Quotes About Respect

We were contented to let things remain as the Great Spirit Chief made them. They were not; and would change the rivers and mountains if they did not suit them. . . .

La peor consecuencia de la vejez es que los demás invaden tu intimidad. Ya nadie respeta las manías, las costumbres, tu forma particular de hacer las cosas, desde la higiene a la organización del día. Alguien, con la intención de ayudar, se ocupa de ti. Pero ocuparse de ti es ocupar tu territorio íntimo. La independencia perdida de mi padre le transformó en un señor malhumorado. La incapacidad para valerse solo le enfrentó con los demás.

Nunca le niegues el saludo a nadie, me explicaba, no les concedas la ventaja de que sepan lo que piensas de ellos.

SIR FREDERICK FROWN

It's easy to be a lame nigga, it's harder to be a real one…

If you hang with dogs, then of course you must get treated like dogs.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

Never keep a lawyer waiting. They have friends in low and infernal places.

But remember, there are two ways to dehumanize someone: by dismissing them, and by idolizing them.

We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living.

The fact that we are different doesn't mean that one of us is wrong. It just means that there's a different kind of right. —Faith Jegede When

What's the point of being involved with someone who makes you unhappy.

O'Captain, My Captain.

We once stood on the shoulders of Giants in humility. We now piggyback on Dwarfs in arrogance.

I don't believe in Atheists but would never deny their existence

It takes a real man to be a trans woman

Never, under any circumstances, argue with a tired woman. She is always right.

I think it's perfectly just to refuse service to anyone based on behavior, but not based on race or religion.

Please, don't torture me with cliches. If you're going to try to intimidate me, have the courtesy to go away for a while, acquire a better education, improve your vocabulary, and come back with some fresh metaphors.

The last editorial meeting I had was with a 24 year-old Vassar grad who tried to explain to me (after I had been selling novels longer than she had been alive) how to write a book. I kept my cool and was nice to the human, but as Kris and I walked down the sidewalk after that meeting, I remember my only words were 'I'm done with this shit.

T'Pol." Archer made his voice sting with command. "You're coming dangerously close to violating a rule of the bridge. Don't nag the captain.

He's a man's man and I like that about him.

I would give up everything for you, Giulia" I smiled at him gently. "But you must understand. I should never want a man to give up anything for me. I should want him to feel in winning me he has won the whole world...

Veronica to Stoker: "Does this mean you will stop torturing me by displaying yourself in various states of undress?