You cannot advocate decency and ethics, you must design the conditions that eliminate the problems. In scarcity, people will tend to steal.… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Most of my heroes are just decent people. Decency is rare and underrated. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
We cannot change the way the world is, but by opening ourselves to the world as it is, we may find that… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
In addition to fines, violators of decency standards could be required to air public service announcements serving educational and informational needs of… — Charles W. Pickering Copy Share Image
I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever,… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
What concerns me most is the horrible degradation our notions of truth, civility, and decency have undergone. Also the way that language… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Civilized people must, I believe, satisfy the following criteria: 1) They respect human beings as individuals and are therefore always tolerant, gentle,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Remember this? You gave it to me for ensuring your trigger finger got reattached to your hand. You said it would remind… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
“He was an indecent man, I told myself - prayerfully - and then I prayed for him to become decent.” — Kelsey Brickl Copy Share Image
The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 helps address the continuing degradation on the broadcast airwaves and helps send a clear message… — Mike Rogers Copy Share Image
It should be clear that the death penalty does just the opposite of promoting decency and respect for life. It dehumanizes people… — John Morrison Copy Share Image
It was easy for me to be ridiculed and for both men and women to perceive that maybe I'm a bit crazy… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
In other words, it was a struggle with himself. And the product of that struggle: anger, bitterness, resentment, envy or transformation, aspiration,… — Emma Forrest Copy Share Image
...democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
If there was one last thing I could do in my life, it would be to help Dilma turn this country around,… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Copy Share Image
“The point is, there is no feasible excuse for what we are, for what we have made of ourselves. We have chosen… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
There are so many causes. Gun control, climate change, deforestation, animal welfare, human welfare, education. Working on the big issues is noble… — Moby Copy Share Image
“We want character but without unyielding conviction; we want strong morality, but without the emotional burden of guilt or shame; we want… — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
“Maybe I owe you something too, human," she said, drawing her pistol. Butler almost reacted, but decided to give Holly the benefit… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
...I believe deeply that we canot solve the challenges of your time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an outrage to public decency and a threat to women. And this is one of the few… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
