Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
When a man imagines, even after years of striving, that he has attained perfection, his decline begins. — Theodore Martin Copy Share Image
“The further you descend into a pit, the darker things appear. You can't keep digging to find the light.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Sexual desire declines after four to seven years. That's been proven. — Volkmar Sigusch Copy Share Image
Snooker players go into steady decline and lose their intensity after a while. But I will have real purpose the next five… — John Higgins Copy Share Image
If the devil were to offer me a resurgence of what is commonly called virility, I'd decline. ''Just keep my liver and… — Luis Bunuel Copy Share Image
If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
There is a general decline of taste for classical dance,ce, which is neglected and this must be developed from the grassroots. There… — Kanak Rele Copy Share Image
In nine companies out of ten the factor of fluctuation has been a more dominant and important consideration in the matter of… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
I know that it is likely that as worship of the gods declines, faith between men and all human society will disappear,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Look the, the American worker has been losing - for decades now. We've seen manufacturing in decline here in the industrial Midwest. — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
Sena under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray has failed. It is a party on the decline, and that decline started the day… — Sharad Pawar Copy Share Image
Actually, one of the better indicators historically of how well the stock market will do is just a Gallup poll, when you… — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
It happens every once in awhile at the federal level when the solicitor general, on behalf of the U.S., will confess error… — Ted Olson Copy Share Image
“But after a while, that too passes, and she and Jack go back to normal, as they have been before, which is… — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
Grandmasters decline with age. That's a given. There is nothing special about the age of 40, but age eventually takes its toll.… — Viswanathan Anand 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
An ongoing challenge for Australia is ensuring equity of access to technology. Since the decline in federal funding, many schools are reverting… — Susan Mann Copy Share Image
By a declaration of rights, I mean one which shall stipulate freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of commerce against… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Without extended, concentrated prayer, the ministry of the Word withers. And when the ministry of the Word declines, faith (Rom. 10:17; Gal.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“He completely lacked any ardent interest that might have occupied his mind. His interior life was impoverished, had undergone a deterioration so… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Automobiles will start to decline almost as soon as the last shot is fired in World War II. The name of Igor… — Harry Bruno Copy Share Image
The most important domestic challenge facing the U.S. at the close of the twentieth century is the re-creation of fatherhood as avital… — David Blankenhorn Copy Share Image
The challenge of ending displacement is inseparable from the challenge of establishing and maintaining peace. When wars end, farmers return to their… — Kenneth Bacon Copy Share Image
When you look at the whole explosion of the Internet, the decline of print journalism, there are all of these plus-or-minus ramifications,… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
The signs that presage growth, so similar, it seems to me, to those in early adolescence: discontent, restlessness, doubt, despair, longing, are… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
There have, for years, been comparative studies of religious fanaticism and factors that correlate with it. By and large, it tends to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The urge to explore has propelled evolution since the first water creatures reconnoitered the land. Like all living systems, cultures cannot remain… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well. — Murray Walker Copy Share Image
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Alzheimer's usually comes later than AIDS, but I decline to call that progress. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time. — Luis Bunuel Copy Share Image
Artists now decline to go to bed with beauty, fearing they'll wake up with kitsch. — Mike Curran Copy Share Image
The professional soldier gains more and more power as the general courage of a community declines. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Don't blame yourself for the declines, because one day you will credit yourself for the increases. — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens. — James Cook Copy Share Image