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I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it. – Charles Schumer

In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God. – Ravi Shankar

I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients. Account executives often have big creative ideas, regardless of what some writers think. – Leo Burnett

There are forms of art that I might not like to do myself, but I still have respect for the artists who create it. – Vanessa Paradis

Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression. – John Charles Polanyi

In the United States, we do a pretty good job of protecting iconic landscapes and postcard views, but the ocean gets no respect. – Jeff Goodell

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. – Eldridge Cleaver

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank. – John Major

I dress up a certain way because I respect the music. – Wynton Marsalis

Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson. – Bainbridge Colby

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn. – Tahar Ben Jelloun

To our Palestinian neighbours, I assure you that we have a genuine intention to respect your right to live independently and in dignity. I have already said that Israel has no desire to continue to govern over you and control your fate. – Ariel Sharon

The writers I respect the most had an undying commitment to a vision. – Jewel

I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn. – Maurice Strong

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. – Kenneth Robert Livingstone

Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most. – Ethel Merman

I want there to be a level of respect between everybody. – Kenny Chesney

How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? – Mary Astell

The beliefs I was raised with – to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures – have had a huge impact on me. – Stella McCartney

Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too. – Dave Matthews