Maria Konnikova Quotes

There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape.

One of the things I love about Africa is the amount of dignity and respect and humility you see all the time. You don't realise how often you're disrespected until you are surrounded by respect.

Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now.

I respect you, I fear you not; and the less you speak of your own greatness, the more I will think of it.

Every time I meet Rahman sir, it's a fan moment for me. I don't take the fact that I am working with him lightly. I get excited every time I see and work with him. But I don't embarrass him.

Wonder is involuntary praise.

LET us honour the King by cherishing respectful Sentiments concerning him; speaking of him with Affection, with Esteem and Reverence; and by promoting a like Spirit and Conduct in others.

Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.

Awe and respect are two different things.

I wouldn't even mention myself in the same breath as someone like big Paul.

To afford the President the greatest deference and respect should be a gratification to any citizen.

Seeing Pax get extra-nervous about which shirt he is going to wear when he meets Aung San Suu Kyi, I get very moved. He rightfully doesn't get nervous going to a movie premiere; he gets nervous going to meet her.

Respect the work that you've never done before.

I mean you have to work hard to earn respect and make people respect you. When I come to the presence of any room or any place, people give me the most high respects and I'm gracious and appreciative of that.

There is nothing triumphant or boastful in the way we mourn the dead and pay our veterans the respect they deserve.

I respect Everest very much.

I'm constantly humbled.

Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.

What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?

If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.

I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.

Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.

I have a feeling of reverence about my father being in his 80s - a feeling that I want to whisper, take soft steps, not intrude too much. He's like a stately old cathedral to me now.

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.