"Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it."
― Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Respect
― Gilbert K. Chesterton
More From Gilbert K. Chesterton
- "All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change."
- "The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost."
- "People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make."
More In Respect
- "I’m just one woman away, my mother, from being the same as Mike Tyson. I would’ve ended up like him if my mama had not been so tough and strong. A lot of people, including Mike, don’t know I came from the ghetto. They think I’m too nice and proper. But that’s the way my mama raised me – to look people in the eye and respect them."― Evander Holyfield
- "I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can’t be like any other author’s really."― Paul Kane
- "There was certainly less profanity in the Godfather than in the Sopranos. There was a kind of respect. It’s not that I totally agreed with it, but it was a great piece of art."― Danny Aiello