Decent Quotes

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Both liberty and equality are among the primary goals pursued by human beings throughout many centuries; but total liberty for wolves is death to the… — Isaiah Berlin
Decent people should ignore politics, if only they could be confident that politics would ignore them — William F. Buckley, Jr.
takes a devil to make a decent angel. — Tom Spanbauer
What have I always believed? That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not according to what any priests said,… — Terry Pratchett
Kids like us don't often have the chance of meeting a great warrior like you. Would you have a little fencing match with me? It… — C.S. Lewis
But as long as you know you're nobody special, you'll be a very decent sort of Horse, on the whole, and taking one thing with… — C.S. Lewis
Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the… — Daniel Handler
I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal. — Groucho Marx
All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel. All of them? Sure, he says. Think about it. There's… — Margaret Atwood
You have absolutely no regard but yourself and your damned kicks. All you think about is what's hanging between your legs and how much money… — Jack Kerouac
He was very much a man of moods, possibly owing to what is styled the artistic temperment. I have never seen, myself, why the possession… — Agatha Christie
If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not. — Brandon Sanderson
After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folks, the need… — Tim Wise
I told her tea bags were just a convenience for people with busy lives and she said no one is so busy they can't take… — Frank McCourt
Human beings may be miserable specimens, in the main, but we can learn, and, through learning, become decent people. — Orson Scott Card
But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross,… — Hunter S. Thompson
It's Nathaniel Hawthorne Month in English. Poor Nathaniel. Does he know what they've done to him? We're reading The Scarlet Letter one sentence at a… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principal which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being evil. — Dan Simmons
I always think of books as being like people. Even the dull ones are worthy of decent respect, but you don't have to seek them… — Orson Scott Card
And did I not think then, What nonsense it is to suppose one man so different from another when all that life really boils down… — Alice Munro

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