Roman Payne  - Quotes

 The lot of the bride

to be wed before bed

desired until rotten.

The lot of the author

to be read before bed

admired then forgotten.
 

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Star Trek: Generations  - Quotes

 Riker:
Lieutenant Worf, the charges and specifications are one: Performing above and beyond the call of duty on countless occasions, and two, most seriously: Having earned the admiration and respect of the entire crew.
Picard:
Mr. Worf, I hereby promote you to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, with all of the rights and priveleges thereto. May God have mercy on your soul.
 

Major Payne  - Quotes

 Emily:
[as Payne is hazing the cadets by making them run around the Madison campus in drag] Major, WHAT are the boys doing in those DRESSES?
Major Benson Winifred Payne:
Oh, they're just puttin' on a fashion show.
Emily:
Do you really think THIS is the best way to gain the respect and admiration of these young men?
Major Benson Winifred Payne:
They may not like me, but they WILL respect me.
Emily:
Let me be more direct: they HATE you.
Major Benson Winifred Payne:
Good. It'll draw 'em close together, make 'em a team.
Emily:
That's a very cynical plan!
Major Benson Winifred Payne:
Yeah, well at least it won't backfire. Besides, they started it.
 



Horror Hayride  - Quotes

 Governor:
You're the only man I know that somehow maintains the respect & admiration reckless teens *and* the Highway Patrol. You know the entertainment monkey business Webb, and you could interface with the Legion of State Task Forces with their pitiful self interests exposed in a film such as this.
Webb Wilder:
Sounds about as fun as a root canal.
 

Edmund Burke  - Quotes

 Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one. 

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Winston S. Churchill  - Quotes

 He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.  

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Napoleon Bonaparte  - Quotes

 He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. 

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Rudyard Kipling  - Quotes

 There are few things sweeter in this world than the guileless, hotheaded,

intemperate, open admiration of a junior. Even a woman in

her blindest devotion does not fall into the gait of the man she

adores, tilt her bonnet to the angle at which he wears his hat, or

interlard her speech with his pet oaths.
 

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Friedrich Nietzsche  - Quotes

 There is an innocence in admiration: it occurs in one who has not yet realized that they might one day be admired. 

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Friedrich Nietzsche  - Quotes

 Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it. 

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Friedrich Nietzsche  - Quotes

 There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day. 

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