“Why do people respect the package rather than the man?”

“A dignified man prefers to be feared and respected rather than being loved”

“Okay," Kincaid said. "Anyone have any questions?"

"Why do they sell hot dogs in packages of ten but hot dog buns in packages of eight?”

“Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.”

“What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their reasons.”

“The wise man has always treated religions with respect, not adoration nor blind following alone. He's more logical rather than emotional.”

“When you’re a priest, people tend to see the robe rather than the man.”

“In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?”

“… the point is, why is there cruelty? Why do people ask other people to do impossible things? why behave this way? why is there mean, when there are better things than mean, love particularly?”

“Man is said to be a reasoning animal. I do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. Perhaps that which differentiates him from other animals is feeling rather than reason.”