Decent Quotes

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Gerald R. Ford was a decent and honorable man. Under his steady hand, the nation began the process of recovering from the terrible trauma of… — Richard Ben-Veniste
It is critical that low-income consumers have access to alternative products and services such as rent-to-own. It gives working-class families opportunities to obtain decent household… — William Lacy Clay, Jr.
Aaron Cruden and Beauden Barrett have both been decent, but Dan Carter takes it on to a different level, and he kicks his goals better… — Brian O'Driscoll
Having a decent share of the national wealth for the middle class is not bad for growth. It is actually useful both for equity and… — Thomas Piketty
Regardless of their politics, the vast majority of the people I meet, when they can speak and listen and act of their own accord and… — Charles M. Blow
Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get some quick, decent food. — Gaines Adams
We fight terrorism. It threatens our sovereign, democratic, compassionate and decent way of life. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Free market economists frequently see minimum wage legislation as mere political intervention. However, there are decent economic theories which show that, under certain circumstances, minimum… — Ha-Joon Chang
The model of the human habitat dictated by zoning is a formless, soul-less, centerless, demoralizing mess. It bankrupts families and townships. It disables whole classes… — James Howard Kunstler
Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed. — Channing Pollock
We know no document is perfect, but when we amend the Constitution, it would be to expand rights, not to take away rights from decent,… — Barbara Boxer
I started writing this feature comedy in New York - a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to LA, I met… — David Steinberg
I think the President himself is a remarkably intelligent, decent, ethical man. I think he did very well, but I think the job builds up… — Lloyd Cutler
We ought to be doing that with decent standard housing but if we have people who are absolutely on the streets in this case, I… — Mike Lowry
So in those days, they were scooping up any young person who could sing and look decent, ah, at the same time. — Kitty Carlisle
When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith. — Richard Morris
We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming, and… — Larry Niven
Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called decent. — Thomas Mann
When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once. — Samuel Butler
It felt good to actually have a decent swim. — Ryan Lochte

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