"Let us stay at home: there we are……" — Jules Renard
"Let us stay at home: there we are decent. Let us not go out: our defects wait for us at the door, like flies."
More Decent Quotes
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the… — Alexis Arguello
- When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's… — Drew Barrymore
- The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many… — Lynn Abbey
- Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils… — Lionel Blue
- The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind. — Norman Borlaug
- I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point… — Anthony Bourdain
- I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk.… — Anthony Bourdain
- When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at… — Samuel Butler
- I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a… — Smedley Butler
- All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army… — Adam Carolla
- My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its… — John le Carre
- People think they have to be ambitious. But at a certain age, all you want is to be around nice,… — Graydon Carter