Decent Quotes

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In New Orleans the funerals remind us that Life is bigger than any individual life, and it will roll on, and for the short time… — Tom Piazza
Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men. — James M. Barrie
I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise… — Eamon de Valera
Tony Blair is a decent man who genuinely thinks what he is doing is justified. But when he sees men such as George Bush and… — Piers Morgan
I knew Anais Nin, who called me after I had been away for a few years. She was seeking help because at that time no… — Marguerite Young
Whether your focus is on preserving and strengthening family ties in a world of increasingly unstable relationships, gaining access to a decent job, growing and… — Nathaniel Branden
In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti, but in… — Sinclair Lewis
That was what stuck in the craws of all the good women of Deptford: Mrs Dempster had not been raped, as a decent woman would… — Robertson Davies
They were the triumphant and insolent possessors; they had a hall, and a fire, and food and clothing and money, and so they might preach… — Upton Sinclair
It has become too easy to see that the luckless men of the past lived by mistakes, even absurd beliefs, so we may well fail… — Herbert J. Muller
I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language; distant enough to… — Larry Niven
The only decent bone in her body was mine. — Ernest Hemingway
Through job creation, quality public services and better working conditions, people, communities and countries can lift themselves out of poverty, improve livelihoods, engage in local… — Sharan Burrow
Mechanized recreation already has seized nine-tenths of the woods and mountains; a decent respect for minorities should dedicate the other tenth to wilderness. — Aldo Leopold
If every head of state and every government official spent an hour a day reading poetry we'd live in a much more humane and decent… — Mark Strand
Only one rational path is open to us - simultaneous de-development of the [overdeveloped countries] and semi-development of the underdeveloped countries (UDCs), in order to… — John Holdren
The need for de-development presents our economists with a major challenge. They must design a stable, low-consumption economy in which there is a much more… — John Holdren
We live in a world of communication - everyone gets information about everyone else. There is universal comparison and you don't just compare yourself with… — Zygmunt Bauman
I am not a hero. I just did what any decent person would have done. — Miep Gies
I find that, once you get into a position where you can afford a pair of shoes and a decent level of living, success in… — Michael Eisner

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