“The Government honoring our treaties and sovereignty is first and foremost. These issues are still the top priority which [Barak] Obama, if elected, has promised us. For us, we should implement the most impor-tant programs right now: they are programs to teach the children a positive sense of dignity, self-worth, and the importance of sustaining their culture, history, language and honor as a people.” PeopleIfsShouldFirstsChildrenStillsSelfGovernmentCultureLanguageTeachIssuesHonorRight NowProgramDignityImportancePrioritiesSelf WorthSovereigntyTreatiesSustainingTop PrioritiesBarak Obama Author:Leonard Peltier
“We respect and honor very deeply those people who decide to serve their country in the military. But we certainly don't denigrate people who choose a different course, particularly when we have an all-volunteer army.” PeopleDifferentCountryCoursesMilitaryHonorArmyVolunteerVery Deep Author:Mitt Romney
“In the music business I am surrounded by people who don't view music as a sacred voice. They view music as something that they can use and exploit, often times lazily. They have no sense of the tradition, they have no sense of honor about those who came before and charted the path.” PeopleUseVoiceViewsPathHonorTraditionSacredExploitsMusic Business Author:Billy Corgan
“If we're to honor the heritage of our country, whether it be in terms of religious freedom, whether it be in terms of truly protecting life, protecting not just the unborn but who comes next, the infirm, the elderly, the maimed, the disabled - that's who comes next as we get into the budget crunch of taking care of those people in the years - I believe we ought to have that debate honest and openly.” PeopleIfsYearsBelieveCountryCareNextI BelieveTermReligiousHonestOughtHonorDebateOur CountryBudgetsHeritageElderlyDisabledUnbornReligious FreedomCrunch Author:Tom Coburn
“I guess you could say Alexander the Great was a man who completely transported me and moved me and inspired me because of his idealism, and I'd go back to the Greeks, and I always liked Homer and all the philosophers and their way of thinking and their concept of honor. I think their concept of honor does apply to the modern age, and certain people that walk around are pre-Christian.” PeopleThinkingMenWayDoeAgeChristianCertainWalksModernHonorConceptsMovedInspiredPhilosopherGreekIdealismWay Of ThinkingModern Age Author:Oliver Stone
“Concepts of integrity and heroism and honor are still important to the world today. Some people behave well, and some people behave badly.” PeopleWorldWellsStillsImportantTodayHonorIntegrityConceptsBehaveHeroismWorld Today Author:Oliver Stone
“When people begin to praise us, let us hurry to remember the multitude of ours transgressions, and we will see that we are truly unworthy of that which they say and do in our honor.” PeopleInspirationalChristianRememberReligiousHonorPraiseOrthodoxMultitudesUnworthyTransgression Author:John Climacus
“In a post 9/11 world, in which the uncritical essentializing of people from the "Third-World" has been legitimized; Iraq and Afghanistan have been dehumanized in an attempt to disseminate enlightenment in those "dark" regions; the discourse of "honor killings" is prevalent in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan and has carved a niche in Western academic discourse as another instance of the incorrigible bestiality of the Orient.” PeopleWorldHas BeensDarkHonorEnlightenmentThirdsWestWesternKillingIraqInstancePostsRegionsAfghanistanAcademicDiscoursePakistanFrontiersNicheProvincesThird WorldIncorrigibleHonor Killing Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“If Pakistan honors in letter and in spirit the commitment that it gave to Mr. Vajpayee in 2004, that Pakistan territory will not be used for promoting terrorist acts against India, the sky is the limit of cooperation between our two countries. Basically, we are the same people. There are ties of religion. There are ties of language. There are ties of culture.” PeopleIfsTwoCountryUsedSpiritCultureLanguageSkyHonorLimitsCommitmentLettersIndiaTerroristTiesTerritoryCooperationPakistanPromotingTwo CountriesSky Is The Limit Author:Manmohan Singh
“I was talking to Cecil [Castellucci], who writes Shade, and I was saying to her, and she was saying the same thing, that I'm not even the same person who wrote the first issue of Doom Patrol, and that was six months ago. I'm a totally different person now, already. It's weird to look back at stuff, but it's an honor that there's a legacy of people who still keep it in their heads. It's really cool!” PeopleWritingFirstsLooksPersonsStillsDifferentStuffTalkingIssuesMonthsHonorSixLegacyShadeSix MonthsDoomReally Cool Author:Gerard Way
