#respectable

By the Declaration of Independence, dreaded by the foes an for a time doubtfully viewed by many of the friends of America, everything stood on a new and more respectable footing, both with regard to the operations of war or negotiations with foreign powers. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#both #declaration #dreaded #everything #foes

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I just want to jump into a paper bag and shake and bake myself to death. ↗

— Wendy Wasserstein

#bake #clean #clean up #death #desk

The long-established and noble rule of Law, one of the greatest products of the character and tradition of British history, has suffered a deadly blow. Blackmail has become respectable. ↗

— Robert Menzies

#blow #british #character #deadly #greatest

If I go to Germany, I learn something in addition. The German television is very precise and respectable. One has never stress. In Italy it is more dynamic. But I amuse myself madly in both countries. ↗

— Michelle Hunziker

#amuse #both #countries #dynamic #german

Can policy be both wise and aggressively partisan? Ask any Republican worth his salt and the answer will be an unequivocal yes. Ask a Democrat of the respectable Beltway variety and he will twist himself into a pretzel denying it. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#answer #any #ask #beltway #both

How then can we deal with our tendency toward worldliness? It is *not* by determining that we will not be worldly, but by committing ourselves to becoming more godly. ↗

— Jerry Bridges

#jerry-bridges #respectable-sins #worldliness #respect

Being a gossip reporter just isn't a respectable job. It'll chew you up and spit you out. ↗

— Kim Cattrall

#chew #gossip #job #just #out

There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#matrimony #respectable #road #wealth

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable. ↗

— Voltaire

#defects #ends #makes #making #men

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents. ↗