Decay Quotes

437 Decay quotes by 341 unique authors

A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into a tyranny; it… — Simon Bolivar
One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is when we see its separate forms jumbled together. — Jean-Luc Godard
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay. — Doris Day
Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay. — Benjamin Disraeli
All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey. — John Dryden
I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which… — Bob Dylan
In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art… — Ernst Fischer
Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if… — Garrett Hardin
We've come a long way in our thinking, but also in our moral decay. I can't imagine Dr. King watching the 'Real Housewives' or 'Jersey… — Samuel L. Jackson
Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind. — Thomas Jefferson
Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Fascism is capitalism in decay. — Vladimir Lenin
Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk. — George MacDonald
There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt. — Niccolo Machiavelli
I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth. — Henry Miller
Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. — Flannery O'Connor
Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end. — George Orwell
Decay is quiet but ghastly, explosion is dramatic and dreadful. There's not much to choose between the two of them in reality, and most of… — Anne Roiphe
It's art that pushes against psychological and social expectations, that tries to transform decay into something generative, that is replicative in a baroque way, that… — Jerry Saltz
All beautiful and noble qualities have been united in me... I shall be the fruit which will leave eternal vitality behind even after its decay.… — Egon Schiele
Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay, but the sum… — Hu Shih
An urban novelist never minds a little decay. — Jane Smiley
For an adult, the world is constantly trying to clamp down on itself. Routine, responsibility, decay of institutions, corruption: this is all the world closing… — Bruce Springsteen
Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. — John Updike

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