“When the feminist movement was at its zenith in the late 60's and early 70's, there was a lot of moving away from the idea of the person. It was: let's talk about the ideas behind the work, and the people matter less. It was kind of a gimmicky thing, but lots of feminist women were doing it. Many of us took the names of our female ancestors - bell hooks is my maternal great grandmother - to honor them and debunk the notion that we were these unique, exceptional women. We wanted to say, actually, we were the products of the women who'd gone before us.” PeopleKindPersonsIdeasMatterWantedMovingNamesBehindsGoneMovementProductsHonorLateUniqueFemaleNotionFeministGrandmotherAncestorBellsHookExceptionalMoving AwayFeminist MovementZenithGreat Grandmother Author:Bell Hooks
“I literally cried on Lisa Joy's shoulder when it ended. Just, "Thank you." Because those roles [like Dolores in the Westworld] are few and far between. What an amazing opportunity. It was an honor and a privilege to get to bring it to life, and I hope she gives other people the strength that she's given me as a survivor and as a human. I don't even mean to make it just a woman's issue because obviously it's men and women, but it certainly is an epidemic with women.” PeopleMenGivingHumansMeanJoyOpportunityGivenRolesIssuesHonorMen And WomenPrivilegeShouldersSurvivorCriedEpidemicsAmazing Opportunities Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“Shift the dynamic as much as you can, so you hear the truth from people that have lived experience. Listen intently and honor their experience.” PeopleHonor Author:Peter Buffett
“I could vanish the silk better than Ben Vereen - that was for sure. So I think maybe they said, "Okay, maybe he has something to offer." Years pass and I get a bit of a career, and Ben Vereen ends up hosting one of my specials where I walked through the Great Wall of China. Things came full circle in kind of an ironic way, when you have that honor of people that have influenced you so much host your show. It's a huge experience in your life.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsKindSaidEndsShowsBitsCareersHugeWallHonorOffersOkayChinaCirclesIronicHostThey SaidSilkFull CircleGreat WallGreat Wall Of China Author:David Copperfield
“We obviously have to honor the commitments that have been made to the people who are already retired or near the retirement age. But we need to tell the truth about the fact that when we set the retirement age at age 65 in America, life expectancy was only 62.” PeopleNeedsHas BeensMadeFactsAgeAmericaHonorCommitmentTelling The TruthRetirementRetiredExpectancyLife ExpectancyRetirement Age Author:Benjamin E. Sasse
“This is how we honor 53 dead, innocent people who had nothing to do with their deaths. They just were in the wrong place at the wrong time, when a bigot decided to take 'em out. And all of a sudden we're judging the aftermath as to whether or not [Barack] Obama's an effective president? For crying out loud!” PeoplePresidentCryJudgingHonorDecidedInnocentBarackLoudEmsAftermathBigotsWrong Time Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Nothing is worse than the person in their 40s who says, 'I'm not going to learn this.' 'I don't carry an iPad.' That will label you and put you right in the corner. Some people do it as a badge of honor. I've seen them myself, they walk around bragging [about not knowing much about technology].” PeoplePersonsWalksTechnologyKnowingHonorCornersLabelsNot KnowingBraggingBadgesIpads Author:Jack Welch
“More often you see Argentine fighters doing big things on a major stage. To be associated with those guys is really an honor and it's great to see so many people from my culture do big things in the sport.” PeopleBigsGuyCultureSportsStageHonorMajorsFighterBig Things Author:Chris Algieri
“I've always felt that if I am deserving of the Medal of Honor, there are many, many others who are. I felt a little bad receiving it, so I received it on behalf of the fellows, because there's no such thing as a single-handed war. There's always a support group, and if you didn't have people who supported you, you couldn't fight a war.” PeopleIfsLittlesWarFightingFeltSupportGroupsHonorFellowsReceivingBehalfMedalDeservingSupport GroupsMedal Of Honor Author:Daniel Inouye
