I didn’t do anything at the Queen, whom I admire.

My concern today is not with the length of a person’s hair but with his conduct.

In the ’60s and ’70s and early ’80s, the trainers would grind you, and eventually they would break something – they would break an ankle in ways that it would heal. It was just the way of the business, to ensure that you learned respect for wrestling.

Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.

We’re one of the only animals in the world that don’t really think of ourselves as animals, but we are animals, and we must respect our fellow animals.

The test of a man or woman’s breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

I’m just going to say it: I’m pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it’s about our behavior. It occurs when we compare something we’ve done – or failed to do – with our personal values.

I went through all the musicians in my life who I admire as bright, intelligent, virtuosic players.

I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.

The people respect and believe in men who fulfill their duty.

I can analyze people’s intentions. Immediately. That’s just a warning. To everyone.

People who eat with their mouth open should be punched in the face.

America’s promises do not come with a price tag. We meet our commitments. We bear our burdens. That’s one of the reasons why almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office.

How do leaders serve their people? They may pay good wages and treat employees with respect.

I don’t compare myself to anyone else; I don’t make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that’s okay by me.

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

Don’t create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.

First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her – for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys.

Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you’re crazy.

I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

My father used to have an expression. He’d say, ‚Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about your dignity. It’s about respect. It’s about your place in your community.‘

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

In hip-hop, there’s not a lot of love. There’s not a lot of love being spread. It’s always like ‚I’m stuntin‘ on you raps, or I’m better than you raps.‘ It’s not a lot of ‚Yo man, I idolize you raps.‘

To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.

The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but the Pope has the duty, in Christ’s name, to remind the rich to help the poor, to respect them, to promote them.

I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if you’re well-known. There is an innate respect for privacy in Edinburgh people, and I also think they’re used to seeing me walking around, so I don’t think I’m a very big deal.

I have all the admiration in the world for somebody like Bono, who really puts himself on the line and tries actively to do something about our world situation.

I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a little bit of respect in return. Instead, the papers try to drag me off my pedestal.

Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

If I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment – and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders, the most important thing you have is your word, your trust. That’s where respect comes from.

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.

I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all law.

Some people feel affronted when something they thought to be true doesn’t happen. If that’s the case, then your sense of risk is much higher, and that leads to risk aversion. You need to be able to be comfortable in uncertainty.

I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America.

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.

The moral disapprobation of society has an impact on behavior in societies.

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

Shakespeare – I was very influenced – still am – by Shakespeare. I couldn’t believe that a white man in the 16th century could so know my heart.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.

I believe that Jesus was, you know, the Son of God. And I understand that… we need to be really, really respectful to people who find that ridiculous and… preposterous.

The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I’m not like that I never shoot blanks.

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them.

Don’t get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.