Decent Quotes - Page 5

• Peace is an ongoing process. It begins with the first step and it does not end. We, all of us alive today, are the gatekeepers of the future. The world we bequeath to our children and grandchildren will depend upon our success in building a more peaceful and decent world.

  David Krieger

  Children, Peaceful, Doe

  4 Copy quote

• Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get some quick, decent food.

  Gaines Adams

  Running, Home, Soul

  5 Copy quote

• If there'd been a better-balanced society, where there were other ways of making a decent living, I think it might have been different. That's not the way this setup work.

  W. S. Merwin

  Thinking, Different, Might

  "An Interview with W. S. Merwin, Poet Laureate". Interview with Ed Rampell, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. October 25, 2010.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• You can take a bad singer and make them sound decent; you couldn't do that in the past... With things like Pro Tools and all the other things you have available; like auto tune, and pitch correction you can make someone who can't sing into someone who can.

  Michael Sweet

  Past, Auto Tune, Sound

  "Interview with Stryper frontman Michael Sweet". Interview with Bruce Moore, puregrainaudio.com. August 8, 2005.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• All that young people are promised today are the rewards of a shallow materialism and a degree that is defined primarily as a job credential, one that ironically does not even live up to its own claims of guaranteeing either decent employment or a better way of life.

  Henry Giroux

  Jobs, People, Today

  "Higher Education Under Attack: An Interview With Henry A. Giroux". Interview with C. Cryn Johannsen, www.truth-out.org. April 22, 2011.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• A zoo is not an ideal place for an animal - of course the best place for a chimp is the wilds of Tanzania - but a good zoo is a decent, acceptable place. Animals are far more flexible than we realize. IF they weren't, they wouldn't have survived. But my opinion about zoos came after research. Initially I had the opinion that most people have, that they are jails.

  Yann Martel

  Zoos, Animal, Jail

  4 Copy quote

• So there's much more to life than one's intelligence score. To be a decent human being. To have some character.

  Edward Zigler

  Character, More To Life, Score

  7 Copy quote

• Human trafficking is a human tragedy. It's an outrage against any decent people.

  Mark Shields

  People, Tragedy, Human Trafficking

  Source: www.pbs.org

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Movement helps keep me centered. I am a disaster, for instance, at sitting meditation, but I'm pretty decent at walking meditation.

  Pam Houston

  Walking Meditation, Sitting, Movement

  Source: therumpus.net

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• I've always been a decent runner so I've never been massively unfit, but for this I've got stronger. I've got rid of a bit of podge and I'm just a bit leaner, which means that I'm just quicker at moving, I'm more agile and I recover much better as well. At the moment I feel ultra-fit and it's been an amazing change.

  Greg James

  Moving, Mean, Stronger

  "Greg James' Gregathlon for Sport Relief". Interview with Stephanie Soh, in.askmen.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Transcendence gets you beyond ego. If you go beyond ego, you see all of this in a more decent perspective and you can start to put all the pieces together. We haven't done that yet. Not as a civilization.

  Edgar Mitchell

  Civilization, Perspective, Ego

  Source: www.edgemagazine.net

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• The moment you stigmatize a whole group of people - for example, Muslims - then, obviously, you make the decent, law-abiding Muslims feel as if they're under threat in some way or that their legitimacy, as members or citizens of society, is brought into question.

  Tony Blair

  Law, People, Abiding

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. August 24, 2016.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• I`m surprised people are that hopeful about what government can do, because if you believe in socialism, society can run a pretty decent government, it can provide services, it can regulate the economy effectively.

  Chris Matthews

  Running, Believe, Government

  Source: www.msnbc.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• My best business decision is always to have been unembarrassed about negotiating a decent deal. Not being coy or shy about money is second nature to me.

  Anne Robinson

  Decision, Shy, Best Business

  "Anne Robinson: 'I was paid £300 a week for Points of View, now I'm worth £30m'". Interview with Roz Lewis, www.telegraph.co.uk. December 20, 2015.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• If you want to write, then write; if you don't want to write, then don't write. I fell into the former category, and I just made the decision that I'd keep on because I liked it and might someday do something decent.

  Ben Fountain

  Writing, Decision, Want

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• A decent bridge can make the worst rubbish special.

  Justus Kohncke

  Bridges, Special, Rubbish

  Source: pitchfork.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The only thing that makes me put down a book is if the characters are boring, or the situations aren't fraught with the potential for some great change or I don't mind if an author torments his protagonist, but I do expect a decent payoff in the end.

  Michael Boatman

  Book, Character, Mind

  Source: www.sfsignal.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I just try to stay half way decent looking. Boxing's a rough sport and you get hit a lot.

  Muhammad Ali

  Sports, Boxing, Trying

  "Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I always had a fairly decent income, coming in just from the art.

  Robert Barry

  Art, Income

  4 Copy quote

• A vision of Europe fit for the 21st century and a practical plan to deliver strong rights, decent jobs and livelihoods, with strong unions at its heart, is one worth fighting for.

  Frances O'Grady

  Strong, Jobs, Heart

  4 Copy quote

• I'm carrying on. I'm making the case for unity, I'm making the case of what Labour can offer to Britain, of decent housing for people, of good secure jobs for people, of trade with Europe and of course with other parts of the world. Because if we don't get the trade issue right we've got a real problem in this country.

  Jeremy Corbyn

  Country, Jobs, Real

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

  30 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think Hillary Clinton is an outstandingly capable and decent person.

  Tony Blair

  Thinking, Clinton, Persons

  "Full transcript: Tony Blair". Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. August 24, 2016.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm a Labour politician, but, you know, I can see decent Tories with good ideas.

  Tony Blair

  Ideas, Politician, Knows

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. August 24, 2016.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Mitt Romney, maybe the most moral and decent man who's ever run for president, ended up being a murderer, somebody who didn't care about animals, and a tax cheat.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Running, Animal, Men

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• [MTV] just wanted a regular person that knew a decent amount about music.I'm so used to doing solitary interviews. You have some control - it's quiet, it's just you with your tape recorder and the person. Then when I was in front of the camera, I broke out in hives, which I continued to do well after I got the job.

  Jancee Dunn

  Jobs, Mtv, Cameras

  Source: www.avclub.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source