Declining Quotes

104 quotes by 98 authors

It is when one begins to lose the consciousness of freedom, and when the idea of necessity enters the world at all, when there is… — Isak Dinesen
One of the symptoms of a declining social order is that its members have to give most of their time to politics, rather than to… — Bernard Crick
If outside forces and culture were the reasons behind declining and non-influential churches, we would likely have no churches today. The greatest periods of growth,… — Thom S. Rainer
There are few things more bizarre than watching people advocate that another country be bombed even while acknowledging that it will achieve no good outcomes… — Glenn Greenwald
The role of the press and the protections which we afford it are today more important than ever before, because we dwell in a society… — Rose Bird
It's hard to imagine a more potent sign of a weak, declining empire than having one's national 'credibility' depend upon periodically bombing other countries. — Glenn Greenwald
Popular culture, on average, has been growing more cognitively challenging over the past thirty years, not less. Despite everything you hear about declining standards and… — Steven Johnson
Institutional United Methodism in America has given up on cities and given up on young people, so no surprise we are declining by nearly 100,000… — Mark Tooley
While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships. — Tom Brokaw
California has often led the country, indeed the world, in the technology, consumption, trends, lifestyles, and of course, mass entertainment. It is where the car… — Fareed Zakaria
Smoke veils the air like souls in drifting suspension, declining the war's insistence everyone move on. — Jayne Anne Phillips
I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your… — Winston Churchill
I simply would like to live comfortably day by day, fish, swim, enjoy my declining years. — John McAfee
Broadcast TV is still the mothership and it will be for the foreseeable future. Audiences may be declining slightly but revenues are going up and… — Leslie Moonves
There are innumerable worlds of different sizes. In some there is neither sun not moon, in others they are larger than in ours and others… — Democritus
Newspapers with declining circulations can complain all they want about their readers and even say they have no taste. But you will still go out… — Marc Andreessen
The aging and declining population will have far-reaching impacts. Declining fertility rates will possibly increase immigration. The structure of family and society will inevitably change. — Toshihiko Fukui
As an occupation in declining years, I declare I think saving is useful, amusing and not unbecoming. It must be a perpetual amusement. It is… — William Makepeace Thackeray
In the downhill of life, when I find I'm declining, May my lot no less fortunate be Than a snug elbow-chair can afford for reclining,… — John Churton Collins
The news today about 'Atomic bombs' is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to do such work… — J.R.R. Tolkien

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