If you can't say anything nice, at least have the decency to be vague. — Susan Andersen Copy Share Image
I respect a person that has had to fight and howl for his decency. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In some ways, 'decency' is a hazy concept; we know it when we see it. — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
Conservatives reveal themselves through their care for ordinary human things, and their recognition of the fragility of decency and the need to… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“Being insulted offers you an opportunity to practice decency and having a non-response internally.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“Decency" is a very old-fashioned word that conjures up a standard of behavior that has largely disappeared from the world.” — Inc Amazon Digital Services Copy Share Image
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
I would like above any other place to go to Hartford. I want to face the conservatism there centered and compel it… — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image
Honour is manly decency. The shame of being found wanting in it means everything to us. Is this, then, the indefinable, the… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
We should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have… — Clarence Day Copy Share Image
“Have you no honor? No decency? No damn brains? You don’t kill me with bullets. You just piss me off. And you… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself. The United States needs some theology and geometry, some… — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
I see the great continuities in New Zealand history as being decency and common sense and up until now when we've confronted… — Michael King Copy Share Image
What solidarity we do find exists despite the society, against all its realities, as an unending struggle between the innate decency of… — Murray Bookchin 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
That's why you have to like a guy like Charles Manson. Say what you will about Manson - he's one of the… — Richard Jeni Copy Share Image
It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it… — Robert Solow Copy Share Image
We all want recognition and validation to an extent for our art, but greatness as a trade for decency is a risky… — El-P Copy Share Image
The International Brigade was not formed to protect freedom and democracy. It was founded as a tool of of the Comintern, to… — Kevin Myers Copy Share Image
If there's any comparison between the compassion and decency of the American people and the terrorist tactics of extremists, it's flawed logic.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is the merest… — Clifford Geertz Copy Share Image
You must be respectful and assenting, but without being servile and abject. You must be frank, but without indiscretion, and close, without… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
For when man comes to front the everlasting God, and look the splendor of His judgments in the face, personal integrity, the… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
And a noble life is one ordered by, and oriented to, a transcendent moral code, not just one's own concept of existence… — Rick Santorum 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
We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Too great a display of delicacy can and does sometimes infringe upon de-cency. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
