Respectful Quotes - Page 3

• People are pretty respectful for the most part.

  Leighton Meester

  People

  "The Backstory | Leighton Meester". Interview with Horacio Silva, tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com. April 10, 2009.

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• Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children.

  Judith Martin

  Children, Parent, Tone

  Judith Martin (1982). “Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior”, Scribner

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• I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful I'm a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you don't like it, fair enough. But give me a break.

  Elton John

  Song, Writing, Player

  "A star is reborn". Interview with Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2004.

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• One of my very greatest fears as a child was being ridiculed in public. And there it was coming true. As a television presenter, I'd been respected. People come up to you in the street and shake your hand and talk to you in a respectful way.

  David Icke

  Children, Greatest Fear, Hands

  "Beset by lizards" by Jon Ronson, www.theguardian.com. March 17, 2001.

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• People truly reaching across boundaries - be they religious or race, political or geographic. A state that is sincerely civil and respectful of each individual's pathway toward life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will be our goal.

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.

  Religious, Pursuit Of Happiness, Race

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• I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that's OK, too. It's whatever suits you.

  Clint Eastwood

  Religious, Suits You, People

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• When the early Europeans first met Africans, at the crossroads of history, it was a respectful meeting and the Africans were not slaves. Their nations were old before Europe was born.

  John Henrik Clarke

  Europe, Firsts, Slave

  John Henrik Clarke (1993). “African people in world history”, Black Classic Pr

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• What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.

  Benjamin Carson

  People, Needs, World

  "Dr. Carson Prayer Breakfast Speech Generates Buzz". www.charismamag.com. February 13, 2013.

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• My family brought me up to be very respectful of people.

  Emma Bunton

  People, My Family

  "Bye-bye Baby". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2006.

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• When it comes to personnel issues, I act professionally and respectful of former employees. I just assume that's a two-way street. It's disappointing when it's not.

  Michele Bachmann

  Two, Issues, Way

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• I think I was brought up in a respectful household.

  Tom Welling

  Thinking, Household

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• The critical importance of honest journalism and a free flowing, respectful national conversation needs to be had in our country. But it is being buried as collateral damage in a war whose battles include political correctness and ideological orthodoxy.

  Juan Williams

  Country, War, Political

  "JUAN WILLIAMS: I Was Fired for Telling the Truth" by Juan Williams, www.foxnews.com. October 21, 2010.

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• Republicans: steely, rational, paternalistic, respectful of authority, easy to herd, the party of No. Democrats: sugary, emotional, idealistic, yearning for novelty, hard to marshal, the party of Oh Yeah, Baby, Make Mama Feel Good.

  James Wolcott

  Baby, Party, Emotional

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• The mistake our politicians so often make with these industry leaders is in thinking they are interested in, or respectful of, the power of government. All they want is to keep stealing. If you can offer them the government’s seal of approval on that, they’ll take it. But if you can’t, well, they’ll take that too.

  Matt Taibbi

  Mistake, Thinking, Government

  Matt Taibbi (2010). “Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America”, p.205, Spiegel & Grau

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• Mutual, respectful, enduring love is completely attainable as long as you swear you won't settle for less.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Love Is, Long, Enduring Love

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.909, Scholastic Inc.

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• Many, many readers have written asking me wistfully about the nature of Sam and Grace's relationship, and I can assure you, that sort is absolutely real. Mutual, respectful, enduring love is completely attainable as long as you swear you won't settle for less.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Real, Love Is, Long

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.909, Scholastic Inc.

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• When we come to worship the God and Father of us all and to partake of the sacrament symbolizing the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we should be as comely and respectful, as dignified and appropriate as we can be. We should be recognizable in appearance as well as in behavior that we truly are disciples of Christ.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Jesus, Father, Worship

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• These books have not made George nobler or better or more truly wise. It is just that he likes listening to their voices, the one or the other, acording to his mood. He misuses them quite ruthlessly - despite the respectful way he has to talk about them in public - to put him to bed, to take his mind off the hands of the clock, to relax the nagging of his pyloric spasm, to gossip him out of his melancholy, to trigger the conditioned reflexes of his colon.

  Christopher Isherwood

  Wise, Book, Hands

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• Ah, well.” He smiled-another one of those devastatingly intoxicating smiles that did unreasonable things to her body temperature and respiration. With a nod and a respectful, “Ma’am,” he left her in the middle of the room. Feeling like she’d been hit by a tank.

  Cindy Gerard

  Feelings, Body, Rooms

  Cindy Gerard (2007). “To the Brink”, p.43, Macmillan

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• I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people.

  John Abizaid

  Military, Thinking, Keys

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• Sara waited a respectful time, knowing there was nothing she could do to ease the woman's pain. Grief was a place, Sara understood, where a person went alone. It was like a room without doors, and what happened in that room, all the anger and the pain you felt, was meant to stay there, nobody's business but yours.

  Justin Cronin

  Pain, Grief, Doors

  Justin Cronin (2010). “The Passage: A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy)”, p.326, Ballantine Books

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• Forgive me for speaking frankly, but after the past quarter-hour's conversation, I am unconvinced that any of you possess the sense or sensitivity to impart the news in any respectful fashion" - Amelia

  Tessa Dare

  Fashion, Past, Forgive Me

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• You’re barely one step up from the Australopithecines, aren’t you? (Acheron) Hey, be respectful when you say that, snot nose. Haven’t you seen the commercials? Us cavemen are very sensitive people. (Savitar)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  People, Cavemen, Hey

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• Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment.

  Allan Bloom

  Errors, Tolerance, Enemy

  Allan Bloom (2008). “Closing of the American Mind”, p.43, Simon and Schuster

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• In every language you can imagine I've had people say 'Appetite For Destruction' is the soundtrack to their lives. I don't think you could say something nicer to an entertainer or performer - can't get more respectful.

  Steven Adler

  Thinking, People, Language

  "Steven Adler Talks Guns N' Roses Rock Hall Induction, New Project, Drug Use + More". Interview with Graham Hartmann, loudwire.com. April 5, 2012.

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