful, but somehow greatly relieved. And I respected him enormously for his clarity of thought, his obvious caring, and his unwillingness to… — Kay Redfield Jamison
It was the wife, John thought. And she was giving this tough guy a tongue-lashing. And the man was taking it. "Okay. I love you.… — J R Ward
Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not… — Dalai Lama
Good manners are an admission that everybody is so tender that they have to be handled with gloves. Now, human respectâ€”you don't call a man… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The way I see it, the difference between farmers and suburbanites is the difference in the way we feel about dirt. To them, the earth… — E L Konigsburg
People who harbor strong convictions without evidence belong at the margins of our societies, not in our halls of power. The only thing we should… — Sam Harris
One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected. — Bertrand Russell
A fair and generous woman is (at best) respected, but seldom loved. — Shulamith Firestone
A man wants his virility regarded. A woman wants her femininity appreciated, however indirect and subtle the indications of regard and appreciation. [Here] one is… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I'm small, I'm young - and I'm so different. You've always respected that difference, and you've always trusted it. Trust me now. There's a reason… — Dean Koontz
I met Pendragon when I made the journey to the far desert. He is from the tribe known as...as..." Loor was scrambling. Bokka didn't know… — D. J. MacHale
Only in Russia poetry is respected--it gets people killed. — Osip Mandelstam
A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large. — Boyd K. Packer
Women want their love to be reciprocated in the same way they give it; they want their romantic lives to be as rewarding as they… — Steve Harvey

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