Decorum Quotes

45 quotes by 42 authors

It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the public mind should… — Pratibha Patil
Something is funny, most of all, because it's true, and because the velocity of insight into this truth exceeds our normal standards. Something is funny… — Steve Almond
Liberty ... was a two-headed boon. There was first, the liberty of the people as a whole to determine the forms of their own government,… — H. L. Mencken
Oftentimes, if you're talking to a seasoned interviewer who asks you a question, they may do a follow-up if they didn't quite get it. It's… — Brian Greene
I have no limits, no filter, no class, no poise. No decorum. Just fun. — Kathy Griffin
The middle of 'America's Women' is about the Civil War, and how women, black and white, confronted slavery and abolition. As in every other period… — Gail Collins
Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality. — Mason Cooley
Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of… — Walter Scott
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his… — Wilfred Owen
It is shaming sometimes how the body will not, or cannot, lie about emotions. Who, for decorumâ€™s sake, has ever slowed his heart, or muted… — Ian Mcewan
The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori. — Wilfred Owen
Through an arrow loop in the wall she saw a familiar horse and rider tearing across the camp toward the healing rooms. Brigan pulled up… — Kristin Cashore
Maybe, he said hesitantly, maybe there is a beast. The assembly cried out savagely and Ralph stood up in amazement. You, Simon? You believe in… — William Golding
From a tale one expects a bit of wildness, of exaggeration and dramatic effect. The tale has no inherent concern with decorum, balance or harmony.… — Peter Straub
For a moment, I was captivated as I studied them side by side. My mother: the perfect picture of guardian excellence and decorum. My father:… — Richelle Mead
There's an honesty to the wolf world that is liberating. There's no diplomacy, no decorum. You tell your enemy you hate him; you show your… — Jodi Picoult
Conventions vs. spontaneity. This is a dialectical choice, it depends on the assessment you make of your own times. If you judge that your own… — Susan Sontag
Naturally Shirley had known, as they slid stock words and phrases back and forth between them like beads on an abacus, that Howard must be… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Howard and Shirley were clothed, always, in an invisible layer of decorum that they never laid aside. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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