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.

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

With all due respect, I am against dumb.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

I think that when we know that we actually do live in uncertainty, then we ought to admit it; it is of great value to realize that we do not know the answers to different questions. This attitude of mind – this attitude of uncertainty – is vital to the scientist, and it is this attitude of mind which the student must first acquire.

As everything becomes digitized, there’s the idea that things that can’t be digitized become more valuable.

Certainly a woman should never disguise the fact that she is a woman. A woman’s body is very beautiful.

You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

My goal is just to be respected as a man when I walk down the street with my family. I don’t care what your job is, you’re not gonna talk down to me, you’re not gonna try to get a rise out of me. I’m a man first. And in establishing that, some interesting things have happened.

It’s my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it’s humorous, all the attention to it, because it’s hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that’s happened to me.

There’s no difference between movies and television. None at all. Except in a lot of cases, television’s much better than movies.

I never thought I’d land in pictures with a face like mine.

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

The more you observe politics, the more you’ve got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.

I never admire another’s fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

It’s not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

My body is quite tiny, but a lot of the emotions I feel are pretty explosive. They have to come out.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural.

The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals.

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.

When I’m getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive.

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 can encourage my daughter to love her body, but what really matters are the observations she makes about my relationship with my own body.

Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.

A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.

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

I was everything an R&B singer wasn’t. I wasn’t in shape. I wasn’t a pretty boy.

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.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

I don’t think I’m supposed to boss other people around just because I’m a so-called celebrity or star. I hate that when people act that way. No one deserves it. I’ve seen it happen. I don’t call those people out – they know who they are. Some enjoy that reputation.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

I have found that, in the composition of the human body as compared with the bodies of animals, the organs of sense are duller and coarser. Thus, it is composed of less ingenious instruments, and of spaces less capacious for receiving the faculties of sense.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

It is right to give every man his due.

It’s a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn’t support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, ‚Well, yeah,‘ but you start to think, ‚Why not, though?‘ What makes one more valuable than another?

Please think of me like an endangered species and just observe me quietly from far away. If you try to talk to me or touch me casually, I may get intimidated and bite you. So please be careful.

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.

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.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.

In the United States, we can do almost anything we want. It’s not like Egypt, where you’re going to get murdered by the security forces.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

I think I have a certain respect for people, you know. And I guess a lot of times I expect that respect to go both ways.

Ever since I dated a woman, I know what it is to grab a curve on a woman’s body. Skinny’s not fine when the lights are low.

If you’re too big to fit into fashion, then you just have to do your own fashion.

Fortunately, we have help from the media. I have to say this: I’m very grateful for the support and kindness that we’ve gotten. People have respected their privacy and in that way, I think, you know, no matter what people may feel about my husband’s policies or what have you, they care about children and that’s been good to see.

Feeling like you’re respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

I’m over being a pop star. I don’t wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot. I feel like I’m highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough.

During most of my freelancing, I made what I would have made in charge of the cafeteria at a pretty good junior-high school.