Depravity Quotes

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I am, after all, a thriller writer. I routinely delve into the darkest chambers of the human heart. I've written about murder, kidnapping, depravity, horror,… — Harlan Coben
Total depravity means the entire absence of holiness, not the highest intensity of sin. A totally depraved man is not as bad as he can… — William Greenough Thayer Shedd
The depravity which sin has produced in human nature extends to the whole of it. There is no part of man's nature which is unaffected… — James Denney
Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation. — Samuel Johnson
We [may] answer the question: "Why is snow white?" by saying, "For the same reason that soap-suds or whipped eggs are white"-in other words, instead… — William James
[N]obody can produce new evidence of your depravity that will make God change his mind. For God justified you with (so to speak) his eyes… — J I Packer
Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation. He recounts the decency and… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Grace never ignores the awful truth of our depravity; in fact it emphasizes it. The worse we realize we are the greater we realize God's… — Randy Alcorn
If Mr. Vincent Price were to be co-starred with Miss Bette Davis in a story by Mr. Edgar Allan Poe directed by Mr. Roger Corman,… — Quentin Crisp
Actually, depravity can be terribly boring if you don't smoke or drink. — Audrey Hepburn
Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is:… — Janice Rogers Brown
The customs of the Jews are base and abominable and owe their persistence to their depravity. Jews are extremely loyal to one another, always ready… — Tacitus
Man in his raw, natural state as he comes from the womb is morally and spiritually corrupt in disposition and character. Every part of his… — Robert L. Reymond
Man's want of original righteousness and of holy affections toward God, and the corruption of his moral nature and his bias toward evil is called… — Henry Clarence Thiessen
We are left with the feeling that the church has overdone it, no matter how you cut it, and that homosexuals have certainly suffered more… — Paul King Jewett
We stand on no high moral plateau in our time. We are, in fact, plumbing depths of depravity unknown to our ancestors--and whatever may have… — Alan Keyes
Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused through all the parts of the soul, rendering us obnoxious… — John Calvin
When you refuse to teach on the radical depravity of men, it is an impossibility that you bring glory to God, His Christ, and His… — Paul Washer
Men, your primary responsibility in your home, after your wife, is you to disciple your own children. And if you don't do it, you're in… — Paul Washer
Mankind, by the perverse depravity of their nature, esteem that which they have most desired as of no value the moment it is possessed, and… — Francois Fenelon

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