Quotes of: Decent-man Keyword

Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.

Tony Snow

A prostitute is a decent worker like the rest of us, only she can’t fake what she is doing.

M.F. Moonzajer

We should always assist our friends and enemies in order to create a decent social environment.

Saaif Alam

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once.

Samuel Butler

A decent life, even a short life, will always be far better than an exceptionally long life lived in ruin.

Steven J. Carroll

One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.

May Sarton

Apparently, if you live until 75, you'll have spent 25 years in bed, so it makes sense to have a decent mattress.

Marc Warren

If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist.

Neil Gaiman

I miss the banter with friends and family, which more often than not takes place within the confines of a decent public house. So I miss the pubs.

Chris Vance

I've never been in this business for the recognition or the awards. I just want to do good work, grab a decent paycheck, and move onto the next job.

William Petersen

The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living.

Thabo Mbeki

You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is.

Johnny Vegas

The great thing about vinyl is that if you wanted to get a decent-sounding cut, you could really only have 20 minutes max on each side.

Kate Bush

After Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, the belief in decent housing as a political right or social obligation was supplanted in the U.S. by the notion that suitable shelter should be an act of charity.

Martin Filler

If you're writing anything decent, it's in you, it's your spirit coming out. If it's not an expression of how a person genuinely feels, then it's not a good song done with any conviction.

Alex Chilton

If we are able to allow people to earn a decent rate of return, with sufficient scale, we can all do well by doing good.

Andrew Lo

I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.

Frida Kahlo

Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.

Mary Ellen Chase

The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized.

William O. Douglas

When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith.

Richard Morris

I won't stop fighting to make life better for working Americans and give those who are just trying to find a decent job the opportunity to do so.

Jeff Merkley