“It is a huge amount of pressure playing someone like Valerie Plame-Wilson. First of all who she is and what she's done is wildly intimidating and impressive. It is just scary to take on that responsibility, and you want to honor her story, an incredible story that affected us all. She is often doing things that were confusing to me, like her sexual prowess. I think that she is in a lot of pain and she has been really badly wounded along the way. She doesn't hold men in the highest regard... not just men but people.” PeopleThinkingMenDonePainResponsibilityHonorIncrediblesScaryOld ManConfusingImpressiveIntimidatingHold Me Author:Naomi Watts
“I think a lot of times when people hear the word dance, they think 'oh, that's something that I can't do.' But dance really lives in our bodies and the thing that I've come to learn, embrace and lift up is that we have history in our bodies that's living and breathing. We have our own individual history but we also have our heritage. Each one of us has our movement language and it's about tapping into that and pulling that out. That's the thing that I try to encourage everybody because it's not about dance, it's about the movement and the gesture and how we honor it.” PeopleThinkingTryingIndividualLanguageHonorEmbrace Author:Camille A. Brown
“I completely respect the ways people are bound in the lives that they have, whether it's because of forces outside of their control or choices that they've made that they want to honor with their own responsibilities and obligations - taking care of people around them or being a part of a community, or their work.” PeopleCareChoicesCommunityResponsibilityHonorObligation Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“I'm connected to the event of 9/11 by my desire to do something to honor the 9/11 survivors and those who didn't survive. Something that moves our society forward, something that engages children in what it means to be a citizen and encourages them to love and be inclusive. Because if we don't live our lives well - if I don't live my life well - it's an affront to all the people who were involved in the tragedy of 9/11.” PeopleMeanChildrenMovingDesireHonorTragedySurvivorLiving My Life Author:Jewell Parker Rhodes
“I'd much rather be part of a society which greatly honors and respects people who are altruists and who are effective in their altruism, than one that either admires people because they're, you know, celebrity movie stars or because they're super wealthy just no matter what they do with their wealth because I think we ought to try to encourage more people to act in that way.” PeopleThinkingTryingWealthHonorAdmireWealthyAltruismMovie StarRespect People Author:Peter Singer
“I learned to read but not to comprehend, and that might well have stood me in good stead, because what's there to understand, really? Everything I later learned to understand was unspeakably ugly anyway. In time, I bought some rulebooks and squeezed my way onto the honor roll, but, decades later, I've been pointed toward people described as "actively dying" who only now and then seemed to be going about it friskily.There was mostly no hustle I could notice.” PeopleDyingHonorUglyMy WayNow And ThenHustle Author:Gary Lutz
“As a military brat, it is always an honor when I meet someone from the Armed Services. It is always nice to hear that often Aliens is played for them before going on a mission. It's nice to know that I was a small part of something that is so important to the people that serve our country.” PeopleImportantCountryNiceMilitaryHonorAliensBrat Author:Carrie Henn
“The angels and the archangels will help you with world peace to the degree it affects you. But they have to honor everyone's free will - including the will of people who like to use weapons or to give orders to soldiers. They cannot usurp such people's free will. Say to the angels, "I affirm or ask for world peace to the degree it affects me." Think of the world as an array of intersecting circles. The part of the world with the intersecting circle that has you in it is what the angels can and will help with.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingHelpingHonorAngelSoldierFree WillArchangel Author:Doreen Virtue
“We can't just assume that this resistance is going to produce the kinds of candidates or the kinds of parties that will truly honor people of all colors, all backgrounds, all ethnicities, from every nation and every faith and every gender, unless we do the work in our own communities of organizing and being in deep dialogue with one another across all forms of difference. It's my hope that we'll seize this opportunity and not let the moment pass.” PeopleKindMomentsOpportunityCommunityPartyHonorAssumingGenderDialogue Author:Michelle Alexander
