Dignified Quotes

130 quotes by 117 authors

There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production. — Zygmunt Bauman
It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I always thought that I might retire from any form of sexuality by the age of 40 and just become a dignified older person. — Jarvis Cocker
And all over the world, the old literature, the popular literature, is the same. It consists of very dignified sorrow and very undignified fun. Its… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Honesty before God requires the most fundamental risk of faith we can take: the risk that God is good, that God does love us unconditionally.… — Gerald May
Cats must have three names-an everyday name, such as Peter; a more particular, dignified name, such as Quaxo, Bombalurina, or Jellylorum; and, thirdly, the name… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
If you shamefully misuse a cat once she will always maintain a dignified reserve toward you afterward. You will never get her full confidence again. — Mark Twain
Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, has not yet attained the certainty and stability… — Samuel Johnson
We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to cover up all the tracks,… — Richard P. Feynman
...with a cat you stand on much the same footing that you stand with a fine and dignified friend; if you forfeit his respect and… — Carl Van Vechten
It's always been my personal feeling that unless you are married, there is something that is not very dignified about talking about who you are… — Luke Wilson
Be dignified, honest and truthful. — Umar
The right to a good death is a basic human freedom. The [2006-JAN] Supreme Court's decision to uphold aid in dying allows us to view… — John Shelby Spong
Let no one charge me with ever having abused or encouraged weakness or surrendered on matters of principle. But I have said, as I say… — Mahatma Gandhi
There is simply no dignified way for a woman to live alone. Oh, she can get along financially perhaps (though not nearly as well as… — Erica Jong
Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral… — Albert Einstein
I have never got a grip on when the past begins or where it ends, but if cities map the past with statues made from… — Deborah Levy
They yell at me to be dignified. But what are the dignified people like? The people who are held up as examples of me? They… — Clara Bow
Even if the flag burning amendment does become law, the larger problem will remain of how to respectfully dispose of older, tattered flags. Well, fortunately… — Jon Stewart
It does not require money, to live neat, clean and dignified.. — Mahatma Gandhi

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