Anne Rice Quotes

He is not sweet or gentle or particularly kind. But he is smart and brave, and even though he saved me, he treated me like I was strong. That is all I need to know.

The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back.

He [Tim Matheson] is such a - he's not like [Ronald] Reagan - but he's so commanding of respect but he's also so sweet.

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

My dad was very intelligent, had a very strong personality. I was amazed with my father.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

It's an honor to be even mentioned in the same breath as Walter Payton.

Moms rock!

All of us wish for a dignity that commands respect. But few have it.

I very much admire Uri Ariel. I think he's a man of principles, and effective, and I love him.

There are moments when I invoke my dad and think about him on the podium, but in a very positive way. I don't feel at all intimidated by him. I feel like I've found my own voice.

It's an honor to be mentioned with a guy like Walter Payton.

The only powerful emotion that we have control over is love.

Only when you feel good about yourself will others look up to you.

I very much admired Lancaster. George Clooney reminds me of him today. Not all the macho, swinging around that Burt used to do, but the courage. You know where you stand with men like that.

It's not always easy to do the right thing. But, doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character.

It is necessary, then, to give the child the possibility of developing according to the laws of his nature, so that he can become strong, and, having become strong, can do even more than we dared hope for him.

You can't just be a wimp and then a year and a half or two years later decide to not be a wimp anymore. Because people will always treat you like a wimp once they have decided that's what you are. You have to be strong and tough and intelligent and smart and kind of plan out what you're going to say and know who you are. So that people will get that right away. Because then they're always going to be great to you. And they're always going to treat you with respect.

Who is he when he isn't Dauntless, isn't an instructor, isn't Four, isn't anything in particular? Whoever he is, I like him. It's easier to admit that to myself now, in the dark, after all that just happened. He is not sweet or gentle or particularly kind. But he is smart and brave, and even though he saved me, he treated me like I was strong. That is all I need to know.

I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.

God bless them pretty women, I wish they was mine, Their breath is as sweet, The dew on the vine.

I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected. Because if you like me you can throw me away too quick. If you respect me, you may not even like what I was wearing, but you'll say, "I respect that."

It is a grand thing to see a man thoroughly possessed with one master-passion. Such a man is sure to be strong, and if the master-principle be excellent, he is sure to be excellent, too.

Freedom and victory belong to those who remain true and strong despite temptation to be dishonest and weak.

You're strong—you're so, so strong. It's why I love you.