Joseph R. Biden Jr. Quotes

People in Nevada know me from the street to the ring to the Senate chambers. I've never had to prove my manhood to anyone.

Like it or not, there are a lot of dance teachers in this country who respect me, whether they personally like me or not.

I don't want to be labeled as just a producer. Producers have little control and they get little respect. And I'm a man of respect.

I had worked hard my entire career to establish myself as a leader. But I wasn't a leader until I was perceived as one.

If you want respect, you earn it in politics. You don't get it because you are some form of bloody emperor in a toga.

It's always good to walk in a room and know everybody kind of looks up to you because I guess I've earned it.

I'm lucky. As soon as I open my mouth, people see I know what I'm talking about, and when I leave the room, I think most say, 'She's OK.'

People change their opinion according to your position. And both politicians and bureaucrats begin to take you more seriously, as they suddenly feel you have become more important.

I have a credibility on the subject that most people don't.

The influence of the leaders is due in very small measure to the arguments they employ, but in a large degree to their prestige. The best proof of this is that, should they by any circumstance lose their prestige, their influence disappears.

Authority may be as much injured by words as by actions.

Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable.

David Cameron has a lot of credibility and influence.

Everybody will give you a certain amount of respect just because you're the boss' daughter. But if you don't follow through, you lose that pretty quick.

Obviously, having your peers' respect is everything. I learned that a long time ago: that some people see you one way, some people see you another way, but having your peers' respect is what's really important.

The best thing that winning those Academy Awards things are - the best thing of it is that when I say some of my ideas, somebody's going to listen to it, and they'll preface what I say, 'Academy Award winner da-da-da-da-da.'

Of course, I'd love to be regarded as a voice of authority.

I think I have respect from players, coaches, and certain media who watch the games. I'm not a youngster anymore.

People don't take you seriously, so you have to take yourself seriously.

There's a wow factor associated with my name. It could be due to my work as well as my behaviour.

When you're you long enough, you get to this space where people start respecting you.

Even a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others.

I would like to walk in a room and people know who I am and be like, "Oh, I respect his opinion."

You're playing serious music, and you want to be taken seriously. When they get my age wrong on the program, I wish they'd make me older.

I mean, there was a portion, of course, that I think, when I look back now, that there was a portion of what attracted me must have been the awe of him being a powerful man in this environment, not to take away from who he is as a real person.