I won’t let people write anything they want to about me.

The answer I found is you stay away from the people who make fun of you, and you join these ad hoc groups who understand your craziness.

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.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

Woman begins by resisting a man’s advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

I hated to be treated as a child. I thought it was the worst situation.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will be so much a better place to live in.

NBC had a show called ‚The Toughest Bouncer in America‘ that I did. But I told them I didn’t like that term, ‚bouncer.‘ To me, it’s offensive. A bouncer likes to get physical, likes to put his hands on people.

Anonymous comments? You’re not in the arena, man. If you can’t say it to me in person in front of my kids, don’t say it.

Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.

Self-respect knows no considerations.

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

I feel like I’m being watched. Always. Like, I want to tan topless somewhere, and I know I probably could never do that. Even if I’m upstairs in my bedroom, and the curtains are pulled, I feel like a paparazzo’s outside on a boat somewhere, or somebody’s peeping.

I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do.

I am not a second option person. It is that or nothing. If it is not the way I see it I prefer not to see it.

I’ve learned that usually, the less I know about other people, the better off I am.

I will never say something I don’t agree with or believe in… even if the reward is massive!

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

‚Harry Potter‘ gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else.

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.

Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.

A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.

If you’re yelling you’re the one who’s lost control of the conversation.

The post of honour is a private station.

I just don’t feel like I have to explain myself.

I try to very hard to avoid a situation where I would be eating cat or dog; I’ve managed to gracefully avoid that. It’s hypocritical of me and an arbitrary line, but one that I have managed to avoid crossing.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

I don’t dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don’t know, people’s perceptions of me. I truly don’t.

There was one incident at a movie theater where my girl got mad at these guys who were talking behind us. I never looked back there, but she was like, ‚Will you all just shut up!‘ And I just got up and moved three rows in front. She was like, ‚What are you doing?!‘ I was like, ‚You better get up here! I don’t play the fighting games.‘

If somebody’s dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they’re going to have to take what they get.

A flippant, frivolous man may ridicule others, may controvert them, scorn them; but he who has any respect for himself seems to have renounced the right of thinking meanly of others.

I don’t want to write an autobiography because I would become public property with no privacy left.

The moment someone asks you to do something you don’t have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.

I am who I am. That’s why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don’t change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I’m myself 24/7. People appreciate that.

To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn’t be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.

Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and assurance to speak up for his convictions.

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

Nobody is my boss.

You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‚Good pride‘ represents our dignity and self-respect. ‚Bad pride‘ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

I don’t like people looking at someone else’s image.

I know who I am, I know what I can and can’t do. I know what I will and won’t do. I know what I’m capable of and I don’t agree to do things that I don’t think I can pull off.

My concerts are about me being very private in public, but I’m very protective.

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody’s ego, that’s it, game over.

People at Facebook are fairly used to the press being nice to us or not nice to us.

If you’re nice to me I’ll never write anything bad about you.

All formal dogmatic religions are fallacious and must never be accepted by self-respecting persons as final.

I think all documentaries leave out areas of people’s lives. Which is good. There are areas that need not be explored.

I realized why directors are such horrible people – in a way – because you want things to be right, and people will just not listen to you, and there is no time to be nice to people, no time to be delicate.

Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty.

I could never give relationship advice to anybody!

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.