Quotes About Respect

Treat me like a joke and I'll leave you like it's funny.

Never ask old people how they are if you have anything to do that day.

When someone says 'Id explain but its complicated.' I'm not offended they think so little of me, I'm offended they think so much of themselves.

Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears.

Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the one is about to be sold, the other to be buried.

Relationships are hard. It's like a full-time job, and we should treat it like one. If your boyfriend or girlfriend wants to leave you, they should give you two weeks' notice. There should be severance pay, and before they leave you, they should have to find you a temp.

I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'

Don't talk about a rope in the house of someone whose father was hung.

Fish are friends, not food! -Bruce

Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever.

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.

He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings.

You dont like to see hookers going down on players like that.

Be nice to everyone on your way to the top because you pass them all on the way down.

In some families, 'please' is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was 'sorry'.

A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.

Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night's date. You get the idea he has eyes only for you and wouldn't think of looking at another woman.

Black men don't like to be called 'boys ' but women accept being called 'girls.'

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?

I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.

Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.