Quotes about Decent

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. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

Decent people are so easy to manipulate, Potter. Votes: 3

Decent people shouldn't live here. They'd be happier some place else. Votes: 3

Decent people should ignore politics, if only they could be confident that politics would ignore them Votes: 3

Decent responsible parents are a royal pain- that's how you know when you have them [such parents]. Votes: 3

Decent artists go through bad times but eventually they do get recognized. It's by no means a battle lost. Yet. Votes: 3

What we need to make a more decent society is not a few Splendid Samaritans but millions of Minimally Decent Samaritans. Votes: 3

Decent work is at the heart of the search for dignity for the individual, stability for the family and peace in the community Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

A decent boldness ever meets with friends. Votes: 2

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. Votes: 2

How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity. Votes: 2

Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found. Votes: 2

As long as I'm learning something, I figure I'm OK - it's a decent day. Votes: 2

No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent Votes: 2

A decent beard has long been the number one must-have fashion item for any fugitive from justice. Votes: 2

The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America. Votes: 2

You cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. Votes: 2

It would be a shame to go out with a hot girl you can't have a decent conversation with! Votes: 2

One of the best things about marriage is that it gets young people to bed at a decent hour. Votes: 2

The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down. Votes: 2

Creepy people do the things that decent people want to do, but have decided are not a great idea. Votes: 2

Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed. Votes: 2

What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. Votes: 2

There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live. Votes: 2

When it's over I just want to be able to look in the mirror and say, 'Well, you were a half-decent player.' Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling. Votes: 2

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 Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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 . . . Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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 Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Marriage wrecks any decent relationship. Votes: 0

I try to stay in decent shape. Votes: 0

If nothing else, I'm a decent quote. Votes: 0

I'm a decent man who exports flowers. Votes: 0

Just because someone's pretty, doesn't mean she's decent. Votes: 0

Love isn't decent. Love is glorious and shameless. Votes: 0

It's an odd job, making decent people laugh. Votes: 0

Of lies, false modesty is the most decent. Votes: 0

Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior. Votes: 0

You can't get decent Mexican food in DC. Votes: 0

takes a devil to make a decent angel. Votes: 0

I always had a decent sense of outrage. Votes: 0

I wish we could be decent to each other. Votes: 0

Every decent man had to be against fascism, period. Votes: 0

No society has ever succeeded without a decent government. Votes: 0

I think I look pretty decent in a tux. Votes: 0

But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent. Votes: 0

I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting. Votes: 0

A decent bridge can make the worst rubbish special. Votes: 0

The only decent bone in her body was mine. Votes: 0

The criminal law is no use to decent people. Votes: 0

Valet parking is an essential at any decent club. Votes: 0

You get a decent do at the Brazen Head Votes: 0

No decent career was ever founded on a public. Votes: 0

Let us fight for a new world, a decent world! Votes: 0

Many a fine style has evolved from a decent handicap. Votes: 0

I believe in good, having morals, be a decent person. Votes: 0

This nation is daring and decent and ready for change. Votes: 0

I can't give a decent toast to save my life. Votes: 0

There are only two races, the decent and the indecent. Votes: 0

If you're decent to others, then you're decent to yourself. Votes: 0

Every person has the inalienable right to a decent environment. Votes: 0

A decent human being is ashamed at being somebody's boss! Votes: 0

Truly decent, innocent people can be taxing to be around. Votes: 0

No decent man would ever strike a woman or a child. Votes: 0

Are decent people in positions of leadership eternally condemned to Calvary? Votes: 0

Returnless risk' is not how you prepare for a decent retirement. Votes: 0

Being a decent human being will require effort and energy… Votes: 0

I think Hillary Clinton is an outstandingly capable and decent person. Votes: 0

I think it's extremely difficult consistently being a decent human being. Votes: 0

