Quotes About Respect

Well, say I promise I won't speak: but that does not bind me not to laugh at him!

I have a right to kiss her, if she chooses, and you have no right to object! I am not your husband, you needn't be jealous of me!

Indians do not hinder the progress of their dead by embalming or tight coffining. When the spirit has gone they give the body back to the earth. the earth welcomes the body-coaxes new life and beauty from it, hurries over what men shudder at. Lovely tender herbage bursts from the graves, swiftly, exulting over corruption.

How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!

As there are apartments in our own minds that we never enter without apology we should respect the seals of others.

I decided that giving a girl a ring when you're not in a serious relationship is sort of like giving a guy a blow job when you have no real feelings for him. It makes everything feel a little cheap.It cheapens the giver and the recipient.

Ronan taught me that children do not exist to honor their parents; their parents exist to honor them. [...] Ronan was mine but he never belonged to me. This is not an issue of ownership. A child is not a couch.

You may attack royalty, or deny its will, but you must never, never ignore it

Lives are beyond price, and to treat them as if they have some kind of barter value is obscene.

Which means what?" "That the Queen of Faerie recognizes you as a power, and has spoken to you with respect. Others will follow her lead." "Huh. That and a quarter will buy me a gumball.

If I ever got around to loving anyone else, I thought suddenly, it would have to be someone who would neither muffle my thunder nor steal it.

I discovered that those who want their property to be respected, have an interest in preaching the existence of paradise and hell, and in keeping the people in ignorance

Referring to the American government, the greatest American Anarchist, David Thoreau, said: Government, what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instance losing its integrity; it has not the vitality and force of a single living man. Law never made man a whit more just; and by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made agents of injustice.

Le patriotisme […] est une superstition créée artificiellement et entretenue par tout un réseau de mensonges et de faussetés ; une superstition qui enlève à l'homme tout respect pour lui-même et toute dignité, et accroît son arrogance et son mépris. En effet, mépris, arrogance et égoïsme sont les trois éléments fondamentaux du patriotisme.

Treat people as an end, and never as a means to an end

it is you will insist that she does her duty byher

Shut up, Julius! I mean, quiet a moment, Commander.

Listen to me, convict. I have not traveled all this way to listen to your war stories. So shut your trap before I shut it for you. Commander Julius Root

Well, young man, have you found anyone worthy of your respect? Artemis smiled back. Yes, he said. I believe I have.

I tried to talk about National Geographic one night, and Jason gave me a look like I was insulting him, so I moved on to a safer subject: which of the girls have implants.

We don't use the term savage Injun anymore. Some people take issue with being described as savages. Go figure.

In advance I beg you not to be insulted, for I do respect you.' 'Oh, I love these questions. Go on.

Scusatemi tutti

Some young women confuse their self-worth with their ability to attract the attention of men, and so pour all their energies into makeup, clothing, and jewelry. If only they realized that virtue, honor, and self-respect are the marks of a true beauty.