I hold the door for the ladies – I’m a gent.

I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.

House guests should be regarded as perishables: Leave them out too long and they go bad.

Politeness is, you know, is a wonderful thing. Manners are in fact, really important thing. But remember, Jesus didn’t have many manners as we now know.

If you’re talking to a man who wouldn’t fight with you under any circumstances whatsoever, then you’re talking to someone for whom you have absolutely no respect.

The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: ‚If the door’s shut, don’t come a-knockin.‘ But if it’s open and you’re walkin‘ by, feel free to say, ‚Hello.‘

A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.

We don’t need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners.

Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.

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

Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.

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.

I don’t join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn’t have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven – that’s none of my business, ultimately. I won’t lecture her on the philosophy of science.

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

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.

I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

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

I certainly respect the belief of the Hobby Lobby owners. On the other hand, they have no constitutional right to foist that belief on the hundreds and hundreds of women who work for them who don’t share that belief.

Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity.

I respect Soulja Boy.

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.

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.

There’s a reason why the Foo Fighters don’t blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for them. You know, that’s hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn’t really come up, or it just hasn’t felt right.

Like it or not, there are a lot of dance teachers in this country who respect me, whether they personally like me or not.

We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean… and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.

It’s not a slam at you when people are rude, it’s a slam at the people they’ve met before.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

If you ever see The Rock working out in the gym, don’t think you can just go up and disturb his workout and expect him to take a picture. He’s there to work, so kindly just pass the silverback on by or he’ll rip your face off.

The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.

This world of ours… must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.

I respect Chris Brown. I’d like to call myself a friend – I don’t know if I’m allowed to do that.

It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of their work and that doesn’t make me feel good at all.

A man’s manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than personal liking.

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

I don’t know why they gave me a knighthood – though it’s very nice of them – but I only ever use the title in the U.S. The Americans insist on it and get offended if I don’t.

I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

I hope I would not be so arrogant as to doubt anyone’s religion or belief.

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.‘

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

Well, they’re Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of walking right in for coffee. But they wouldn’t dream of interrupting you at golf.

Stop this attitude that older people ain’t any good anymore! We’re as good as we ever were – if we ever were any good.

When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.