A Quote by Cecil Murphey

I would rather be disliked for who I am than to be respected for who I'm not.

Cecil Murphey

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Cecil Murphey
American - Writer
Born: January 28, 1933

Everyone is different, and I would rather be disliked for who I am than liked for who I am not.

Kaitlyn Bristowe

We would rather be feared than respected.

Al Davis

I would rather be respected than elected.

Charles Edison

But I'd rather help than watch. I'd rather have a heart than a mind. I'd rather expose too much than too little. I'd rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I'd rather have something to love than a way to impress you.

Po Bronson

I'd rather an audience like me than dislike me, but I'd rather they disliked me than be apathetic, because that is the kiss of death.

Martha Graham

I would rather see the United States respected than loved by other nations.

Henry Cabot Lodge

In a way, I'd rather go into an interview and be disliked, and have unpleasant things written about me, than to have a wonderful, glowing article written that is in no way a reflection of who I am.

Romola Garai

I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected

Jackie Robinson

As for me, I've chosen to follow a simple course: Come clean. And wherever possible, live your life in a way that won't leave you tempted to lie. Failing that, I'd rather be disliked for who I truly am than loved for who I am not. So, I tell my story. I write it down. I even publish it. Sometimes this is a humbling experience. Sometimes it's embarrassing. But I haul around no terrible secrets.

Joyce Maynard

I'm alright with being disliked rather than trying to be perfect, because you get to relax then.

Limmy

He used humor more effectively than any president since Abraham Lincoln. Reagan was not an especially warm person, but he appeared to be. Many people disliked his policies, but almost no one disliked him.

H. W. Brands

I'd rather be respected than loved.

Eli Broad

Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat anyone unjustly. Be oppressed, rather than be an oppressor. Be gentle rather than zealous. Lay hold of goodness, rather than justice.

Isaac of Nineveh

I guess I'd rather be loved than respected.

John C. Maxwell

I would rather be loved by somebody who respected me.

Jennifer Tilly

A human group transforms itself into a crowd when it suddenly responds to a suggestion rather than to reasoning, to an image rather than to an idea, to an affirmation rather than to proof, to the repetition of a phrase rather than to arguments, to prestige rather than to competence.

Jean Francois Revel

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