Respect quotations
Anonymous
(on Edward VII's accession to the throne)
We shall not pretend that there is nothing in his long career which those who respect and admire him would wish otherwise.
Behan Brendan 1923-1964
It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.
Byrne Frankie
Respect is love in plain clothes.
Char René
That which comes into the world to disturb nothing deserves neither respect nor patience.
Chesterton G. K . 1874-1936
The Man who was Thursday
Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.
Machiavelli Niccolo 1469-1527
The Prince
There is no other way for securing yourself against flatteries except that men understand that they do not offend you by telling you the truth; but when everybody can tell you the truth, you fail to get respect.
Mencken H.L. 1880-1956
We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
Parris Matthew
Being an MP feeds your vanity and starves your self respect.
Phelps William Lyon
This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
Russell Bertrand 1872-1970
The Conquest of Happiness
One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
Senn J.P.
Let us respect grey hairs, especially our own.
Taylor A.J.P 1906-1990
Politicians, Socialism and Historians
If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.
Voltaire 1694-1778
‘Première Lettre sur Oedipe'
We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth.
