Quotes About Deference

Always respect your superiors, if you have any.

He had no wish to obtrude himself on bishops.

Kid Chaos : "Yes, ma'am".

Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.

In my day you didn't speak until spoken to.

The Superior Man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he ascends to his position, bowing in deference. Descending, he drinks the ritual cup.

Don Donald was clearly accustomed to addressing people whose only way of responding was to nod worshipfully and take notes.

Dewar 's rule in his laboratory was as absolute as that of a Pharaoh, and he showed deference to no one except the ghost of Faraday whom he met occasionally all night in the gallery behind the lecture room.

Nothing is less sincere than the manner of asking and giving advice. He who asks it seems to have a respectful deference for the opinion of his friend; though he only aims at making him approve his own, and be responsible for his conduct. And he who gives it, repays the confidence reposed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal; though he seldom means anything by the advice he gives but his own interest or reputation.

Tu ne leur ferais pas l'injure de tes hommages

I think the word respect is underrated.

And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.

Deference has been codified in American life as political correctness. And political correctness functions like a despotic regime. It is an oppressiveness that spreads its edicts further and further into the crevices of everyday life.

There's nothing wrong with most men's egos that the kowtowing of a headwaiter can't cure.

You may know more about vintage wine than the wine steward, but if you're smart you'll let your man do the choosing and be ecstatic over his selection, even if it tastes like shampoo.

Nothing is more natural to men in office, than to look with peculiar deference towards that authority to which they owe their official existence.

Knowledge, which is power, knows no limits, either in its enslavement of creation or in its deference to worldly masters.

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.

They spoke politely and with deference to the adults, whereas it went against my nature not to speak plainly. To many people speaking plainly is the same as speaking rudely. Whereas to me, if one was direct, it saved time and misunderstanding.

Deference to the military by political leaders in World War I had permitted the senseless battles of attrition on the Western Front.

She had altered her values in deference to the opinion of others.

You have to give respect to get respect.

My Uriah,' said Mrs. Heep, 'has looked forward to this, sir, a long while. He had his fears that our umbleness stood in the way, and I joined in them myself. Umble we are, umble we have been, umble we shall ever be,' said Mrs. Heep.

La represión es la única filosofía de efectos duraderos. La gran deferencia del miedo y de la esclavitud, amigo —dijo el marqués,— conservará a los perros obedientes al látigo mientras este techo —añadió mirando al techo— nos proteja del cielo.