It so happened that Lucy, who found daily life rather chaotic, entered a more solid world when she opened the piano. She was then no longer either deferential or patronizing; no longer either a rebel or a slave.
Quotes about deferential (9 Quotes)
By and large, the court is very deferential to this administration and others before it.
No I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two Advise the prince no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse At times, indeed, almost ridiculous Almost, at times, the Fool.
Most lawyers are very deferential to judges, whether they like it or not, because they have to practice in front of them, ... David was never afraid to tell me about something that I had done that he didnt agree with.
He was a bridge for the muckrakers of a century ago and the crop that came out of Watergate. He held politicians to a level of accountability in an era where journalists were very deferential to those in power.
I don't like all the deferential humor, I think it detracts. Laugh with it, not at it.
left behind a country that was more dynamic, more competitive, more tolerant, less deferential, less self-confident, less united, more socially equal, less economically equal, more expressive, more risk-averse, more sexual, less literate, less polite, less reticent.
He's the longest-serving chief of staff of all time. Maybe now they'll talk about the Andy Card model of chief of staff - deferential, sure-footed, methodical and fair.
He seemed to be very deferential in religion areas to allowing the government to regulate as it wishes. Sometimes that means infringing religious liberty, sometimes that means bringing down the wall.