#respect

His mother and father were agnostics, and Jim respected devout Christians in the same way that he respected people who were members of the Graf Zeppelin Club or shopped at the Chinese department stores, for their mastery of an exotic foreign ritual. Besides, those who worked hardest for others, like Mrs. Philips and Mrs. Gilmour and Dr. Ransome, often held beliefs that turned out to be correct. ↗

— J.G. Ballard

#chinese-department-stores #christianity #the-graf-zeppelin-club #respect

As a politician, you have to deal with someone wanting you to fail every day. I think I prefer being in a situation where generally people are rooting for me, and if they aren't rooting for me, they aren't out there to see my downfall. I respect the people who have the stomach for it. ↗

— John Legend

#day #deal #downfall #every #every day

Well I live in Vienna with my wife and son, and I teach in Hamburg, there will be no changes in that respect. ↗

— Gyorgy Legeti

#hamburg #i #live #respect #son

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

— Abraham Lincoln

#confidence #esteem #forfeit #never #once

I have always admired and had enormous respect for Elizabeth Taylor. She was not only an incredible actress but an amazing woman as well. ↗

— Lindsay Lohan

#admired #always #amazing #elizabeth #elizabeth taylor

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. ↗

— Vince Lombardi

#dedication #football #hard #hard work #life

If I am still doing what I'm doing and I still have respect in this town, haven't done anything completely and utterly stupid, then I'll be happy with myself. ↗

— Jeremy London

#anything #be happy #completely #doing #done

Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me. ↗

— LaToya London

#american idol #been #being #competition #else

I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected. ↗

— Jack Ma

#liked #respected #want

all sorts of cultists and queer fish teach all kinds of techniques for achieving health, contentment, peace of mind; and for many of their hearers, many of these techniques are demonstrably effective. but do we see respectable psychologists, philosophers and clergymen boldly descending into those odd and sometimes malodorous wells, at the bottom of which poor Truth is so often condemned to sit? yet once more the answer is, no. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#respect