Art and prayer are the only decent ejaculations of the soul. Votes: 0

Returnless risk is not how you prepare for a decent retirement. Votes: 0

No wonder I won the Games. NO decent person ever does. Votes: 0

Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does. Votes: 0

Given a decent start any girl can beat a man nowadays. Votes: 0

Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons. Votes: 0

I'd rather go out in a decent crack-up than in a hospital. Votes: 0

The world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals. Votes: 0

A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. Votes: 0

The only decent people I ever saw at the racecourse were horses. Votes: 0

I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot. Votes: 0

A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization Votes: 0

A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilisation Votes: 0

She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy Votes: 0

I'm the star of the show. I should have a decent haircut. Votes: 0

Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people. Votes: 0

I'm the star of the show. I should have a decent haircut. Votes: 0

No work, as long as it is decent, can ever disgrace anybody. Votes: 0

We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint. Votes: 0

Human trafficking is a human tragedy. It's an outrage against any decent people. Votes: 0

The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit. Votes: 0

Most of my heroes are just decent people. Decency is rare and underrated. Votes: 0

Any decent writer writes because there's some deep internal need to keep learning. Votes: 0

I don't feel I've had a decent critic ever on the East coast. Votes: 0

Everyone working 40 hrs a week should have a shot at a decent life. Votes: 0

I always had a fairly decent income, coming in just from the art. Votes: 0

Government never falls lower than when decent people dutifully excuse their leaders' sins. Votes: 0

We were always going to dump him when we found a decent drummer. Votes: 0

For generations, even many otherwise decent white Southerners learned to despise black people. Votes: 0

Wars may be fought by decent men, but they're not won by them. Votes: 0

the Bible is only as good and decent as the person reading it. Votes: 0

A decent man would stand out like a cactus on an ice floe. Votes: 0

For every sleazeball in the business there are plenty of decent and wonderful people. Votes: 0

We fight terrorism. It threatens our sovereign, democratic, compassionate and decent way of life. Votes: 0

Move somewhere with decent public transit so you don't drive drunk and hit somebody. Votes: 0

One does not contradict the other.Straight-faced is the basis of all decent comedy. Votes: 0

Trade is a proper and decent relationship, with dignity and respect on both sides. Votes: 0

I consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best recommendations for public service. Votes: 0

Sarcasm is wasted on those who haven't had a decent night's sleep, my darling." Votes: 0

My husband will never chase another woman. He's too fine, too decent, too old. Votes: 0

Pennsylvania is home to some of the hardest-working, toughest, most decent people in America. Votes: 0

Being decent is the only thing that matters in a terrible world like this. Votes: 0

One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being. Votes: 0

Be proud to be a decent American rather than a wanker whipping up fear. Votes: 0

The decent thing to do is to get rid of some of this money. Votes: 0

I don't understand how you can be a decent writer and not know people. Votes: 0

As long as you don't stop producing guns, you can't be a decent country! Votes: 0

The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work. Votes: 0

If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine. I'll call it human. Votes: 0

My darling father gave me some decent getaway sticks - my legs are OK." Votes: 0

I think that Peter Jennings is the only decent one of the big three. Votes: 0

I've had the pretty good fortune of working with some decent guys and gals. Votes: 0

To live a life of honesty and integrity is a responsibility of every decent person. Votes: 0

I am not a hero. I just did what any decent person would have done. Votes: 0

The measure of a decent human being is how he or she treats the defenseless. Votes: 0

Marrying the first person who offers you a decent position in society. Love can wait. Votes: 0

And so evil flourishes and spreads because decent people don't want to make a fuss. Votes: 0

I think I've made some pretty decent films in the '80s and '90s. Votes: 0

I think Ron Paul's views are totally outside the mainstream of virtually every decent American. Votes: 0

Once politics become a tug-of-war for shares in the income pie, decent government is impossible. Votes: 0

If there is a God, you owe him far more than a morally decent life. Votes: 0

Thinking in generations also means enabling our young to have a decent standard of living. Votes: 0

The defenders of decent society and the disciples of degeneracy are often the same people. Votes: 0

So long as atrocities remain remote, abstract, they will be tolerated, even by decent people. Votes: 0

If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow. Votes: 0

The adjective 'decent' and the noun 'government' have seldom come together in the human history! Votes: 0

Stand up for your principles, but be a decent human being while you're doing it. Votes: 0

