Human beings may be miserable specimens, in the main, but we can learn, and, through learning, become decent people. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Movies such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' in 1939 to 'Dave' in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen -… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
To some folk, if not to most folk, decency means pretending that the nastier things in life do not really exist. Decent… — Amado Crowley Copy Share Image
great writers are indecent people they live unfairly saving the best part for paper. good human beings save the world so that… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“Sunday's Best Times are tough for English babies Send the army and the navy Beat up strangers who talk funny Take their… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
“When Kissinger flew into Petersburg for a visit, it was Vladimir Putin who met him at the airport and took him to… — Steven Lee Myers Copy Share Image
Absolutely. I think, I think the American people, at their core, are a decent people. I think that we still have prejudice… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Australians are decent people with the right instincts and they wish everybody well; but if all is not well, it is none… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
“Old Porteous’s mind, I thought, probably stopped working at about the time of the Russo-Japanese war. And it’s a ghastly thing that… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“The power of human habit never failed to astonish her. How was it that two intelligent, decent people who basically loved each… — Nicholas Evans Copy Share Image
The real heretic is not the atheist or agnostic (who are often decent people) but those who murmur "it doesn't matter what… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
I was always convinced that decent people in the case of Vietnam, highly intelligent, decent people, got us involved because they had… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
“For every bad man and woman I have ever known, I have met . . . an overwhelming number of thoroughly clean… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
“Isana stared at Gaius for a moment. Then she said, "How can you live with yourself?" The First Lord stared at her… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise, they will win… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
“Because we both know the tide’s turning. The decent people in this country are sick to death of being held hostage by… — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
Government never falls lower than when decent people dutifully excuse their leaders' sins. — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
I am pleased with the exhibition... everything on display was sold for a good price to decent people. It has been a… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
Not all guys want SEX, bcoz some of them want a RELATIONSHIP. Not all guys want black ops, bcoz loving you is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally… — Meir Kahane Copy Share Image
“I think most decent people would be horrified at what happens today, even in our enlightened country. There are still mean, self-righteous… — Joseph F. Girzone Copy Share Image
Our old pilgrims believed stories in which the West was a promise, a place where decent people could escape the wreckage of… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
“Here’s another question I have. How come when it’s us, it’s an abortion, and when it’s a chicken, it’s an omelette? Are… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“If pimps and thieves were invariably sentenced, all decent people would get to thinking they themselves were constantly innocent, cher monsieur. And… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons. — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
