Top 385 Respected Quotes

I used to feel that I had to be dictatorial in order to be respected, but after I did a couple of TV movies, I began to see that authority came with the job. So I began to relax and let more people into the process, and my work really improved.
Ron Howard
Most governments in the United States in a hundred years have not respected the peoples of Latin America. They have sponsored coup d’etats, assassinations.
Hugo Chavez
I want Infosys to be a company which is globally respected and in where people belonging to different nationalities, races and religious beliefs will work with intense competition but utmost courtesy, dignity and co-operation in adding greater value to our stakeholders day after day.
N. R. Narayana Murthy
What makes America great was a government that was founded to be limited to doing one thing. I really believe the whole purpose of America, the aspirational value – why everybody who wants to come to this country wants to come here – was because we respected the dignity of every living person.
Rick Santorum
I have respected every manager I have played under, but if you can’t learn from someone like Mark Hughes, it is going to be hard for you.
Charlie Adam
I believe I deserve to be respected as an athlete because I’m a pioneer in this sport.
Cris Cyborg
Democracy demands sacrifice. Democracy demands that the

Democracy demands sacrifice. Democracy demands that the rules of the game be respected just as the constitution requires.
Jovenel Moise
People in the U.S. who feel they need guns or enjoy gun sports of various types, are, in other words, decent, law-abiding, generally honest members of society. Their wish to have guns should be respected.
Gavin Esler
The World Cup has its own space that needs to be respected.
Ravi Shastri
I’ve always respected Coach Frank. I kind of publicly recruited him because I really need him and want him. I’m kind of the college recruiter now because he brings a lot to the table. He’s had success here and understands the good and the bad, so I’m recruiting him to join my staff.
Jason Kidd
I think my reputation among peers is probably different than my reputation among fans. My peers know me pretty well and so it’s fairly accurate. I think I’m respected among my peers.
Denny Hamlin
My goal is just to be respected as a man when I walk down the street with my family. I don’t care what your job is, you’re not gonna talk down to me, you’re not gonna try to get a rise out of me. I’m a man first. And in establishing that, some interesting things have happened.
Kanye West
I’m not saying a housewife is in any way inferior to a workingwoman. No, she isn’t. But as an activist, as a woman, I would say the choice of being a housewife or pursuing a career should be left entirely to the woman and that choice should be respected.
Shabana Azmi
Parents are to be respected – it Is a commandment from God.
Monica Johnson
We have to make a bridge of confidence based on natural and elementary morality which corresponds to the natures of man and which would be respected by all men. I may be naive in this, but I think it is better to be naive than skeptical.
Dominique Pire
I feel like that’s what’s going to be most respected at the end of the day, that I’m able to do so many different things and become less of a rapper and just more as a musician.
Juice Wrld
I came here because the city has a tradition and is a very respected food city.
Emeril Lagasse
Bob Harras’ personal and creative integrity is respected and renowned throughout the comic book industry. As an editor, he provides invaluable insight into storytelling and character.
Jim Lee
I haven’t found the experience of being hot very great. It usually means you are about to be overexposed. I would rather be respected.
Miranda Otto
The people have allowed me to – they’ve respected my choice of wanting to be like, a little, you know, a baby alchemist, and just trying to mix different cultures together and things that I think are interesting.
Pharrell Williams
I like to be bought flowers and taken out for dinner. I like a man to be a gentleman. I don’t like to be treated as if I am brainless. I like to be respected and to give respect.
Sharon Stone
Many of my staff have been with me for over 20 years. I have a great team, and I make sure they feel respected and appreciated.
Emeril Lagasse
Instead of considering the tremendous contributions people of faith, including Christians and Muslims have made on society and helping those in need and providing a sacred canopy for the faithful, some of respected religious figures and friends are singularly judged through their views on Section 377A.
Pritam Singh
The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.
Scott Hamilton
The endorsement of respected conservative Republican officeholders and politicians is particularly important at this time as to destroy Reagan’s credibility as a loyal Republican.
Robert Teeter
Yes, for a long time but I admired her and respected everything that I could sort of see in her from a distance, the pillars of her life, the loyalties, the relationships. It all got my interest and also the looks.
Andre Agassi
In order to feel loved, be respected and stay connected, we humans have a tendency to lie. We lie about who we are, what we want, what we need, what we have done or will do. Perhaps ‘lie’ is too strong a word. Let me say that what we do is withhold the truth.
Iyanla Vanzant
My parents had a difficult divorce. My dad had to take a backseat for a few years, and my grandfather came in. He was also my inspiration for becoming an actor. I really respected him.
Christian Camargo
I’ve always had a lot of respect from the people I respected.
Randy Newman
My definition of feminism is a social, political, economic system by which all genders are valued, respected, and can live dignified lives.
Alicia Garza
It’s crazy: the first black man to actually step foot in America came as a free man, as an explorer, with the Spaniards. That’s something for me – as a black American, it gives me a little bit of pride because we were free and respected somewhere else before slavery became what it was.
Aldis Hodge
When I first started directing, I could have chosen a more lucrative path, with sitcoms and things like that. But I knew enough after the experiences I had in front of the camera that I was not going to do that, because I was just going to work on my own things or work with people I respected.
Bobcat Goldthwait
In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of the people and that gave no victory to either side.
John Hume
There aren’t many people in the world that are as respected and loved when it comes to entertainment and as big as Pac. But the greatness that I adore the most is him as a man.
Demetrius Shipp, Jr.
It’s true. I’m not a spokesperson. But I can say now that transgendered people like to be heard and to be respected.
Kate Pierson
By saying that leaders – male or female – have to look or act a certain way to be respected as role models, we are not only hurting those individuals but also reinforcing rigid benchmarks for the next generation of passionate, aspiring leaders, who are watching.
Caroline Ghosn
I had a lot of respect for Prodigy. He brought the hood to the booth. When we were trying to shape this rap thing into something, he was one of the cats I respected for bringing the hood into the booth.
Rakim
Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and h

