My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That's what I mean by respectability.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.
Respect can be as elusive as the unicorn. I know something of this because I write books that are set in the Middle Ages, and the historical novel is often seen as the unwanted stepchild in the fictional family. I know even more about respect - or the lack thereof - because I live in New Jersey.
I've always had a lot of respect from the people I respected.
Respecting people is an important part of life, whether it's the person doing janitorial work or the person above you. It doesn't matter who you are: I'm going to respect you.
I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.
Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?
It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them.
I think I have a certain respect for people, you know. And I guess a lot of times I expect that respect to go both ways.
Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called decent.
Respectability in this country was a bad word because people did things who were in respected professions that let down the entire nation, and we're washing away their sins yet.