#hon

Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation of the great honor which you have done me; and my sincere gratitude for your generous action. ↗

— Cordell Hull

#appreciation #assure #disappointment #done #enhance

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me. ↗

— Billy Joel

#been #both #bothered #criticism #criticized

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#great #held #honor #interprets #man

Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have and to be honest, I quite like having positive emotions. ↗

— Scott Ian

#different times #emotions #feelings #having #honest

I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it's very nice and I'm very honored. It's nice to know after 27 years now that what I said in the first place has stuck, and that was the belief in it. ↗

— Tony Iommi

#after #artists #belief #first #honored

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant. ↗

— Washington Irving

#companionship #equal #good #honest #humor

I think when you're looking for people to interview, you want to make it fair and honest. You're not just bringing people on so you can beat them up or, you know, make fools out of them or something. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#bringing #fair #fools #honest #i

There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served. ↗

— Jane Jacobs

#dishonest #disorder #even #exist #ignoring

The diva tag just won't go away. I think that's because people want me to be like that. It makes it more interesting if I have thrown a phone at somebody or a water bottle. Sadly that's just not me. ↗

— Katherine Jenkins

#because #bottle #diva #go #go away

I am sure Mr Heath thinks he is honest but I wish he didn't have to have his friends say it so often. ↗

— Roy Jenkins

#friends #heath #his #honest #i