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
Charles Lamb
Tony Schiavone – I have always liked and respected Tony.
Eric Bischoff
In meeting the challenges of organic growth, BlackRock has the advantage of having an executive team greatly respected for what it has accomplished.
Carol Loomis
Well, there is an attorney-client privilege here that needs to be respected, and it’s a privilege that has been found to be worthy of protection by our courts.
Alberto Gonzales
Respected Kanshi Ramji has supported my rise in politics right from the beginning.
Mayawati
Every age bracket has to be respected and it should be embraced naturally.
Sharmila Tagore
What really destroyed Tucker Carlson, respected magazine journalist, was TV. TV exposed him as glib, smug, and not nearly as clever as he thought he was.
Alex Pareene
Deep down, the Iraqi people want the United States out. And their self-determination should be respected.
Peter Camejo
A woman should be allowed to be whoever and whatever she wants to be and she should be respected for that.
Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters
We’ve got an outstanding justice system. Our judiciary are respected around the world. It is a key part of what we are as a country. It’s an area where there is a strong political consensus behind that and perhaps in an era of populism it’s important that we preserve those qualities.
David Gauke
I want to be a role-model player, someone respected and looked up to.
Scottie Pippen
Guys see that I come to work every day, punch the clock. They see that, and I think my voice is respected because of it.
Tristan Thompson
I always respected Barry Bonds, and I wanted to let him know that I did in a certain way.
Andy Van Slyke
I’ve been so lucky – I worked with Jason Reitman twice, who has always been a really strong advocate for my voice, and has always really respected the scripts that I’ve brought him and is just the coolest.
Diablo Cody
Some people don’t have hands, some don’t have eyes – these people’s struggle in life is real. We have been blessed with everything – a pair of eyes, ears, hands. What do we have to worry about? About having one more foot added to our height? Just because I am not six feet, won’t I be respected?
Rajpal Yadav
With the revolution around 1980 of PCs, the spreadsheet programs were tuned for office workers – not to replace office workers, but it respected office workers as being capable of being programmers. So office workers became programmers of spreadsheets. It increased their capabilities.
Rodney Brooks
To make sense of bossiness, we need to tease apart two fundamental aspects of social hierarchy that are often lumped together: power and status. Power lies in holding a formal position of authority or controlling important resources. Status involves being respected or admired.
Adam Grant