Decline Quotes

474 Decline quotes by 395 unique authors

But then in April of 1985 the dollar began a sharp decline. The dollar's trade weighted value fell 23 percent in just 12 months and… — Martin Feldstein
When poverty declines, the need for government declines, which is why expecting government to solve poverty is like expecting a tobacco company to mount an… — Stefan Molyneux
As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
...the reason for [this age's] anxiety and unrest is because in one direction, 'truth' increases in scope and quantity - via science and technology -… — Soren Kierkegaard
It may be coincidence that the decline of newspapers has corresponded with the rise of social media. Or maybe not. — Ryan Holmes
When morals decline and good men do nothing, evil flourishes. — J. Edgar Hoover
I hate pork rinds. I couldn't imagine how anybody would ever get the idea of taking skin from a pig and frying it and then… — Joel Kinnaman
I think that - apart from the fields of science and medicine - we live in an age of decline. Look at the world. There… — Christopher Lee
When a daffadill I see, Hanging down his head towards me, Guess I may, what I must be: First, I shall decline my head; Secondly,… — Robert Herrick
The Fed was largely responsible for converting what might have been a garden-variety recession, although perhaps a fairly severe one, into a major catastrophe. Instead… — Milton Friedman
Be forever dead in Eurydice-more gladly arise into the seamless life proclaimed in your song. Here, in the realm of decline, among momentary days, be… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Up to 90% of the total decline in the death rate of children between 1860-1965 because of whooping cough, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and measles occurred… — Archie Kalokerinos
Strange though it may seem, there are distinct similarities between the ways of God in revival and in judgment... Because of His very nature, God… — Arthur Wallis
We cannot blame the schools alone for the dismal decline in SAT verbal scores. When our kids come home from school do they pick up… — George W. Bush
The honour of physical decline is waiting, and you have to get used to that reality. — Haruki Murakami
You may grow very quickly the first two years and then watch the business decline, unless you really start selling product at any price range… — Narciso Rodriguez
When people who earn more than the average have their 'surplus', or the greater part of it, seized from them in taxes, and when people… — Henry Hazlitt
I think there's been a decline in the public's access to what's being done with their tax dollars, what's being done in their name. I… — Bill Keller
The investor with a portfolio of sound stocks should expect their prices to fluctuate and should neither be concerned by sizable declines nor become excited… — Benjamin Graham
I am studying ancient civilizations, trying to find what happened to them, finding out why they went into a decline, why they died. — L. Ron Hubbard

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