Decline Quotes

474 quotes by 395 authors

Saudi Arabian oil production is at or very near its peak sustainable volume (if it did not, in fact peak almost 25 years ago), and… — Matthew Simmons
Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law. — Pierre de Coubertin
When a man imagines, even after years of striving, that he has attained perfection, his decline begins. — Theodore Martin
These days the American dream of home ownership has turned into a nightmare for millions of families. They wake every day to the reality of… — Mortimer Zuckerman
One of the main causes of our artistic decline lies beyond doubt in the separation of art and science. — Gino Severini
Every great panic we have ever had has been foreshadowed by a general decline in observance of religious principles. — Roger Babson
I've just completed Mike's [Mann] Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (i.e. from 1981 onwards)… — Phil Jones
If a publisher declines your manuscript, remember it is merely the decision of one fallible human being, and try another. — Unknown Author
The fall of the present bureaucratic dictatorship [in the Soviet Union], if it were not replaced by a new socialist power, would thus mean a… — Leon Trotsky
Chess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline — Mikhail Botvinnik
The danger of tautological propositions is considerable in discussions of the concept of normal profits. Because supernormal profits seem to invite newcomers to an industry… — Fritz Machlup
There's no denying that a collapse in stock prices today would pose serious macroeconomic challenges for the United States. Consumer spending would slow, and the… — Ben Bernanke
It's not a choice between our environment and our economy; it's a choice between prosperity and decline. — Barack Obama
In the Middle East, where populations are growing fast, the world is seeing the first collision between population growth and water supply at the regional… — Lester R. Brown
If her functioning as a female is not enough to define woman, if we decline also to explain her through "the eternal feminine," and if… — Simone de Beauvoir
From the point of view of the Christian faith, man comes in the profoundest sense to himself not through what he does but through what… — Pope Benedict XVI
The proliferation of state concealed carry laws has evidently reduced the rate of violent street crime to a considerable extent. When the goblins do not… — Jeff Cooper
The dilemma of our age is the combination of unprecedented material progress and systematic spiritual decline. The decline in public and private morality can be… — King Hussein I
What we call 'economic growth' is in fact a growth in waste and a decline in the health of natural habitat — Satish Kumar
He reflected on the decay of mankind-the decline of the human race into folly and weakness and rottenness. 'Be a good animal, true to your… — D. H. Lawrence

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