Michael Landes Quotes

I generally do things I'm proud to be in and generally I'm in things people like.

The BBC can be infuriating at times but I love it with a passion.

All I've wanted to be is someone people look up to. It's funny - everyone says I'm controversial. I've never worked out what it is about me that's controversial. I've never had a DUI; I've never been in a brawl; you've never seen photos of me walking out of clubs at 5 A.M.

The one thing about working with Scott Coker - I've never heard a bad thing about Scott Coker. And that means a lot, especially in our sport.

I love the BBC and I think it's a really important thing.

You'll never get anyone saying something detrimental about Jose - he's an outstanding manager.

To associate my name with the United Nations is the best thing that could have happened to me.

Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.

When the gratitude of many to one throws away all shame, we behold fame.

What is glory? It is to have a lot of nonsense talked about you.

Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

If Helen of Troy could have been seen eating peppermints out of a paper bag, it is highly probable that her admirers would have been an entirely different class.It is the thing you are found doing while the horde looks on that you shall be loved for - or ignored.

My life has had meaning, with the friendships full and valuable and essential to me. My children, Steve, Leslie, and Sam, are all different-all first-rate human beings with high standards-whom I completely and unequivocally adore-don't always agree with-but always admire and respect. They all have wit and a sense of humor and, thank God, I have hung on to mine.

The older you've gotten, the more respect and admiration you've received.

Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.

Universities hire professors the way some men choose wives - they want the ones the others will admire.

Who are those people by whom you wish to be admired? Are they not these whom you are in the habit of saying that they are mad? What then? Do you wish to be admired by the mad?

The world has its fling at lawyers sometimes, but its very denial is an admission. It feels, what I believe to be the truth, that of all secular professions this has the highest standards.

Get really, really good so that when people say your name, your name is associated with quality, with integrity.

Who despises all that is despicable is made to be impressed with all that is grand.

There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel.

Tis much to gain universal admiration; more, universal love.

When the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame.

One cannot underestimate how widely admired Tom Daschle is in Washington for his integrity.

By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.