Decay Quotes

437 Decay quotes by 341 unique authors

The minds of men are mirrors to one another, not only because they reflect each other's emotions, but also because those rays of passions, sentiments… — David Hume
One of the most pathetic aspects of human history is that every civilization expresses itself most pretentiously, compounds its partial and universal values most convincingly,… — Reinhold Niebuhr
You that in far-off countries of the sky can dwell secure, look back upon me here; for I am weary of this frail world's decay. — Murasaki Shikibu
There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind. — Sarah Josepha Hale
Much of the economic decay of southeast Asia (as of many other parts of the world) is undoubtedly due to a heedless and shameful neglect… — E F Schumacher
The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of the destruction multiplied… — Edward Gibbon
It is scarcely possible that the eyes of contemporaries should discover in the public felicity the latent causes of decay and corruption. This long peace,… — Edward Gibbon
All fresh meat is eaten in a state of decay. The process may not have proceeded so far that the dull human nose can discover… — John Harvey Kellogg
Homosexuality is not a civil right. Its rise almost always is accompanied, as in the Weimar Republic, with a decay of society and a collapse… — Pat Buchanan
The whole point of what -Jesus was up to was that he was doing close up, in the present, what he was promising long-term in… — N. T. Wright
It is the fate of all things to ripen, and then to decay. — James F. Cooper
I was realizing, for the first time, that everything goes on, turns gray, is ruined in the living. That there is no end to our… — Carmen Laforet
One thing and one thing alone keeps us from complete decay in this hour - the church, the true Church. — Leonard Ravenhill
Expansion means complexity and complexity decay. — C. Northcote Parkinson
Once the cells in a biological machine stop working, it can never be started again. It goes into a cascade of decay, falling toward disorder… — Richard Preston
History gets thicker as it approaches recent times: more people, more events, and more books written about them. More evidence is preserved, often, one is… — A J P Taylor
I like thinking about the fragility of the human flesh and our bodies - our decay and eventual death. — David LaChapelle
When urbanity decays, civilization suffers and decays with it. — James Norman Hall
Movement, change, light, growth and decay are the lifeblood of nature, the energies that I I try to tap through my work. I need the… — Andy Goldsworthy
My approach to photograph is kept simple, almost routine. All work, good and bad, is documented. I use standard film, a standard lens and no… — Andy Goldsworthy

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