respectability
American Heritage Dictionary:
Top
re·spect·a·bil·i·ty
(rĭ-spĕk'tə-bĭl'ĭ-tē) 
n.
The quality, state, or characteristic of being respectable.
n.
The quality, state, or characteristic of being respectable.
Roget's Thesaurus:
Top
respectability
noun
- Conformity to recognized standards, as of conduct or appearance: comeliness, correctness, decency, decentness, decorousness, decorum, properness, propriety, respectableness, seemliness. See usual/unusual.
Devil's Dictionary:
Top
respectability
A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce
n.
The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.
Quotes About:
Top
Respectability
Quotes:
"Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office."
- Aesop
"To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times."
- Henri Frederic Amiel
"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self."
- Henri Frederic Amiel
"The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved."
- William Blake
"Respect the burden."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
"A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
See more famous quotes about Respectability
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
American Heritage Dictionary
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Read more
Roget's Thesaurus
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 byHoughton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Read more
