The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.

If we desire respect for the law we must first make the law respectable.

During times of war hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.

It is a wise tune that knows its own father and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.

The long-established and noble rule of Law one of the greatest products of the character and tradition of British history has suffered a deadly blow. Blackmail has become respectable.

Respectable means rich and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called decent.

I had the most reversed education possible. Every parent wants their son to be a businessman respectable - me it was the opposite. When I had an artist career my mum was like 'Oh finally I'm proud of you!'

I mean in the South African case many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community people who went to church on Sunday every Sunday.

Greatness in the last analysis is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

If you can build a business up big enough it's respectable.

Customs and convictions change respectable people are the last to know or to admit the change and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art.

Time which alone makes the reputation of men ends by making their defects respectable.