Famous Quotes & Sayings

Margaret Chase Smith

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.

Lakhdar Brahimi

In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.

Lakhdar Brahimi

Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.

L. Neil Smith

Few things are more laughably pitiable than authority once it has been successfully defied.

Patti LaBelle

Always respect yourself and don't go out there disrespecting yourself.

Patricia Schroeder

If the search engines don't respect the creators, there won't be anything to search in the future because creators have to make a living too.

Oscar Wilde

The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.

Luke Scott

You know, I've carried a weapon for 10 years, never shot anybody, never robbed anybody. It has saved my life twice, but I know they're not toys. I practice with firearms, I enjoy shooting, it's a hobby of mine and I have a healthy respect for them.

Mark Twain

As I have said before, I never had any large respect for good spelling. That is my feeling yet. Before the spelling-book came with its arbitrary forms, men unconsciously revealed shades of their characters, and also added enlightening shades of expression to what they wrote by their spelling, and so it is possible that the spelling-book has been a doubtful benevolence to us.

Mark Twain

I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way.

Mark Twain

The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods. It remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime. It is no more entitled to respect than is the flag of a pirate.

Mark Twain

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

Mark Twain

Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.

Mario Vargas Llosa

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know.

Mary J. Blige

You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.

Michel de Montaigne

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Michel de Montaigne

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

Michel de Montaigne

There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but even to trees and plants.

Michel de Montaigne

The honor we receive from those that fear us, is not honor; those respects are paid to royalty and not to me.

Michael Scheuer

Until we respect bin Laden, we are going to die in numbers that are probably unnecessary.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Above all, do not lie to yourself.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

Norman Cousins

Reverence for life is more than solicitude or sensitivity for life. It is a sense of the whole, a capacity for inspired response, a respect for the intricate universe of individual life. It is the supreme awareness of awareness itself.

Norman Cousins

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.

Norm MacDonald

Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves.

Norm MacDonald

We are happy at the respect others pay our favorites, because we consider it a lively confirmation of our own choice, and as so much homage reflected on ourselves.

Mike Tyson

Treat the world the way you want to be treated.

Jon Stewart

Although to be fair, cherry picking isn't quite what we do. Cherries are sweet and delicious. What we do is more turd mining. And I'll thank you to give our work the respect it deserves!

Terry Gross

I respect someone's right to privacy and I want them to know it.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

..the United States is subject to the scrutiny of a candid world ... what the United States does, for good or for ill, continues to be watched by the international community, in particular by organizations concerned with the advancement of the rule of law and respect for human dignity.