There is a flow to history and culture. This flow is rooted and has its wellspring in the thoughts of people. People are unique in the inner life of the mind -- what they are in their thought-world determines how they act. This is true of their value...
The rich and large corporations get richer, the CEOs earn huge compensation packages, and when things get bad, don't worry; Uncle Sam and the American taxpayers are here to bail you out. But when you are in trouble, well, we just can't afford to help...
My own death threats have declined considerably.
Rome had Senators too, that's why it declined.
Since the majority of the oxygen we breathe comes from the ocean, not to mention much of the world's protein, it is not an exaggeration to say that when our oceans' health declines, our very survival is at risk.
Life is apogee, apex, decline; life is death - and everything else is open to discussion.
A declining institution often experiences survival of the unfittest.
Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live.
Societies in decline have no use for visionaries.
If I have to climb to heaven on a ladder, I shall decline the invitation.
The idea of England in decline is very attractive.
If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France.
The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.
The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.
But that closing night at Carnegie was without a hint of decline.
Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about.
The man on the rise must always show respect to the man on the decline.
The Church is going to have to recognise that secularisation is not the cause of their decline, it is the result of it.
Growth in the number of humans is associated with decline in humanity.
I respectfully decline the invitation to join your hallucination.
