Quotes About Expression

What kind of God is it who's upset by a cartoon in Da

You should always respect what you are and your culture because if your art is going to mean anything, that is where it comes from.

So what if I'm smokin' weed onstage and doing what I gotta do? It's not me shooting nobody, stabbing nobody, killing nobody. It'sa peaceful gesture and they have to respect that and appreciate that.

It does seem quite ironic to me that the very people who clearly have made no attempt to think for themselves are always the most vocal in demanding respect for their "ideas".

I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.

In our day, you can mock religion in public and even get funds for doing it. But you can't show respect for religion in public - or you risk being hauled into court.

You should express regularly to your wife and children your reverence and respect for her. Indeed, one of the greatest things a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

If you have a right to respect, that means other people don't have a right to their own opinions.

But I don't think anybody with any self-respect would admit to being Goth

I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now, but usually from those whose opinion I don't respect.

We who write in English are fortunate to have the richest and most versatile language in the world. Respect it.

Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his own country.

It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.

I have to make decisions that people are a little confused about, in a way, and I just express the appreciation, admiration and respect I have. I just try to be the best I can, but I'm human.

I despair about the lack of proper respect shown for the piano. If you want it to sound like a traffic jam, go out in the street and forget the piano. That's not a piano sound.

It is a fine art because it strives for an ideal, not only in plastic but also in lyrical respect.

There is an attitude in the culture that says that everybody is entitled to their opinion. You got to respect their opinion. No, you damn well haven't got to respect their opinion.

There are people who believe in an absolutely transparent prose; with every respect for clarity of expression, I don't.

This profession [photography] is deserving of attention and respect equal to that accorded painting, literature, music and architecture.

I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this.

You don't respect my religion. I don't respect your outfit.

I respect all artists, just some more than the others. Because it's something that really needs to be done.

In many cases, the decision to study music has robbed them of the ability to play music. They have lost respect for music that comes from within because they have been programmed to feel "unworthy".

Out of respect, a man must veil his words when talking with a woman, but with a man he can frankly say whatever's on his mind.