Quotes tagged ‘dignity’

“Our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) managed to restore our dignity and eliminate the long-standing hegemony of autocracy and colonialism by returning to Islam, by adhering to Islam. He managed to give our people a sense of identity and made them feel that they can stand on their own feet, that they can say…”

— Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, english.khamenei.ir

“Today the world has far more potential than in the past to understand the message of the Holy Prophet (s.w.a). The more human knowledge increases, the more likely it becomes that the message of Islam will gain ground. The more powerful people in different parts of the world use brutal tools in order…”

— Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, english.khamenei.ir

“As my dear departed friend Lotus Weinstock used to say: ‘I used to wanna change the world. Now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity.’”

— John Cameron Mitchell, Justin Bond, Justin Bond, imdb.com

“[after Maximus sees the dead body of Marcus Aurelius] Commodus: Your Emperor asks for your loyalty, Maximus. Take my hand, I only offer it once. Quintus: Maximus, please be careful, that was not prudent. Maximus: Prudent! The Emperor has been slain.”

— David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson, Maximus Decimus Meridius, imdb.com

“Ancestors, I ask you for your guidance. Blessed mother, come to me with the gods’ desire for my future. Blessed father, watch over my wife and son with a ready sword. Whisper to them that I live only to hold them again. Ancestors, I honor you and will try to live with the dignity that you have taugh…”

— David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson, Maximus Decimus Meridius, imdb.com

“When we talk about the word 'socialism,' I think what it really means is just democratic participation in our economic dignity and our economic, social, and racial dignity. It is about direct representation and people actually having power and stake over their economic and social wellness, at the en…”

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, brainyquote.com

“Rebecca Adler: I just want to die with a little dignity. Dr. Gregory House: There's no such thing! Our bodies break down, sometimes when we're 90, sometimes before we're even born, but it always happens and there's never any dignity in it! I don't care if you can walk, see, wipe your own ass... it's…”

— David Shore, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, imdb.com

“[after failing to bring the creature to life] Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Nothing. Inga: Oh, Doctor, I'm sorry. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No. No. Be of good cheer. If science teaches us anything, it teaches us to accept our failures, as well as our successes, with quiet dignity and grace. [starts…”

— Mel Brooks, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Gene Wilder, imdb.com

“Let me tell you something. Do you know what happened when I told people I was Iron Man's bodyguard? They would laugh in my face. I had to leave while I still had a shred of dignity.”

— Shane Black, Drew Pearce, Happy Hogan, Jon Favreau, imdb.com

“Well, at least here you’ll be treated with dignity. Now strip naked and get on the probulator.”

— Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Turanga Leela , Katey Sagal, imdb.com

“There's always going to be somebody who'll try to take your dignity and self-esteem. Just never let them take your voice.”

— Catherine LePard, Rev. Eric Camden, Stephen Collins, imdb.com

“When you refuse to tell people the truth, Mr. Amberson, you deny them their dignity. And for some of us, dignity matters.”

— Brigitte Hales, Quinton Peeples, Bridget Carpenter, Mia Mimi Corcoran, Tonya Pinkins, imdb.com

“If we lose, I want all of us to be unhappy, no one to have any fun, and expect only what is reserved for losers but take it with dignity while planning to come back.”

— Bear Bryant, chattanoogan.com

“From 1955 until 1963, the Negro people's attention was given to those things which most highly revealed the basis of their revolt. And the key word is dignity. The one place where it was clear that one was not being treated with dignity was in public accommodations, because they had to come up again…”

— Bayard Rustin, americanradioworks.publicradio.org

“When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.”

— Bayard Rustin, en.wikiquote.org

“In the real world, as lived and experienced by real people, the demand for human rights and dignity, the longing for liberty and justice and opportunity, the hatred of oppression and corruption and cruelty is reality.”

— John McCain, nytimes.com

“The Republicans inculcate, with whatever of ability they can, that the negro is a man; that his bondage is cruelly wrong, and that the field of his oppression ought not to be enlarged. The Democrats deny his manhood; deny, or dwarf to insignificance, the wrong of his bondage; so far as possible, cru…”

— Abraham Lincoln, en.wikiquote.org

“What becomes of the noblest field ever opened for the advancement of our race in religion, in government, in the arts, and in all that dignifies and adorns mankind?”

— Franklin Pierce, amazon.com

“That is the kind of evil practice which would cause the people to lose their dignity and honor. The people should demonstrate clearly and distinctly their capacity to forgive.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

“I can't die with dignity. I have no dignity. I want to be the one person who doesn't die with dignity. I live my whole life in shame. Why should I die with dignity?”

— Larry David, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com