“People don't even recognize who the Founding Fathers of the United States were. They were exceptional human beings - when you signed the Declaration of Independence, that was a death warrant they signed their name to. You have to have courage to put your name on a death warrant against the most powerful nation in the world at that time. And yet, we didn't honor who they really were. They were deists. They lived an enlightened belief system.” PeopleWorldFatherBeliefPowerfulHonorIndependenceEnlightenedMost PowerfulDeclarationExceptionalHave CourageDeclaration Of Independence Author:Bruce H. Lipton
“At the core, I am an actress. And I think, in a way, that's a good thing in that I am, I think, empathetic and sympathetic to the film. I would never pretend to have the discerning and acute critical eye that a lot of the great critics in our business do have. I don't look at it as being a critic or placing a judgment on a film, and I do think, how do you decide which film is best anyway? It's always a little bit of a mixed bag. But, I think it is just a collective group of people coming together to honor the work of an artist - that's how I think of it.” PeopleThinkingEyeTogetherFilmArtistHonorJudgmentGood ThingsCriticsSympatheticEmpathetic Author:Patricia Clarkson
“One thing I'm grateful for, and also surprised and excited about, is that I have a place in the community of comics now. In a real way. And I honor that. A lot of what I do is in support of the community and bringing new talent - talking to people that people don't know. And defining us as a community.” PeopleRealCommunitySupportTalentHonorGratefulExcited Author:Marc Maron
“I am humble. It was an honor, and I cried the first time I saw the film His Way. Because to have people of that caliber, like Julia Roberts, take the time to sit down and give a day or two of their lives to a film about me, that they're not getting paid for, is pretty extraordinary.” PeopleGivingFilmHonorFirst TimeExtraordinaryHumbleJulia Author:Jerry Weintraub
“It's not a lot, but we have 8,000 people following us. I get the biggest kick out of it, to hear words that I wrote and chords that I wrote being sung by somebody else. It's a true honor, and it might sound intense, but it's one of the most rewarding parts of the songwriting experience.” PeopleHonorIntenseSongwriting Author:Taylor Goldsmith
“As a soldier, I've served with the most brave people in an institution that's built on integrity, honor, and duty. This is why I'm working very hard to support Senator Bernie Sanders - not only to get through the Democratic primary, but also to win the presidency. He is the only candidate on both sides who understands the cost of war, who has that foresight to keep our country safe, and who will make sure that our military power is not being when and where it shouldn't be.” PeopleWarCountryWinningSupportMilitaryDutyHonorIntegrityBraveDemocraticSoldierForesight Author:Tulsi Gabbard
“Though women may appear equal in some ways, and though we definitely have accomplished a lot, the fact is one in one women will still experience sexual violence at some point in their lives; a mere 17 percent of the U.S. Senate is female; women still only make 77 cents for every man's dollar - and that's not even taking into consideration global issues like sex trafficking or honor killings. We still need feminism, it's just not as easy for people - especially people in an incredibly privileged country like America - to always see that.” PeopleCountryEasyViolenceFeminismHonorEqualFemaleKillingAccomplishedConsideration Author:Julie Zeilinger
“I have a strange situation as far as my name is concerned, because of course, what should my name really be? Is it my traditional Jewish name? Or this curious name my parents put together, partially to honor departed family members, and partially to keep me away from the absolute craziness of my grandparents' fame and the intrusiveness of their fans? So many people call me "MTT," and some do say, "Oh Maestro," and some are comfortable calling me Michael.” PeopleTogetherParentSituationStrangeHonorFameConcernedCuriousCall MeCrazinessDeparted Author:Michael Tilson Thomas
“Talk to me 20 years ago and I had a complete sense of illegitimacy as an American Muslim. I felt like I wasn't authentic. But I don't understand and I don't believe or subscribe to this idea that I don't have a right to speak as a Muslim because I'm an American. Being Muslim is to accept and honor the diversity that we have in this world, culturally and physically, because that's what Islam teaches, that we are people of many tribes. I think the American Muslim experience is of a different tribe than the Saudi Muslim world, but that doesn't make us less than anyone else.” PeopleThinkingWorldBelieveDifferentSpeakAcceptingTeachHonorDiversityIslamTalk To Me Author:Asra Nomani
“Nothing concentrates the mind like a firm deadline, and a little voice in the back of my mind reminding me that, "If you don't write, you don't eat." We all want to be respected and appreciated, but when you get a big honor like winning the Pulitzer, people start to look for your work in a new way with higher expectations. Today, the best thing about having won is when I get a nasty comment from some internet troll I can remind myself of the Pulitzer and say, "Well, somebody appreciates me".” PeopleWritingMindTodayWinningInternetHonorExpectationsAppreciateFirmCommentNastyAppreciatedDeadlineTroll Author:Clarence Page
“If you can be that link to other people that came before you and the ones that come after, then you have to honor that link. If you are doing what somebody else tells you to do and you have success, it's horrible. And if you are doing what other people tell you to do and you fail, it's equally horrible.” PeopleFailingHonorHorrible Author:Guillermo del Toro
“People think that the government honors and respects us, and that they're actually going to come in and help people in need, but in reality it's really just a bunch of red tape, and through the power of language they can really make it seem like they're going to do a lot when they aren't going to do anything but filter money back into their own pockets.” PeopleThinkingHelpingRealityLanguageHonor Author:Mr. Lif
“The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor.” PeopleHas BeensHardHonorDignityEnglandTrapsMesopotamia Author:T. E. Lawrence
“Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role... I've had people come up to me and say, 'We want to remake 'The Jerk' with so and so.' And I say, 'Fine.' It just doesn't bother me. It's an honor actually.” PeopleThinkingWantDifferentPlayActorsRolesFineHonorCome UpBotherJerkTempoRemakes Author:Steve Martin
“Many of the things the slow food people honor were innovations within historical times. Somebody had to be the first European to eat a tomato.” PeopleFirstsHonorInnovationHistoricalTomatoesSlow Food Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.” PeopleLongMadeWarEndsDifficultSpecialHonorAddressesInsistenceSteadfastness Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1973 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1973
“I have no desire to be president of the United States. Zero desire. I don't think that I would be electable. And there are far too many people that are far smarter than me to be president. I'd like to find one with some honor and integrity. I haven't seen them yet, but they'll show up.” PeopleThinkingStatesShowsWould BeDesirePresidentUnitedUnited StatesHavensHonorIntegrityZeroSmarterHonor And Integrity Author:Glenn Beck
“I didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.” PeopleFeelsCountryFilmFeltCareersGoneHonorHighestServingPublic ServiceBodybuilding Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't want to be a poster child; but on the other, I want to do something classy and great - something where the residuals will go to the cause.” PeopleKnowsWantChildrenHandsCausesHonorPosters Author:Carly Simon
“This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.” PeopleMenMadeIdeasJobsHonestHonorPoliticianDignityMythImpatientHonest ManHacks Author:Matt Taibbi
“I have learned the hard way to mind my business, without judging who people are and what they do. I am more troubled by the lack of space being provided for the truth to unfold. Humans cannot seem to wait for or honor the truth. Instead, we make it up based on who we believe people should or should not be.” PeopleWayShouldMindBelieveHumansHardSeemsWaitingSpaceJudgingHonorI Have LearnedHard Way Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government that honors our Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America, America: economic freedom, individual liberty, and personal responsibility.” PeopleMadeGovernmentAmericaValuesIndividualResponsibilityLibertyEconomicHonorConstitutionCelebratePersonal ResponsibilityIndividual LibertyEconomic Freedom Author:John Boehner