“We are often unaware of the gradual decline and the erosion in our lives but not unaware of the gnawing feeling it… — Eric Samuel Timm Copy Share Image
We start to decline as humans and, particularly, as athletes right around 25 years old. If you're real lucky, you might push… — Chael Sonnen Copy Share Image
I love things on the decline because that's really the natural progression of our lives. We're born, we're feisty for the first… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly that we need to change the way we do trade because it has been one of the major… — Charles Schumer Copy Share Image
The clustering of technological innovation in time and space helps explain both the uneven growth among nations and the rise and decline… — Robert Gilpin Copy Share Image
Silene, who declines The garish noontide's blazing light; But when the evening crescent shines, Gives all her sweetness to the night. — Charlotte Turner Smith Copy Share Image
Sadly, e-mail has triggered the decline of the handwritten note; I have seen its near-disappearance in my lifetime. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I always seem to feel that everything is about to cave in on me. I think that maybe music is my protection… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
A decline in the national housing price level would need to be substantial to trigger a significant rise in foreclosures, because the… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
The civilization of the West, which was brilliant by virtue of its scientific perfection for a long time, and which subjugated the… — Hassan al-Banna Copy Share Image
The steep decline in America's image and standing after 9/11 is a direct reflection of global distaste for the instruments of American… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
I've declined every congressional benefit I could decline, federal health insurance, the retirement program, the 403(b) program, which I think is overly… — Scott Rigell Copy Share Image
People decline invitations when they are "indisposed" physically, and I wish they would do likewise when they feel indisposed emotionally. A person… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Allow a government to decline paying its debts and you overthrow all public morality-you unhinge all the principles that preserve the limits… — Alexander Hamilton 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
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
The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy.… — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
We have experienced highly challenging global market conditions in the past quarter with significant steel price decline in all regions. — Lakshmi Mittal Copy Share Image
I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them. — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
Must, bid the Morn awake! Sad Winter now declines, Each bird doth choose a mate; This day's Saint Valentine's. For that good… — Michael Drayton Copy Share Image
Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises. — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
Coming to know one another based on a shared humanity through dialogue is the key to breaking down the walls of isolation… — Vinessa Shaw Copy Share Image
States with high and rising tax burdens are more likely to suffer economic decline; those with low and falling tax burdens are… — Lawrence Kudlow Copy Share Image
A decline of exuberance is just barely noticeable in America, making itself felt particularly among the most highly educated and the well-to-do… — David Riesman Copy Share Image
The fact that institutional churches have gone into decline doesn't mean that we're going to enter some purely secular age. Secular people… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
Welcome to the decline of America where, in six short decades, we have gone from aspiring to judge a man by the… — Will Cain Copy Share Image
The decline of the major labels has changed the audience. They aren't force-fed by a system any more. They can make their… — John Oates Copy Share Image
He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble… — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
I am studying ancient civilizations, trying to find what happened to them, finding out why they went into a decline, why they… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
News in printed form is in secular decline. However, news delivered the way consumers want it is growing and thriving. — Gracia Martore Copy Share Image
For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody,… — Christiane Amanpour Copy Share Image
I think that if anyone bothered to take a survey, they would find a sharp decline in atheism during the winters in… — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
So much of my self worth was tied with my position. It felt like I was being enveloped in darkness. It was… — Tom Johnson Copy Share Image
It could fairly be said that America, during the Bush years, has entered an Age of Denial - arguably the first stage… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
The gradual decline of a society is often a self-induced process of trying to meet ever-expanding appetites, rather than a physical inability… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Errors of omission, lost opportunities, are generally more critical than errors of commission. Organizations fail or decline more frequently because of what… — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
Younger adult smokers are the only source of replacement smokers If younger adults turn away from smoking, the industry must decline. — R. J. Reynolds Copy Share Image
Language is in decline. Not only has eloquence departed but simple, direct speech as well, though pomposity and banality have not. — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
Heard someone say, 'I can't wait until I can finally say I've made it.' The day you think you've 'made it' is… — J. J. Watt Copy Share Image
