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When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful. -- Drew Barrymore
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. -- C. S. Lewis
I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy. -- Lionel Messi
Decent people are so easy to manipulate, Potter. -- J. K. Rowling
Decent people shouldn't live here. They'd be happier some place else. -- Jack Nicholson
Decent people should ignore politics, if only they could be confident that politics would ignore them -- William F. Buckley, Jr.
Decent responsible parents are a royal pain- that's how you know when you have them [such parents]. -- Laura Schlessinger
Decent artists go through bad times but eventually they do get recognized. It's by no means a battle lost. Yet. -- Louis Auchincloss
What we need to make a more decent society is not a few Splendid Samaritans but millions of Minimally Decent Samaritans. -- J. David Smith
Decent work is at the heart of the search for dignity for the individual, stability for the family and peace in the community -- Juan Somavia
People think by challenging me they're going to show they're tough. But I'm not tough. Decent drinker. Not such a bad kisser. But not a great fighter. -- Johnny Knoxville
A decent boldness ever meets with friends. -- Homer
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. -- H. L. Mencken
How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity. -- Pope Francis
Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found. -- Eminem
As long as I'm learning something, I figure I'm OK - it's a decent day. -- Hunter S. Thompson
No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent -- Nelson Mandela
A decent beard has long been the number one must-have fashion item for any fugitive from justice. -- Craig Brown
The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
You cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. -- C. S. Lewis
It would be a shame to go out with a hot girl you can't have a decent conversation with! -- Justin Bieber
One of the best things about marriage is that it gets young people to bed at a decent hour. -- M. M. Musselman
The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down. -- Errol Flynn
Creepy people do the things that decent people want to do, but have decided are not a great idea. -- Mike Birbiglia
Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed. -- Channing Pollock
What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. -- A. A. Milne
There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live. -- Moliere
When it's over I just want to be able to look in the mirror and say, 'Well, you were a half-decent player.' -- Paul Scholes
Hip-hop saved my life, man. It's the only thing I've ever been even decent at. I don't know how to do anything else. -- Eminem
The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong. -- Lynn Abbey
I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling. -- Frida Kahlo
You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage but He is building a palace. He intends to come & live in it Himself -- C. S. Lewis
There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man. -- Viktor E. Frankl
Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent. -- Dennis Prager
There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind. -- Fyodor Dostoevsky
The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose. -- James Earl Jones
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. -- Allen Ginsberg
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. -- Lily Tomlin
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . . -- Nelson Mandela
I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. -- Smedley Butler
The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living. -- Thabo Mbeki
The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing. -- Alphonso Jackson
I suffer from the same frustration that every decent American suffers from. That is, that you begin to wonder whether decent liberal instincts, decent humanitarian instincts, can actually penetrate the right-wing voice, get through the steering of American opinion by the mass media. -- John le Carre
There are people who've said that I'm being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption... With all due respect, I humbly dissent. I am not being brave, I'm a decent human being... Love is a human experience, not a political statement -- Anne Hathaway
An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly. -- George R. R. Martin
Our obsession with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute, means that we race through life instead of actually living it. Our health, diet and relationships suffer. We make mistakes at work. We struggle to relax, to enjoy the moment, even to get a decent night's sleep. -- Carl Honore
Both liberty and equality are among the primary goals pursued by human beings throughout many centuries; but total liberty for wolves is death to the lambs, total liberty of the powerful, the gifted, is not compatible with the rights to a decent existence of the weak and the less gifted. -- Isaiah Berlin
Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for. -- Dalton Trumbo
People can say whatever they want about the sport of bodybuilding, but to get prepared to do a contest or even think about doing a contest, or even to get into decent shape, it requires a certain amount of discipline, and it comes from taking a new year's resolution to a lifestyle. -- John Cena
Can we really believe that we are living a good life, an ethically decent life if we don't do anything serious to help reduce poverty around the world and help save the lives of children or adults who are likely to die if we don't increase the amount of aid we are giving. -- Peter Singer
I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama, English, and history, but in math and science I was a screw-up. Wooster saw something in me, and I really flourished there. I got into theatre, took photography and painting classes. -- J. C. Chandor
Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful stewardship. We are called to treat them with kindness, not because they have rights or power or some claim to equality, but in a sense because they don't; because they all stand unequal and powerless before us. -- Matthew Scully
Now most people do not want an ordinary life in which they do a job well, earn the respect of their collaborators and competitors, bring up a family and have friends. That's not enough any more, and I think that is absolutely tragic - and I'm not exaggerating - that people feel like a decent, ordinary, fun life is no longer enough. -- John Cleese
I always want to tell these young idealists that the world is not as dangerous as many in the older generation want them to believe...The [people] for whom I feel the greatest sadness are the ones who choke on their beliefs, who never act on their ideals, who never know the state of struggle in a decent cause, and never know the thrill of even partial victories. -- Jonathan Kozol
Marriage wrecks any decent relationship. -- Susan Straight
I try to stay in decent shape. -- D.J. Cotrona
If nothing else, I'm a decent quote. -- Andy Roddick
I'm a decent man who exports flowers. -- Pablo Escobar
Just because someone's pretty, doesn't mean she's decent. -- Sarah Dessen
Love isn't decent. Love is glorious and shameless. -- Elizabeth Von Arnim
It's an odd job, making decent people laugh. -- Moliere
Of lies, false modesty is the most decent. -- Nicolas Chamfort
Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior. -- Boyd K. Packer
You can't get decent Mexican food in DC. -- Michael Crichton
takes a devil to make a decent angel. -- Tom Spanbauer
I always had a decent sense of outrage. -- Bella Abzug
I wish we could be decent to each other. -- Tom Hiddleston
Every decent man had to be against fascism, period. -- Amos Oz
No society has ever succeeded without a decent government. -- Robert H. Frank
I think I look pretty decent in a tux. -- Kevin Dillon
But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent. -- Mos Def
I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting. -- Al McGuire
A decent bridge can make the worst rubbish special. -- Justus Kohncke
The only decent bone in her body was mine. -- Ernest Hemingway
The criminal law is no use to decent people. -- George Bernard Shaw
Valet parking is an essential at any decent club. -- Dan Jenkins
You get a decent do at the Brazen Head -- James Joyce
No decent career was ever founded on a public. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Let us fight for a new world, a decent world! -- Charlie Chaplin
Many a fine style has evolved from a decent handicap. -- Robert Genn
I believe in good, having morals, be a decent person. -- Taylor Momsen
This nation is daring and decent and ready for change. -- George W. Bush
I can't give a decent toast to save my life. -- Sam Trammell
There are only two races, the decent and the indecent. -- Viktor E. Frankl
If you're decent to others, then you're decent to yourself. -- Michael Savage
Every person has the inalienable right to a decent environment. -- Gaylord Nelson
A decent human being is ashamed at being somebody's boss! -- Arno Hintjens
Truly decent, innocent people can be taxing to be around. -- David Foster Wallace
No decent man would ever strike a woman or a child. -- Ellen J. Barrier
Are decent people in positions of leadership eternally condemned to Calvary? -- Janusz Korczak
Returnless risk' is not how you prepare for a decent retirement. -- Barry Ritholtz
Being a decent human being will require effort and energyâ?¦ -- David Nicholls
I think Hillary Clinton is an outstandingly capable and decent person. -- Tony Blair
I think it's extremely difficult consistently being a decent human being. -- Susanne Bier
Art and prayer are the only decent ejaculations of the soul. -- Joris-Karl Huysmans
Returnless risk is not how you prepare for a decent retirement. -- Barry Ritholtz
No wonder I won the Games. NO decent person ever does. -- Suzanne Collins
Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does. -- George Orwell
Given a decent start any girl can beat a man nowadays. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons. -- Tony Snow
I'd rather go out in a decent crack-up than in a hospital. -- Toni Onley
The world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals. -- Sydney J. Harris
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. -- Samuel Johnson
The only decent people I ever saw at the racecourse were horses. -- James Joyce
I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot. -- Felix Baumgartner
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization -- Samuel Johnson
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilisation -- Samuel Johnson
She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy -- David Nicholls
I'm the star of the show. I should have a decent haircut. -- David James Elliott
Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people. -- Robert A. Heinlein
I'm the star of the show. I should have a decent haircut. -- David James Elliott
No work, as long as it is decent, can ever disgrace anybody. -- Maria von Trapp
We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint. -- William Howard Taft
Human trafficking is a human tragedy. It's an outrage against any decent people. -- Mark Shields
The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit. -- Tim Ferriss
Most of my heroes are just decent people. Decency is rare and underrated. -- Sherman Alexie
Any decent writer writes because there's some deep internal need to keep learning. -- Stephen Jay Gould
I don't feel I've had a decent critic ever on the East coast. -- Alice Walker
Everyone working 40 hrs a week should have a shot at a decent life. -- Joe Biden
I always had a fairly decent income, coming in just from the art. -- Robert Barry

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