Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationalism--and is therefore one of the keys to human social and civic decency. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
It was a time of turmoil at colleges and universities. And I saw some very smart people and very privileged people behaving… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
I moved to a city and joined a sort of fast crowd. A lot of people who grew up in the city… — Derek Blasberg Copy Share Image
Yeah," I said, "but you're an artist. You don't believe in decency and honesty and gratitude. Where shall we eat? — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted, when we tolerate what we know to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the standard for art is the decency of its creators, we're going to have a lot of empty museums. — Bari Weiss Copy Share Image
It's not beneficial when you have a presidential candidate like Donald Trump, telling his supporters "punch that guy in the face." I… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
But Bill Clinton had the good taste to lie about his sexual peccadillos. He had the honor and the decency to want… — Lynn Samuels Copy Share Image
Those graceful acts, those thousand decencies, that daily flow from all her words and actions, mixed with love and sweet compliance, which… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Alabama citizens, like the vast majority of Americans, respect and value the meaning of decency, and appreciate public institutions that reflect the… — Mike Rogers Copy Share Image
I've got great faith in the essential fairness and decency - you may say goodness - of the human being. — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
I'm under the impression that this notion of decency is disappearing from our society where conflicts are made worse on cinema and… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied. — Horace Copy Share Image
Aspire to decency. Practice civility toward one another. Admire and emulate ethical behavior wherever you find it. Apply a rigid standard of… — Ted Koppel Copy Share Image
“Being told you are wrong or insulted, gives you an opportunity to practice decency and having a non-response internally.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
The puritanical potentialities of science have never been forecast. If it evolves a body of organized rites, and is established as a… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
You do not want a war. You have known violence, you have suffered loss, but you have seen nothing of war. War… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
In some ways, political decency is a sign of a healthy democracy, but in other ways, it is the cause of it. — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
If you want to live in a world without judgmentalism, it also means living in a world without morality and decency. — John Hawkins Copy Share Image
Morals are a matter of private agreement; decency is of public concern. — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
Our goal is to have a country that's not divided by race. And my impression, as I travel around the country, is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
an old woman ... is a person who has no sense of decency; if once she takes to living, the devil himself… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
The point was living with grace, decency, and attention to the world, and breaking free of the artificial constructs in your own… — Scott Jurek Copy Share Image
Modern slavery is a barbaric crime. Each and every case is a both a tragedy and an affront to our values of… — Amber Rudd Copy Share Image
