"To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making." ― Otto von Bismarck Topic(s): Respect More From Otto von Bismarck "Politics is the art of the possible." "The main thing is to make history, not to write it." "Politics is not an exact science." More In Respect "Ray had so much love of life and the music. He had so much integrity. He treated the music with so much dignity and respect. I spent four and a half years as a sideman with Ray Brown’s trio. Music was his life, more so than anyone I could mention."― Benny Green "I definitely think we get a lot of respect for what we do, but I definitely think that some people don’t like us, which is fine."― Matt Stone "I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply can’t afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality."― Andrew Cuomo