Whole ideology of consumption almost to the point of religion. Whether it's the consumption of entertainment or the consumption around buying things,… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
So far, I have decided to take whatever my disease can throw at me, and to stay combative even while taking the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
If martyrdom is now on the decline, it is not because martyrs are less zealous, but because martyr-mongers are more wise. The… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Osbert was the only one who didn't seem suspicious. He was so interested in the Decline of Western Civilization that he missed… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
Only those who decline to scramble up the career ladder are interesting as human beings. Nothing is more boring than a man… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Working with lots of old media clients, I've had a front-row seat on the ascension of new social players and the decline… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
As we reach the crest of life and look at the path before us, we apprehend that the path no longer ascends… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
The state of our civilization manifests itself both in the non-problems that terrify us beyond all reason - rising sea levels -… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a decline. — Eberhard Weber Copy Share Image
Alzheimer's usually comes later than AIDS, but I decline to call that progress. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Even the strongest personality will regress and eventually may disintegrate if there is no incentive (other than threat of punishment) for the… — Joe Whitney Copy Share Image
The chief misery of the decline of the faculties, and a main cause of the irritability that often goes with it, is… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
“I have the not altogether unsatisfying impression that civilisation is collapsing around me. Is it my age, I wonder, or the age… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
“Life is Not a perpetual climb towards Greatness. For our family, ourselves, and friends, It is but sad Decay, so, Let every… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
...how little our side of the industry did to move its business to the more ethical firms and to make a fuss… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
“We have seen, then, that certain socioeconomic changes, notably the decline of the middle class and the rising power of monopolistic capital,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Over the last 15 years or so, Manchester has undergone huge transformation - from a city in decline and on its knees… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
The talk show, as a genre, has been in decline for a while. It started with Jerry Springer, when the talk shows… — Cristina Saralegui Copy Share Image
I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
In a lot of scientists, the ratio of wonder to skepticism declines in time. That may be connected with the fact that… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
After a brief couple of years in the late '70s, public funding for clean energy technologies dried up and has been on… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
“And the looks on the faces of my countrymenpassive heads bent arms at their trousers everyone guilty of not being their best… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
...shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle. Indeed of the whole realm… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
