Decently Quotes

66 Decently quotes by 55 unique authors

In our methodical American life, we still recognize some magic in summer. Most persons at least resign themselves to being decently happy in June. They… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
For a decade or more after the Vietnam war, the people who had guided the U.S. to disaster decently shrank from the public stage. — James Fallows
If men live decently it is because discipline saves their very lives for them. — Sophocles
The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has a… — George Henry Borrow
Fast food is both evil and genius. Because of it we can feed a large number of people fairly decently at an affordable price. However,… — Eric Ripert
It's the same in the office, the lab, the factory. Employees and coworkers are more productive, more loyal - satisfied and happy - when they… — Wayne D. Dosick
It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself. — Theodore Roosevelt
I do not share the wish to see my language dead and decently buried — Douglas Hyde
Age's terms of peace, after the long interlude of war with life, have still to be concluded-Youth must keep decently away-so many old wounds may… — Eugene O'Neill
I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the… — Audre Lorde
Every decently-made object, from a house to a lamp post to a bridge, spoon or egg cup, is not just a piece of 'stuff' but… — Kevin McCloud
To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time. — Evita Peron
My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I… — Carlos Santana
I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth… — Michael Tippett
A saint is a person who behaves decently in a shockingly indecent society. — Kurt Vonnegut
I said to myself, 'I want to die decently'. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead. — Kurt Vonnegut
Oh, it's always the same,' she sighed, 'if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat… — W. Somerset Maugham
Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did. — Paulo Coelho
You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society. — Kurt Vonnegut
In a head-on collision with Fanatics, the real problem is always the same: how can we possibly behave decently toward people so arrogantly ignorant that… — David James Duncan
the mind is its own beautiful prisoner. Mind looked long at the sticky moon opening in dusk her new wings then decently hanged himself,one afternoon.… — E E Cummings
If you reach for the stars, you just might land on a decently sized hill. — Stuart Hill
Joan was nothing more than a friend. He was not in love with her. One does not fall in love with a girl whom one… — P.G. Wodehouse
He talks pretty big for a gutter wizard," he muttered. "You don't understand at all," said the wizard wearily. "I'm so scared of you my… — Terry Pratchett

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