A good interpreter can take a piece of bad music and make it sound pretty decent, while a bad interpreter can take… — Ruggiero Ricci Copy Share Image
Of course, there's no reason that Paris should have decent Mexican food. It's a silly expectation - there's a Mexican population in… — Rosecrans Baldwin Copy Share Image
In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
To others, the universe seems decent because decent people have welded eyes. That is why they fear lewdness. They are never frightened… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He… — Mark Udall Copy Share Image
Skewer is just too vague. I think if you say, ’Stand back or I’ll stab him in the stomach,’ then I have… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
Let's face it, the Internet was designed for the PC. The Internet is not designed for the iPhone. That's why they've got… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Playing college soccer was going to be the top of my athletic feats. I wasn't going to the Olympics. I was a… — Mark Zupan Copy Share Image
Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner;… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
The thing to do with mutual funds is to buy a couple of decent ones, set up an investment plan and then… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
I was always pretty decent at fast stick work or doing stuff that seems impressive that's not really; I was pretty tasteful… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Because I used to play a lot of sport, I've always been in decent enough shape. When I used to get asked… — Jamie Dornan Copy Share Image
Much of the blame for the situation lies with the states themselves. They haven't been able to pass decent laws. For decades,… — Wolfgang Kubicki Copy Share Image
What we have done with the American Indian is its way as bad as what we imposed on the Negroes. We took… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
When you come from the working class and you do well enough whereby you can provide a little bit better for your… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
Dream of a world where poverty is history, dream of a world where we don't spend those obscene billions on arms, knowing… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I went to college to study drama where I discovered I had no talent and after a period of dropping out majored… — Elizabeth Hand Copy Share Image
I was never like, "Oh man, I want a Grammy and I'll do whatever it takes". Someone like that might not do… — Vince Staples Copy Share Image
If we don't figure out a way to create equity, real equity, of opportunity and access, to good schools, housing, health care,… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
Ah, how lucky are the lieutenants, the six-foot Junkers, and all the rest of the Don Juan clan!... The bookworm, be he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Man is full of desires: he loves only those who can satisfy them all. "This man is a good mathematician," someone will… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Freud expressed the opinion-not quite in earnest, though, it seeemed to me-that philosophy was the most decent form of sublimation of repressed… — Ludwig Binswanger Copy Share Image
Including everyone in the economic, wealth-creating life of the nation is today the best way for Labor (Australian Labor Party) to meet… — Julia Gillard Copy Share Image
Interviewing somebody is a lot different than being handed a stick in a 20,000-seat arena and trying to sell tickets. You're very… — Stone Cold Steve Austin Copy Share Image
Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
To say prayers in a decent, delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really, to pray till hell feels the… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
After many years of thinking, reading and writing and looking, I came to believe that there are two basic, essential values which… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Writing an encyclopedia is hard. To do anywhere near a decent job, you have to know a great deal of information about… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
I always tell Lawrence Gilliard Jr. he never got a decent bite of the apple, so I was happy we had a… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Political correctness is a concept invented by hard-rightwing forces to defend their right to be racist, to treat women in a degrading… — Clare Short Copy Share Image
A zoo is not an ideal place for an animal - of course the best place for a chimp is the wilds… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
It is a dictatorship. They did have a good health - do have a decent health care system and a decent educational… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
It is time for thee to be gone, lest the age more decent in its wantonness should laugh at thee and drive… — Horace Copy Share Image
The gross profits in many workouts appear quite small. It's a little like looking for parking meters with some time left on… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I'm often surprised that, you know, you encounter all types of humanity. And very often, there are some very decent people who… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Much of the time I’ve spent trying to impress people has been a waste. The reality is people are impressed with all… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Through job creation, quality public services and better working conditions, people, communities and countries can lift themselves out of poverty, improve livelihoods,… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
The need for de-development presents our economists with a major challenge. They must design a stable, low-consumption economy in which there is… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Every man has been brought up with the idea that decent women don't pop in and out of bed; he has always… — Barbara Cartland Copy Share Image