Decadence Quotes

71 Decadence quotes by 65 unique authors

America is a country in which I see the most persistant idealism and the blandest of cynicism and the race is on between its vitality… — Alistair Cooke
I'm an ambitious person. I mean, if I did that... I would self-destruct, in the sense that the decadence would be too strong an attraction… — James Packer
There's a kind of decadence about all this: If 9/11 was really an inside job, you wouldn't be driving around with a bumper sticker bragging… — Mark Steyn
To be wrong, and to be carefully wrong, that is the definition of decadence. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The history of any nation follows an undulatory course. In the trough of the wave we find more or less complete anarchy; but the crest… — Aldous Huxley
The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence, -- luxury, skepticism, weariness and superstition, -- are constant. The civilization… — Cyril Connolly
Fame introduced me to a world of instant gratification and decadence I hadn't seen before. — Jesse Metcalfe
I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence. — Christopher Hampton
In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state… — Augusto Roa Bastos
Decadence is wonderful. — Jack L. Chalker
Luxury and excessive refinement are sure forerunners of the decadence of states, because when all individuals seek their own interests they neglect the public weal. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Sunset Boulevard' - the story of Hollywood movies draped on a depressing sex affair - is an uncompromising study of American decadence displaying a sad,… — Manny Farber
I wanted to be an actor from a young age, but actually becoming one and seen the ugly side of the world does feel different… — Fran Kranz
There is an old song which asserts 'the best things in life are free.' Not true! Utterly false! This was the tragic fallacy which brought… — Robert A. Heinlein
Limited means often constitute the charm and force of primitive painting. Extension, on the contrary, leads the arts to decadence. — Georges Braque
How does one make a movie about decadence these days? Now that we're allowed to do it, it's too late. — Wilfrid Sheed
Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little more than a term of abuse applied by critics to anything they do… — Ernest Hemingway
You gotta eat right, you gotta have healthy habits, you know, and balance out your decadence with a healthy lifestyle during the day. — Talib Kweli
The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when… — Benito Mussolini
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic. — James Thurber
In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different… — Cal Thomas
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. — Oscar Wilde
There was no manifestation of contemporary culture that did not indicate to my grandmother how steadfast was the nation's decline, how merciless our mental and… — John Irving
Elaborate burial customs are a sure sign of decadence. — J. G. Ballard
He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations is said to… — Oscar Wilde

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