Decent Quotes

829 quotes by 675 authors

I still like and admire George W. Bush. I consider him a fundamentally decent person, and I do not believe he or his White House… — Scott McClellan
I've met so many people, often the scum of the earth, and found them, you know, quite decent. I am an uncomfortable stranger to moral… — W. Somerset Maugham
There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent… — Viktor E. Frankl
My chair just broke by the way. It's a billion dollar corporation and I can't get a decent chair and somebody to come out here… — CM Punk
Well, if I use Hispanic culture I get corruption and really good salsa music. If I use Chinese culture I get rigid thinking and decent… — John Ringo
Judge Roberts is a brilliant lawyer, a brilliant judge. He is a very careful judge, a thoughtful judge. I would agree with what the President… — Al Gore
Of lies, false modesty is the most decent. — Nicolas Chamfort
Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing… — Miguel de Cervantes
It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top of… — Jerry Kramer
Almost any decent cook will make food by eye and taste. Virtually all of my family cooked that way. — Steve Albini
I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a prisoner of the… — Harry S. Truman
I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to… — James A. Michener
Decency, not to dare to do that in public which it is decent enough to do in private. — Michel de Montaigne
People in places many of us never heard of, whose names we can't pronounce or even spell, are speaking up for themselves. They speak in… — Hubert H. Humphrey
A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives. — Charles Wheelan
Most of the people in the world are good and decent if you give them a chance to be ... — Andy Rooney
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library.… — Stephen Leacock
I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot. — Felix Baumgartner
Thinking in generations also means enabling our young to have a decent standard of living. — Paul Tsongas
I'm just looking for a kind of project that will have a decent role and is something that I'll really enjoy doing. There are a… — Penelope Ann Miller

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