You have to be the one holding the knife. And I always respected you for it, but I couldn’t love you for it.[to Stephen]
Is it better to be feared or respected? I say, is it too much to ask for both?
The performer must have an honest respect and gratitude for the audience.
To successfully command, a captain needs respect.
Respect for one’s elders shows character.
Politicians, ugly buildings, and wh**es all get respectable if they last long enough.
If they lie to me, they don’t respect me. If they don’t respect me, how can they ever love me?[to Lucilla]