Decay Quotes

437 quotes by 341 authors

Reckoned physiologically, everything ugly weakens and afflicts man. It recalls decay, danger, impotence; he actually suffers a loss of energy in its presence. The effect… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Perfection of planning is a symptom of decay. During a period of exciting discovery or progress, there is no time to plan the perfect headquarters. — C. Northcote Parkinson
Look at that ugly dead mask here and do not forget it. It is a chalk mask with dead dry poison behind it, like the… — Sylvia Plath
All disease, at some period or other of its course, is more or less a reparative process, not necessarily accompanied with suffering: an effort of… — Florence Nightingale
Each thought is a nail that is driven In structures that cannot decay; And the mansion at last will be given To us as we… — George Eliot
It seems that the whole world is beginning to decay, and that its putrefaction has chosen to spread outward from here, from the land of… — Yasmina Khadra
Reality TV to me is the museum of social decay. — Gary Oldman
Whatever your issue is, whether it's racism or homophobia or policy issues or taxes or urban decay or health care, you're not going to go… — Ralph Nader
Kids do have to learn that life is a humiliating charade of endless disappointment and tragedy ultimately culminating in pain, decay, and death. My parents… — Samantha Bee
Where is the hope? I meet millions who tell me that they feel demoralized by the decay around us. Where is the hope? The hope… — Steven Curtis Chapman
Any growing interest in soccer can only be a sign of the nation's moral decay. — Ann Coulter
We are all part of the life cycle. Like a seed we are born, we sprout, we grow, we mature and decay, making room for… — Margot Adler
Then with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest… — Samuel Johnson
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties,… — Eric Hoffer
Some legislators only wish to vengeance against a particular enemy. Others only look out for themselves. They devote very little time on the consideration of… — Thucydides
Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey. — Unknown Author
There is no reason for amazement: surely one always knew that cultures decay, and life's end is death. — Robinson Jeffers
That government is best which governs the least, so taught the courageous founders of this nation. This simple declaration is diametrically opposed to the all… — Ezra Taft Benson
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. — Harold Wilson
Land of Heart's Desire Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood, But joy is wisdom, time an endless song. — William Butler Yeats

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