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.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

If literature isn’t everything, it’s not worth a single hour of someone’s trouble.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

The universe is very large, and its boundaries are not known very well, but it is still possible to define some kind of a radius to be associated with it.

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.

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

There’s one advantage in having been around as long as I have. Everybody in the Senate knows me, and – I’m going to say something presumptuous, to repeat myself – I think most respect me.

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

There isn’t anybody that looks like me without clothes on.

It’s simple, if it jiggles, it’s fat.

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.

I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that’s OK, too. It’s whatever suits you.

Like it or not, there are a lot of dance teachers in this country who respect me, whether they personally like me or not.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.

I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body.

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

Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn’t. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.

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.

Football changed my life and it gave me a platform to get out my aggression and it gave me a sense of value.

The people respect and believe in men who fulfill their duty.

We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn’t a matter of political correctness. It’s a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.

There is nothing bigger or older than the universe.

You have to just accept your body. You may not love it all the way, but you just have to be comfortable with it, comfortable with knowing that that’s your body.

If the standard transsexual person wants to be regarded as he or she, my sense is I’ll address you according to the part that you appear to be playing.

Driving up the value of the advertising is a big commitment for Microsoft.

Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they’re not trying to keep up with you.

As a British driver, you get compared to Lewis and I get that. But when he came to McLaren, they were doing well and had a championship-winning car. I’m in a very different situation so I don’t compare myself to his stats.

I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.

The most important thing I can tell you about aging is this: If you really feel that you want to have an off-the-shoulder blouse and some big beads and thong sandals and a dirndl skirt and a magnolia in your hair, do it. Even if you’re wrinkled.

I do know that throughout history, all paper money has eventually come back to its true value, which is zero.

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

Earth might one day soon resemble the planet Venus.

God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone’s sexual preferences are or if they’re black, brown or purple.

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

Just as I wanted to outdo everyone when I played, I had to outdo everyone when we were out on the town.

When I was a teenager, my biggest lessons came from Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, George Strait, Rascal Flatts and Brad Paisley. I learned so much from opening up for those artists, and it also taught me how to treat your opening acts and make them feel like they’re part of a family, not just a tour.

The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

There is only a finger’s difference between a wise man and a fool.

The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Even though the risks of death are higher driving than flying, many people would rather drive simply because they feel they have more control driving. The facts are that only a few hundred people die a year flying, and 44,000 are killed a year driving.

There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.

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

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

If I had to choose a superhero to be, I would pick Superman. He’s everything that I’m not.

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.

I want the world to see my body.

With all due respect, I am against dumb.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a little bit of respect in return. Instead, the papers try to drag me off my pedestal.