#honour

There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC. ↗

— Gavyn Davies

#am #authority #bbc #british #chairman

You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#became #bloke #dad #decent #half

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#honour #long #prevails #sinks #where

He's a legend and I respect his work, so I went down and paid my respects when Charlton was on the set. He was nice but I think he lied a little. He said it was an honour to be in a movie with me, but I don't believe it. ↗

— Mark Wahlberg

#charlton #down #his #honour #i

If they are really persuaded that the army is annually established by me, that I have the sole disposal of posts and honours, that I employ this power in the destruction of liberty and the diminution of commerce, let me awaken them from their delusion. ↗

— Robert Walpole

#army #awaken #commerce #delusion #destruction

I've been honoured to portray such intelligent and sophisticated roles. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#honoured #i #intelligent #portray #roles

We speak of virtue, honour, reason; but our thought does not translate any one of these concepts into a substance. ↗

— Wilhelm Wundt

#concepts #does #honour #into #our

Let us search into the records of Holy Writ, if out of this their great charter, there be not a seal grant of a lesser, though like privilege, and this by virtue of Christ, in that we have the honour to be accounted Abraham's seed as truly as they. ↗

— Thomas Goodwin

#accounted #charter #christ #grant #great

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#forget #honour #man #never #never forget

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL. ↗

— Wayne Gretzky

#just #nhl #play #privilege #thrill