Decline Quotes
We decline the claim to power by parties which want to own their followers body and soul, and which want to put themselves over and above the whole nation.
I decline to go fox hunting (nor did she want her sons William and Harry to be involved in hunting).
Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked.
Old France, weighed down with history, prostrated by wars and revolutions, endlessly vacillating from greatness to decline, but revived, century after century, by the genius of renewal!
When we decline to talk about what is real simply because it's uncomfortable to do so, we seal our own fate.
There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick.
General improvements in health/decline in mortality do not affect all classes equally. As mortality rates fall, social inequalities commonly widen.
Decline of the letter, the rise of the notebook! One doesn't write to others any more; one writes to oneself.
....shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today.
In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners.
We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the old metaphor: You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude.
Turn your midlife crisis to your own advantage by making it a time for renewal of your body and mind, rather than stand by helplessly and watch them decline.
Language is in decline. Not only has eloquence departed but simple, direct speech as well, though pomposity and banality have not.
One of the enduring lessons of history is that whenever an empire becomes insular to 'protect' itself, intellectual decline and cultural intolerance are sure to follow.
Every historian has a vested interest. "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" was not about the Roman but the British empire. What price the truth?
Perhaps some are confused because they have stereotypes of how blacks should be and I respectfully decline, as I did in my youth, to sacrifice who I am for who they think I should be.
There's no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come. There's only the present stagnation, followed by a slow decline.
The Alexander Technique keeps the body alive, at ages when many people have resigned themselves to irreversible decline.
While farmers' markets are booming in cities, actual rural market towns are in decline.
The ideal of progress, freedom of thought, and the decline of ecclesiastical power go together.
If nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline, and even if unanimously elected, I should decline to serve.
The individual organs follow the same pattern as the whole organism, i.e. they have their period of growth, of stationary, maximum activity and then of aging decline.
But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
In nine companies out of ten the factor of fluctuation has been a more dominant and important consideration in the matter of investment than has the factor of long-term growth or decline
We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, it’s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right to expect it.
I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.
States with high and rising tax burdens are more likely to suffer economic decline; those with low and falling tax burdens are more likely to enjoy strong economic growth.
Dartmouth is the place I've devoted my life to, so it's very sad to see this kind of decline in the intellectual strength of the institution.
I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
The beginning of the decline of the Republic was the day they air-conditioned the Capitol.
I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways.
When I look at the work, if it speaks to me, I'll say 'yes' and if the work doesn't resonate with me, I'll politely decline.
Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.
You may grow very quickly the first two years and then watch the business decline, unless you really start selling product at any price range with various degrees of quality.
This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well.
Younger adult smokers are the only source of replacement smokers If younger adults turn away from smoking, the industry must decline.
We will either bring on another American century, or we are doomed to witness America's decline.
My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.
Margaret Thatcher - a woman I greatly admire - once said that she was not content to manage the decline of a great nation. Neither am I. I am prepared to lead the resurgence of a great nation.
It's not a choice between our environment and our economy; it's a choice between prosperity and decline.
All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism.
Suicide bombers caused us more than 50 percent of our casualties. The fence works. There is a decline in the number of those terrorist attacks against Israelis.
Coming to know one another based on a shared humanity through dialogue is the key to breaking down the walls of isolation and reversing the decline of life-to-life bonds among human beings.
