10 QUOTES WITH «DECENCY»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
decency.
There was a time when people had the decency to wait until they were approaching 50 to have a mid-life crisis. Now it seems many thirtysomethings find themselves succumbing to existential navel-gazing.
I say we have not even had the decency to maintain the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us - our roads, our bridges, our wastewater systems, our sewer systems; by the way, those weren't Bolsheviks, those weren't socialists that built those things for us - much less build the infrastructure we need for the 21st century.
That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It's such a powerful force.
I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy.
Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.
As for plenty, we had not only for necessity, conveniency and decency, but for delight and pleasure to superfluity.
Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep.
Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.
Is there decency left in American politics?
I believe the death of Bobby Kennedy was in many ways the death of decency in America. I think it was the death of manners and formality, the death of poetry and the death of a dream.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECENCY»
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decency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
decency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Imposing
Decency: The Politics of Sexuality and Race in ...
"Placing working people--their values, interests, and struggles--at the center of history, Findlay elucidates the intersections of the public and the private, of moralizing discourses, class relations, and political visions and provides new ...
2
Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of
Decency
Looks at the architecture program at Auburn University, known as the Rural Studio, and shows how director Samuel Mockbee has honored his belief that architecture should be an ethically responsible profession by putting students to work ...
Andrea Oppenheimer Dean, 2002
3
Uncommon
Decency: Christian Civility in an Uncivil World
So few can write more wisely or helpfully than Mouw does here about what Christians can appreciate about pluralism, the theological basis for civility, and how we can communicate with people who disagree with us on the issues that matter ...
4
Code of the Street:
Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of ...
Elijah Anderson's incisive book delineates the code and examines it as a response to the lack of jobs that pay a living wage, to the stigma of race, to rampant drug use, to alienation and lack of hope.
5
Divorce with
Decency: The Complete How-To Handbook and ...
New and extensive sections have been added to the Third Edition that provide key tips on preserving, improving, and possibly "saving" marriages.
6
Decency: A Novel of Men Who Fell from Grace
Lanier, the young pastor of a Southern church, hides a dark history behind the mask of a model citizen.
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Stark
Decency: German Prisoners of War in a New England Village
An evocative history of a World War II German POW camp in New Hampshire, where friendships among prisoners, guards, and villagers overcame the bitter divisions of war
8
No Sense Of
Decency: The Army-McCarthy Hearings: A Demagogue ...
"Have you no sense of decency, sir?" asked attorney Robert Welch in a climactic moment in the 1954 Senate hearings that pitted Joseph R. McCarthy against the United States Army, President Dwight Eisenhower, and the rest of the political ...
9
Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837
Decency and Disorder is about the generation who grew up during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars, and some of its most exciting figures.
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A Conspiracy of
Decency: The Rescue of the Danish Jews ...
The people of Denmark managed to save almost their country’s entire Jewish population from extinction in a spontaneous act of humanity – one of the most compelling stories of moral courage in the history of World War II. Drawing on many ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECENCY»
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decency is used in the context of the following news items.
Man's outraging public decency at bus station
Comments (0). POLICE are appealing for witnesses of a man who exposed himself and enraged public decency at Grimsby bus station. «Grimsby Telegraph, Jul 15»
A Remedial Class in Basic Decency for Chronic Offenders
In light of Paula Dean's most recent screw-up, I feel compelled to add my two cents. I'm sure there will be several think pieces highlighting the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Chard man faces 'outraging public decency' charge
A CHARD man has appeared in court charged with offences of outraging public decency and criminal damage while he was living in Yarlington Housing ... «This is The West Country, Jul 15»
War between decency and human rights
There is no decency or dignity in a woman or girl putting her bare back, breasts, thighs and buttocks on public display for all and sundry to gawk ... «Zambia Daily Mail, Jul 15»
World is at war with the enemies of human decency
Sidelines World is at war with the enemies of human decency. 0. Share. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn. Google+ Pinterest Email. Share this with ... «Enid News & Eagle, Jul 15»
Stuart: Cruz fails decency test
We may be living in the wild west of presidential contenders. There seems to be more than meets the eye, with the next one only a microphone ... «Greenville Daily Reflector, Jul 15»
Holkham man pleads guilty to stalking and public decency charges …
He then pleaded guilty to charges of stalking, committing an act outraging public decency and possessing a bladed article in public when he ... «Lynn News, Jul 15»
Vancouver writer and activist fought for justice, decency
He was a fiery orator on justice and decency and embodied the ideal of living one's dream, forging one's own mythology, leaving a better world. «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
Human trafficking, human remains, human decency...
Jason McComb, left, is heading towards Sudbury spreading the message about homelessness. During his stop in North Bay he ran into actor ... «NorthBayNipissing.com, Jul 15»
Frankie & The Heartstrings
'Money' is a definite low point of 'Decency' which begins well with a funky little riff but a mid-song instrumental interlude lasts too long and you ... «Soundblab, Jul 15»
