I've been told if you're an actress you can't sing, if you're a dancer you can't act, you can't do theatre and be respected if you've done a TV soap, you can't have a No. 1 record. All these different things they've told me I can't do, but I wanted to do them, so I've done them.
I respected [Margaret Thatcher] enormously. She had great integrity in that respect.
Many respected economists and statesmen believe our national debt is neither unwieldy nor a dangerous burden on the country. The trouble is that a vast majority of the American people think otherwise. . . . It violates basic American ideas of thrift and money management. These strong public feelings cannot be ignored forever.
All the arts come from God and are to be respected as divine inventions
Musician' is not a very respected title. I'm not a musician.
I want to be someone who is respected and not just in terms of my music. I want to be respected in terms of the way that I treat people. . . Music is my creative outlet in terms of expressing what is important to me; what has importance, what has a value. And I wanna be respected for that.
Many CEOs and leaders think that silence is indeed golden, that consensus is bliss. It is - sometimes. But more often what it signifies is that there are no respected processes for surfacing concerns and dissent.
The sign of a good society is where talent is respected.
The Palestinian people's needs must be respected.
If we free the people of Iraq, we will be respected in the Arab world. . . and I think we will be respected around the world.
The movies have made the comic books much more valuable and more respected.
Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.
All peoples must be respected, and they must all be granted the same rights.
States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.
A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
There's a difference between wanting to be respected and being a strong female and being known for being able to do things, but still very much wanting guys to open the door, wanting them to ask us out, still bringing flowers and stuff like that.
If an elderly respected expert in a given field tells you that something can be done he is almost certainly right. If an elderly respected expert in a given field tells you that something is impossible, he is almost certainly wrong.
Lots of leaders want to be popular. I never cared about that. I want to be respected.
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.
We're not like a nostalgia act, or the normal classic rock act - we're a really good musical organization,. . . You're going to hear some blues, some jazz, a little of everything. The guys in the band are great musicians. When we play, we're there for real. It's not about posing, strutting in tights, that kind of stuff. It's all about music, and I've always respected my audience that way.