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Quotes About Respect

Para ser tolerante, é preciso fixar os limites do intolerável.
~ Umberto Eco
ÇoÄŸu kez, bilimadam?, büyülü olmayan kitaplar? sayg?s?z gözlerden korumak için büyülü göstermelidir.
~ Umberto Eco
Do not laugh too much at your fellows. Those whom you cannot love you should, rather, fear.
~ Umberto Eco
I libri si rispettano usandoli, non lasciandoli stare.
~ Umberto Eco
Here, on the one hand, nobody respects silence any more. On the other, it is respected too much. Here, instead of talking or remaining silent, we should act.
~ Umberto Eco
Wenn ein Buch euch gehört und keinen antiquarischen Wert hat, dann unterstreicht es ruhig. Glaubt denen nicht, die behaupten, man müsse die Bücher respektieren. Bücher respektiert man dadurch, daß man sie benutzt, nicht dadurch, daß man sie nicht anrührt. Auch wenn ihr sie antiquarisch verkauft, bekommt ihr nur einen Pappenstiel - da könnt ihr ruhig die Spuren eures Besitzes in ihnen hinterlassen.
~ Umberto Eco
There is something in us all, he said, that is greater than ourselves, that works through us and can be used in the making of character. The central core of life is personality. To respect the personality of others is the beginning of virtue, and to enforce respect for it is the first duty of the individual toward all forms of government, all organizations and systems which men contrive to enslave and limit their fellows.
~ Upton Sinclair
The pair practiced the French art of conversation, which meant that neither tried to force his ideas, but each brought forward such wit or wisdom as he possessed, and the other listened and in return received an equal share of attention.
~ Upton Sinclair
They respected this "old man," because he knew his business, and nobody could fool him. Also they liked him, because he combined a proper amount of kindliness with his sternness; he was simple and unpretentious—when the work was crowded, you would have him eating his beans and coffee on a stool in the "eats" joint alongside you. He
~ Upton Sinclair
Der alte Herr had steadily refused to meet Corporal Schicklgruber, because he talked too much, and in the army it was customary for a non-commissioned officer to wait for his superior to speak first. Emil expressed his ideas
~ Upton Sinclair
Der alte Herr had steadily refused to meet Corporal Schicklgruber, because he talked too much, and in the army it was customary for a non-commissioned officer to wait for his superior to speak first.
~ Upton Sinclair
Ah, sahib. I know you just come to comfort a old man left to live by hisself. Soomintra say I too old-fashion. And Leela, she always by you. Why you don't sit down, sahib? It ain't dirty. Is just how it does look.' Ganesh didn't sit down. 'Ramlogan, I come to buy over your taxis.
~ V.S. Naipaul
We exchanged greetings, and in the African way we could make that take time.
~ V.S. Naipaul
I feel that the dormant goodwill in people needs to be stirred. People need to hear that it makes sense to behave decently or to help others, to place common interests above their own, to respect the elementary rules of human coexistence.
~ Vaclav Havel
Man is not an omipotent master of the universe, allowed to do with impunity whatever he thinks, or whatever suits him at the moment. The world we live in is made of an immensely complex and mysterious tissue about which we know very little and which we must treat with utmost humility.
~ Vaclav Havel
I'm telling you the truth, Carol. Even though it's actually none of your business.' She half turned, found a smile from somewhere and said, 'You're quite right. It is none of my business. Till tomorrow Tony.
~ Val McDermid
Carol Jordan had been the perfect boss as far as she was concerned.
~ Val McDermid
You respect yourself, it makes it harder for others to disrespect you.
~ Val McDermid
You can tell a lot about people by the way they treat other people's office staff.
~ Val McDermid
Years ago, I had a conversation with an actor who maintained, 'Once you can fake sincerity, you can achieve anything.' Even when I had no respect for the people I was dealing with, it was important to behave as if I did.
~ Val McDermid
That'd be me, ma'am.' Tony winced. She hated that form of address and despised officers like DSI Henderson who cleaved to it as a marker of respect. 'It's old-fashioned misogyny
~ Val McDermid
Kevin tried not to look at the tautness of her blouse over her breasts. He'd spent years schooling himself out of sexist responses, but it was hard when women's bodies were so present, so attractive, so tempting.
~ Val McDermid
Thank you, ma'am.' Carol ended the call and
~ Val McDermid
Be good to your body, because it's the only one you're ever going to get.
~ Valerie Frankel