Grudging Respect Quotes

#1. When I first met my husband, he had a very good job - company car, pension plan, grudging respect from his staff - the lot. I, on the other hand, was badly paid and devoid of ambition. Then I had a couple of books published and confounded all expectations by starting to earn more than he did.

Marian Keyes

#2. One of the presidents we could have done without ... There are some things I admire about Tyler, but there were also plenty of things that weren't so admirable ... The reason I have a certain amount of grudging respect for John Tyler is that he knew his own mind and stuck to his decisions.

Harry S. Truman

#3. Things did change. He'd gone from being eaten up with jealousy of Simon, to a grudging respect for his tenacity and courage, to actually considering him a friend, though he doubted he'd ever say so out loud

Cassandra Clare

#4. And luck in this town lasted only about as long as a scoop of rainbow sherbet on a summer afternoon.

Carlton Mellick III

#5. Silence fueled anxieties, gave them their true power. Expressing them aloud was a way of releasing that tension, of letting go, if only for a brief time.

James Rollins

#6. After you, probably anyone can have me who wants me. A woman, many women. But never another cat.

Colette

#7. I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.

Victoria Principal

#8. I'll be a story in your head. But that's OK. We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? Because it was, you know; it was the best.

Steven Moffat

#9. We don't have any problems, apart from the problems we have.

Rafael Benitez

#10. Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect.

Dominique Pire

#11. Those black eyebrows! Oh, what if her baby inherited those eyebrows? She'd have to get a special brush.

Maggie Robinson