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.
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.
When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith.
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.
I guess if life were fair, people who led decent lives would be rewarded, and people who led indecent lives would not be rewarded.
I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy.
A decent beard has long been the number one must-have fashion item for any fugitive from justice.
I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.
Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.
Just recently I worked with Van Morrison and I came to realize that money can't make a decent human being out of you.
I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office.
My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak.
Well, marriage is a very important part of our culture and our society. If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal.
The fact to which we have got to cling, as to a lifebelt, is that it is possible to be a normal decent person and yet be fully alive.
What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no more and and the average working woman can take care of no more in decent fashion.
Something snapped inside her. “Of course I’m afraid! Relationships do bad things to me.” He started to respond, but the pain had gone on long enough, and she didn’t want to hear it. “You know what I want? I want peace. I want a good job and...
They might have you, and they pay badly enough to guarantee you decent company.
Talent equaled desirability. Talent trumped good looks or a halfway decent personality. Talent a personality.
If you reach for the stars, you just might land on a decently sized hill.
Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.
