Decent Quotes

829 quotes by 675 authors

I'm a decent man who exports flowers. — Pablo Escobar
I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to live between the temptation… — Edmond de Goncourt
Pecans are not cheap, my hons. In fact, in the South, the street value of shelled pecans just before holiday baking season is roughly that… — Celia Rivenbark
Stand up for your principles, but be a decent human being while you're doing it. — Rick Santorum
There will be many fine and wonderful men and women of all races and creeds-and of no religious creeds at all-who will lead decent and… — Neal A. Maxwell
One reason that challenge brings happiness is that it allows you to expand your self - definition. You become larger. Suddenly you can do yoga… — Gretchen Rubin
Life cannot find reasons to sustain it, cannot be a source of decent natural regard, unless each of us resolves to breathe such qualities into… — Frank Herbert
I've never been in this business for the recognition or the awards. I just want to do good work, grab a decent paycheck, and move… — William Petersen
Our heroes are fighting to bring stability to the Middle East, and they have put pressure on all of the tyrannies of the Middle East.… — Orrin Hatch
I wanted to get the fastest time in the world this year, but with everything going on, it's a pretty decent swim, ... I knew… — Michael Phelps
You cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. — C.S. Lewis
The individual comes face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind has not come to a realisation of the… — J. Edgar Hoover
The practice of assertiveness: being authentic in our dealings with others; treating our values and persons with decent respect in social contexts; refusing to fake… — Nathaniel Branden
Nature is not something to be fought, conquered and changed according to any human whims. To some extent, of course, it has to be used.… — Richard M. Weaver
Ah, how lucky are the lieutenants, the six-foot Junkers, and all the rest of the Don Juan clan!... The bookworm, be he ever so decent… — Theodor Fontane
The most valuable asset we have, actually, is our ability to understand, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be decent. — L. Ron Hubbard
If a man is in any sense a real mathematician, then it is a hundred to one that his mathematics will be far better than… — G. H. Hardy
Australians are decent people with the right instincts and they wish everybody well; but if all is not well, it is none of their business… — George Mikes
Be kind, be decent, be generous, be tolerant, compassionate, and understanding. Be fast to praise, slow to judge. Remember, we're all human, and don't cast… — Allen Drury
No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent — Nelson Mandela

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