Quotes About Respect

Tom Foley was a statesman, and it was a privilege to serve under him when he was the Speaker of the House. He loved our country. He was a gentleman. I had the privilege of seeing him a couple days before he passed away.

I love Tamlyn Tomita, and I love Tom Choi. They're wonderful. They're fantastic people.

I dare anybody to display a more amazing body of work than Tom Petty.

It is really disturbing to see that every Tom, Dick and Harry starts singing compositions of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan as there is no one to claim it.

Tom Hanks comes with a lot of credibility.

I have met Tom Hanks. Several times. And he's been very nice.

If there was ever someone to look up to, it's Tom Hanks.

The one thing I would hope would go on my tombstone is, 'I made my parents proud.'

The likes of Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns were true champions. There were some incredible fights between us, and I was happy to give them all an opportunity to fight me.

For me, everybody is the same. If you are not nice to me, I will say, 'Okay, we will try to make it nice tomorrow.' I am like that. I am not a confrontational person.

As a kid, you don't have a ton of spaces where you are honored, where what you think is honored and what you say is revered.

I take a ton of pride in what our flag and our anthem stands for.

There's a lot of really good football players in this league, a lot of really good receivers I've got a ton of respect for.

Tone is often the most important part of a conversation - and listening is so much more important than what you say.

We must demand a more civil tone and tenor in our politics.

I have a very good sense of tone, and it's possible to talk about very personal things and maintain a level of dignity and even privacy - to go to the place, to talk about it, but not get icky.

We need more women in higher roles, because the tone for sexual harassment would no doubt be different.

I think one of the things I've learned is that the tone of an organization is set from the top down. And if you have men running an organization that want to honor women, that's a whole different experience than if they don't.

Spike Lee is a master of tone, so basically, if he wants to do something, he should do it, and Imma listen.

My daughter, who says 'Horrible Histories' is her favourite programme, gets that the tone is sophisticated and that it takes children seriously. It doesn't talk down to them.

Christlike communications are expressed in tones of love rather than loudness. They are intended to be helpful rather than hurtful. They tend to bind us together rather than to drive us apart. They tend to build rather than to belittle.

I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.

I never show the back of my tongue. That is a Dutch expression.

Well, I think if somebody says something that I don't agree with, I don't think that I should bite my tongue. I don't think anyone should bite their tongue. And if I have said over and over I don't like something and it's constantly being done or I'm being disrespected, then you've got hell to pay.