My mom was a teacher – I have the greatest respect for the profession – we need great teachers – not poor or mediocre ones.
In my early career I was sort of anti-drag. I said, ‘Drag is dumb and boring, and I want to be an effing weirdo and go crazy and rebel.’ But now it’s like I’ve come to respect and understand how deep and traditional drag as an art form is.
The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.
To this day, while maintaining a healthy respect for the Giants and Jets and other teams I cover, I admit to checking the results every Monday to see how the Bears did.
I don’t care who you are. You can be the smallest person off the street, or you could be the biggest person in the world. I’m going to treat everybody the same – with respect.
Respect your kids. They are their own people. I think sometimes we expect kids to be perfect when we’re not perfect.
When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.
Often we mistake stability, in terms of security and economic activity, to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar: rule of law and respect for human rights.
Russians aren’t perfect. Their politics are messed up, and they keep going through self-defeating economic cycles. But I have a lot of respect for Russia, and a lot of love for Russians.
If people only knew how much I respect Cristiano Ronaldo. I will repeat it to make myself clear: I respect Cristiano Ronaldo.
The mixtapes, and a lot of our music, it comes from a place of fandom and appreciation and of respect and of nodding toward stuff that we feel really affectionate towards.
Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect. Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar.
At the University of Miami in the U.S., people thought I was there only because I was Bob Marley’s son. I had to prove myself on the football field and soon earned the respect of my peers.
I don’t know. I respect Kanye, but when it comes to Trump, I’m not into that, man.
We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.
I’m more influenced by characters than standups. I love strong, comic women because it’s so hard, and I have so much respect for anyone who can do it. I’m a big fan of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and people like that.
The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all law.
Sport is and should remain a great school of life that supports young people in their personal development. It teaches respect for others and also for oneself.
You must respect people and work hard to be in shape. And I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball.
Only a coward will use a gun to protect and get respect for themselves.
I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.
I have too much respect for the music and for the band and the fans to give anything less than my best.
I didn’t even respect singers until I heard Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong.
There’s a lot of comics writers out there whose work I appreciate and who are nice guys. I really want to work with guys I really respect and enjoy.
As a queen, I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.
