Declining Quotes
104 quotes by 98 authors
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Whenever and wherever societies have flourished and prospered rather than stagnated and decayed, creative and workable cities have been at the core of the phenomenon.…
— Jane Jacobs
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We've seen the transformation of America, when at the pinnacle of its Christianity was probably in the 1950s. Ever since then it has been declining,…
— Scott Lively
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When we have an experience -- hearing a particular sonata, making love with a particular person, watching the sun set from a particular window of…
— Daniel Gilbert
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Sharks are declining globally ...
— Barbara Block
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"No" is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control you... Declining to…
— Gavin de Becker
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The true Christian hero will appear in the cause of Christ, not only when it is prevailing, but when it seems to be declining; (he)…
— Matthew Henry
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The progressive Left can be in favor of Big Government or population control but not both. The mutual incompatibility is about to plunge Europe into…
— Mark Steyn
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The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing a scientific treatise on the…
— Stephen Leacock
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French, for example, is declining as an international language, but Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic are all languages of the future. Ethnic minority groups in the…
— David Graddol
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But if the choice is a cool president and 8 or 10 percent unemployment in a declining economy and a country that seems to be…
— Jonah Goldberg
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I have seldom seen much ostentation and much learning met together. The sun, rising and declining, makes long shadows; at mid day, when he is…
— Joseph Hall
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The level of ignorance is declining, and the ability to accumulate data and manipulate it for various ends is increasing.
— Bruce Sterling
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There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in…
— Miyamoto Musashi
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One method of staying ahead of rising asset prices and the declining dollar is to think bigger and come up with better plans. As important…
— Robert Kiyosaki
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Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it…
— Michael Merzenich
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North American cats eat more fish than all the world's seals put together, yet we lay the blame on the seals for the declining fish…
— Paul Watson
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Radicalism usually prospers in the gap between rising expectations and declining opportunities. This is especially true where the population is young, idle, and bored; where…
— Lawrence Wright
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A top geneticist at Stanford says human intelligence is declining. You know what that means? We are seeing Congress at its smartest and most effective…
— Jay Leno
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Ideally, you will develop strategic response to your place in the corporate lifecycle to identify new paths of strategic renewal. You will look for new…
— Max McKeown
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If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining.
— David Korten
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