Respectable Man Quotes

I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. — Jane Austen

[T]he source of everything respectable in man either as an intellectual or as a moral being namely, that his errors are corrigible. — John Stuart Mill

Sympathy is why when a man is getting mugged, you let him keep his shirt after you take his life. Funerals are respectable affairs, after all. — Bauvard

When one has never heard a man's name in the course of one's life, it speaks volumes for him; he must be quite respectable. — Oscar Wilde

Your little r changes the status of a single lady 'Ms' into a respectable lady 'Mrs'. Man, you make the difference! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is. — George Bernard Shaw

When you are older you will meet a man who will love you for yourself. A good-natured, charming respectable man who is liked by you family. — Amanda Grange

A respectable man may love madly, but not foolishly. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Some live in poverty but with their honor; some live in wealth but with no honor! Some lives are respectable, some are disgraceful! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. — Richard Diebenkorn

No man is inherently respectable, but all women are by nature. — Lin Yutang

I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep. — Joseph De Maistre

Many a man may look respectable, and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase. — P.G. Wodehouse

When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell. — Paul Claudel

The woman who preaches has poison religion. Let the respectable ones go — Stephen King

The poorest being that crawls on earth, contending to save itself from injustice and oppression, is an object respectable in the eyes of God and man. — Edmund Burke

The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man. — Victor Hugo

Wasn't there only one respectable memento of a man worth keeping, the kind that draws Valentines and learns to spell Mississippi? — Lionel Shriver

For the greatest fool and rascal in creation there is yet a worse condition; and that is, not to know it, but to think himself a respectable man. — George MacDonald

I do not dislike him. I consider him, on the contrary, as a very respectable man, who has everybody's good word and nobody's notice ... — Jane Austen