Quotes About Respect

I never said a bad word about him. The whole time the two of your were together. Not one bad thing.

That's the law I've set down for myself--don't disrupt the life you're living in. Leave it as close to the same as you can.

We have become—although I'd never say this out loud—something like a model couple. The secret? We like each other. I mean, we really like each other. We know when to keep our space and when to share it.

People are, in fact, born equal, no matter who they kiss or screw, no matter what dreams they have or love they give.

He can barely stand it when he wastes his own time; for someone else to waste it is unconscionable.

We know it is sometimes hard to receive someone's truth. Not as hard as the telling, but still hard if you care about how your response will be taken.

Subhumans, it was believed, are beings that lack that special something that makes us human. Because of this deficit, they don't command the respect that we, the truly human beings, are obliged to grant one another. They can be enslaved, tortured, or even exterminated—treated in ways in which we could not bring ourselves to treat those whom we regard as members of our own kind. This phenomenon is called dehumanization.

Whatever secrets the dead take with them, they should be allowed to keep. That's my new philosophy. Or put another way: the time to properly know someone is when he, or she, is still alive.

In the meantime: (1) be direct; (2) remember that, being smarter than men, women respond to courtesy and kindness; (3) if you want to know what kind of a wife someone will make, observe her around her father and mother; (4) as to who gets out of the elevator first, I just can't help you.

There will always be bosses, pastors and government officials over us—and this structure is actually a good thing. It is not our job to derail it or work around it.

Discussion and debate have been replaced with yelling and demonizing.

Remember that the most important thing is to try and love other people as much as they love you.

I've always had a way with the little people, making it a point to humor them without looking down my nose at their wasted empty lives.

If you don't want to marry a homosexual, then don't. But what gives you the right to weigh in on your neighbor's options? It's like voting on whether or not redheads should be allowed to celebrate Christmas.

She just happens to be my father, young man, and I'd appreciate it of you'd show her a little respect.

The woman had decided that I was a hard-ass, one of those guys who refuse under any circumstances to do anyone a favor. But it's not true. I just prefer that the favor be my idea, and that it leaves me feeling kind rather than bullied and uncomfortable.

Comfort has its place, but it seems rude to visit another country dressed as if you've come to mow its lawns.

I realized I was a teacher when I felt warm during class and got up to open the door. Later on there was noise in the hallway, so I got up and shut it. Students can't open and close the door whenever they feel like it.

Black female security officer at the Charlotte airport: How you doing, sweetheart? Me: That's so nice of you to call me sweetheart. Her: All right, baby. Keep it safe.

You can't just march into someone else's country and start telling everyone what to do—even the Marines have to practice a little diplomacy. May

September 25, 2007 Paris To honor the death of Marcel Marceau I observed a minute of silence.

Another word I've added to "the list" is "conversation," as in "We need to have a national conversation about_________." This is employed by the left to mean "You need to listen to me use the word 'diversity' for an hour.

Don't get me wrong, I wish them the best. I just don't feel the need to see them again.

Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves. This we know: the earth does not belong to man—man belongs to the earth. This we know. All things are connected like the blood that unites one family. All things are connected.125