Indecency Quotes

19 quotes by 19 authors

A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency. — Miguel de Cervantes
Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide… — Mark Twain
The history of medicine proves that in so far as man seeks to know himself and face his whole nature, he has become free from… — Alfred Kinsey
It is significant that whenever the public mind is to be diverted from great social wrong, a crusade is inaugurated against indecency. — Emma Goldman
Indecency in anything spoils it. And modesty in anything adorns it. — Ibn Majah
Modesty means to be free from undue familiarity, from indecency, from lewdness, pure in thought and conduct. Speaking of modest apparel, it means decent, seemly.… — Elisabeth Elliot
Marriage, as practised by high society, is arranged indecency. — Nicolas Chamfort
...we must also acknowledge that the majority of the men and women of our time continue to live daily in situations of insecurity, with dire… — Pope Francis
What solidarity we do find exists despite the society, against all its realities, as an unending struggle between the innate decency of man and the… — Murray Bookchin
Taking our stand on the immovable rock of Christ's character we risk nothing in saying that the wine of miracle answered to the wine of… — Abraham Coles
Man's indecency to man all over the world rules out the idea of humanity as an actuality. It is a dream of young idealists. In… — Errol Flynn
The older one grows, the more one likes indecency. — Virginia Woolf
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood. — William Shakespeare
Decency cannot be discussed without indecency! — George Bernard Shaw
It is this idea 'decency' should be attached to wealth -and 'indecency'' to poverty - that forms the core of one strand of skeptical complaint… — Alain de Botton
Currently under FCC policy, indecency determinations hinge on two factors. First, material must describe or depict sexual or excretory organs or activities. Second, the material… — Doug Ose
Attacking the indecency of life in much of the Southern Hemisphere is no longer a matter of grace, of charity, of patronizing kindness. It is… — Anthony Lewis
And those who when they commit an indecency or do injustice to their souls remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their faults-- and who forgives… — Quran
(During a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage) Judge: 'Miss West, are you trying to show contempt for this court?' Mae… — Mae West

Who Wrote These Indecency Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 19 Indecency Quotes as follows: