"If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal."
5
"If you don't treat an ingredient and its flavors with respect - if you drown it in oil, for instance - you'll spoil it."
4
"The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those - those are growing pains. Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I'm not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey."
6
"It's not an easy gig, being in the NRL sometimes: you always feel for the boys because you have that mutual respect knowing what they go through."
6
"You actually can be passionate about things like making rational decisions based on a thorough airing of the facts, a reasonable and informed debate, a respect for the Constitution that includes, um, knowing about it."
3
"You have to respect who the character is. It has its own internal truth, and you can't betray that. And if you don't betray that, it will not betray you."
4
"If you say that your national law allows you to do something, it is fine as long as you do this inside your own territory. As long as you go international, you really have to be sure that there is an international law which you respect and which you follow."
5
"Jerusalem is holy to three religions. You have to respect that."
5
"I would say that awards are for children. Because children need a tangible representation of their achievement. And as adults, you have to settle for the respect and admiration of your peers."
4
"Before you, I engage myself to serve my country with the devotion and the exemplary that this post demands. I understand responsibilities of the job and, as such, I give a republican salute to Nicolas Sarkozy who has led France for 5 years and who deserves all of our respect."
6
"My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don't respect you and when they respect you they don't love you."
5
"As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them!"
5
"It's like a jar of salad dressing sitting on a shelf... most of the seasoning settles to the bottom of the bottle. But when you shake that bottle up, all the ingredients mix together and then the dressing can add flavor to a salad. In the same way, we can stir ourselves up and regain the reverence, respect and awe we once had for the Lord."
5
"Ask an older person you respect to tell you his or her greatest regret."
6
"If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know."
6
"You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I think an actor is very like a sportsman in that respect. You have periods where you're in terrific form. Everything you touch seems to work and come right. And other times, when you're working really hard, it's okay, but it isn't scintillating."
6
"In the '60s and '70s and early '80s, the trainers would grind you, and eventually they would break something - they would break an ankle in ways that it would heal. It was just the way of the business, to ensure that you learned respect for wrestling."
6
"Anytime you're playing basketball, and you have a coach who you have to respect, you've got to be very disciplined."
6
"I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect."
4
"When you get close to the raw materials and taste them at the moment they let go of the soil, you learn to respect them."
5
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