#demean

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#anything #being #demean #eyes #him

Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while. ↗

— Wally Schirra

#considers #demeaning #down #each #herself

There have been high crimes and misdemeanors, but they have been committed by the special prosecutor and the Congress, not the president. ↗

— Donella Meadows

#committed #congress #crimes #high #misdemeanors

I think I have a very nice demeanor, but at the same time, when pushed, I will freak out. I have a backbone, but I don't feel like I'm terrible about it. ↗

— Debbie Gibson

#backbone #demeanor #feel #freak #i

No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor. ↗

— Nancy Johnson

#believe #definition #does #even #high

I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times. ↗

— Vincent Bugliosi

#court #court cases #felony #i #juries

If you treat with courtesy your equal, who is privileged to resent an impertinence, how much more cautious should you be to your dependents, from whom you demand a respectful demeanor. ↗

— Robert Chambers

#courtesy #demand #demeanor #equal #how

There was a perception of me, and I earned it because I was really intense, really gruff. I treated certain people poorly at times. It was because of who I was. It was almost my strength. I came in all business. I tried to find ways to fit in with that demeanor, but it's not easy. ↗

— Kirk Gibson

#because #business #came #certain #demeanor

In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#beings #death #excuse #fact #human

We're all faced throughout our lives with agonizing decisions, moral choices. Some are on a grand scale, most of these choices are on lesser points. But we define ourselves by the choices we have made. We are, in fact, the sum total of our choices. Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, Human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation. it is only we, with our capacity to love that give meaning to the indifferent universe. And yet, most human beings seem to have the ability to keep trying and even try to find joy from simple things, like their family, their work, and from the hope that future generations might understand more ↗

— Woody Allen

#design