The best part? Probably being able to portray such a respectable, ethical, intelligent, strong woman. That`s still pretty rare in our business, unfortunately.
- Catherine BellI grew up in a respectable, lower-middle-class home. Our family was quite educated; my mother was a painter, and stuff like that. And I didn`t chop up my next-door neighbour. But I remember those emotions. It was a very strange world. Ireland is very grey, and it seems like nothing has changed for centuries. The only bits of colour were in churches, with statues and gaudy religious vestments. It was a very insanely Catholic country. And, you have an educational system run by celibate men in skirts, which is bizarre in itself. But, there`s just a sweet irrationality to the whole place. - about his life growing up in Ireland
- Neil JordanPuffy faces, beer bellies - I can`t afford to go that way. For the parts I play I`ve got to look respectable, lean and mean.
- Vinnie JonesPink Flamingos - I don`t think it`s my best movie, but God knows the day I die it will be in the first paragraph of my obituary. It helped make trash more respectable. It lasted longer than I ever would have imagined. I still meet young kids who have just seen it and they react with the same disbelief that people did the first time. I`m proud of it. It was made to make fun of censorship laws at the time. All that has kind of faded. If I hadn`t done the scene where Divine ate dog shit, Johnny Knoxville would have done it in Jackass. The Jackass movies are the closest in spirit to Pink Flamingos than anything else.
- John WatersI stared into his eyes and told him that I thought he was a respectable human. I did tell him straight out that I think his band still sucks. - on his encounter with Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder.
- Kurt CobainI like to assume that since I drive a car and maintain a respectable credit rating and rarely murder anyone and bury them in the back garden unless they really deserve it, that the fact that I hear voices won`t unduly disturb anyone.
- Robin McKinleyWe are looking to be respectable in our division and make the league playoffs again, ... We have a good nucleus of returning players and plenty of experience gained from last year?s run in the league and district playoffs.
- David PottsPolitical language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
- George OrwellAll Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents.
- Joan ChenThe major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.
- Robert BorkOf course I`m respectable. I`m old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.
- Robert TowneSuddenly, touring became respectable, and it meant that people didn`t feel that they had to travel 250 miles up to London to see a good play.
- Timothy WestMy father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don`t think that they actually got to know one another deeply.
- Christopher DurangI have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.
- Jane AustenThese days, there are many people around the world who listen to the songs that made me infamous and read the books that made me respectable.
- Kinky FriedmanHistorically, a small local board helps a bank know its local environment and the local businesses in a respectable way, ... But the 27 banks in the report were large multi-state or international banks.
- Mark WatsonWe had to play a perfect game to stay in it. If not for the injuries, there`s a chance of us at least making it respectable.
- Peter GordonSince when was genius found respectable?
- Elizabeth Barrett BrowningThey`re doing a good job moving toward the higher-growth businesses in terms of wireless and high-speed access, and they`ve shown a very respectable outcome.
- Bruce RobertsThe only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
- Adam BraidwoodIn the bosom of her respectable family resided Camilla.
- Ales Kotalik(I'll probably settle for re-reading Percy, for finding that wonderful passage near the end about the) more respectable than respectable ... his forehead is an ambiguous sienna color and pied: It is impossible to be sure that he received ashes.
- Andrew WigglesworthIt was a respectable day. But after the (Fed) decision tomorrow, I think we can do better. I think the Street is braced for a no-rate-cut, no-rate-hike move from the Fed.
- Anisha QueenAll decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren`t respectable live beyond other people`s; a few gifted individuals manage to do both
- Archie GriffenI was proud of my girls for fighting in the second half and making it respectable. We made them call a timeout (which) gave the girls some confidence. We have a bunch of juniors, so that will give them confidence for next year.
- Ashley DonnellThere are so many charlatans out there who are passing themselves off as respectable investment advisers, ... The only way to protect yourself is to not believe anybody.
- Ashton DilkaThe need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or away from their wives on journeys, that such men are not content to remain continent, and that in a conventionally virtuous community they do not find respectable women.
- Bertrand RussellPolitical language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
- George OrwellThe more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
- George Bernard ShawIt is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable.
- Jane AustenMen are respectable only as they respect
- Ralph Waldo EmersonIf you can build a business up big enough, it`s respectable.
- Will RogersNationality is respectable only when it is on the defense, when it is waging wars of liberation it is sacred; when those of domination it is accursed.
- Rabindranath TagoreIf we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. BrandeisAutobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.
- Humphrey Carpenter