I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently. Votes: 0

In my life, I'd like to play more golf and, and get a decent handicap. Votes: 0

I'm a Labour politician, but, you know, I can see decent Tories with good ideas. Votes: 0

We all want things we can't have. Being a decent human being is accepting that. Votes: 0

The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind. Votes: 0

Anybody that has a decent job or career has it because they love what they do. Votes: 0

You've probably got a device on you that can shoot decent video, so what's stopping you? Votes: 0

It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so. Votes: 0

I was a halfway-decent-looking English boy who looked nice in a drawing-room standing by a piano. Votes: 0

You can't criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently. Votes: 0

Anybody that has a decent job or career has it because they love what they do. Votes: 0

There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer. Votes: 0

Dream big so even if you don't hit the top you will make it somewhere decent. Votes: 0

Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people. Votes: 0

With the fall of the empire, Art, Philosophy and decent drains all vanished from the West. Votes: 0

Honestly, I just try to drink lots of water and get a decent amount of sleep! Votes: 0

I don't particularly fall in love with my own compositions, but some of them are decent. Votes: 0

An industry that cannot pay its workers a decent living wage has no right to exist. Votes: 0

Aw, Poke, you poor, kind, decent, stupid girl. You saved me and I let you down. Votes: 0

A dull, decent people, cherishing and fortifying their dullness behind a quarter of a million bayonets. Votes: 0

If you got it, flaunt it may be decent advice for prostitutes, but no one else. Votes: 0

The taboo against nakedness is an obstacle to a decent attitude on the subject of sex. Votes: 0

Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service. Votes: 0

I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal. Votes: 0

You're not a real Texan till you've been kicked out of every decent state in America. Votes: 0

When you love what you do, more than likely everything is gonna just come out decent. Votes: 0

Her chances of a decent marriage were about to be dashed-and all because of a ferret. Votes: 0

I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow. Votes: 0

There must be a major economic recovery package which puts Americans to work at decent wages. Votes: 0

Religion increasingly is tending to degenerate into a decent formula wherewith to embellish a comfortable life. Votes: 0

I think I've always had a decent perspective on wins and losses on the tennis court. Votes: 0

I think I'm a decent-looking guy. Sometimes I can look great, and other times I look horrifying. Votes: 0

Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men. Votes: 0

I've got confidence that most people in America still have a decent sense of manners, propriety, morality. Votes: 0

Ours is a stable country. Ours is a sensible country. And ours is a fundamentally decent country. Votes: 0

I think I've got a decent imagination. I hope some of my stories inspire other young imaginations. Votes: 0

Here were decent godless people; Their only monument the asphalt road And a thousand lost golf balls. Votes: 0

Anticlimax is, of course, the warp and way of things. Real life seldom structures a decent denouement. Votes: 0

A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged. Votes: 0

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose. Votes: 0

I've got confidence that most people in America still have a decent sense of manners, propriety, morality. Votes: 0

A Tory government with a decent mandate seems the only hope of tackling the fiscal catastrophe responsibly. Votes: 0

Wisdom - meaning judgment acting on experience, common sense, available knowledge, and a decent appreciation of probability. Votes: 0

A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful. Votes: 0

Iraq may still have a decent outcome...but even if it becomes Switzerland, we overpaid for it. Votes: 0

An instructed and intelligent people are always more decent and orderly than an ignorant and stupid one. Votes: 0

I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. What's life without a sense of humor? Votes: 0

It's such a shame that people are so much more worried about being right than being decent. Votes: 0

When I write, I make decent money doing it, but I don't wake up dreaming about writing. Votes: 0

Through most of my career I've made a decent living making movies no one wants to see. Votes: 0

I was no longer able to hear the music that issues from a decent piece of prose. Votes: 0

Taint no law on earth dat kin make a man be decent if it aint in 'im. Votes: 0

Any decent person who knows what warfare is can never go into battle with a whole heart. Votes: 0

There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent. Votes: 0

I believe that people are fundamentally are decent. And, yes, you will have people that sometimes will misbehave. Votes: 0

Every decent con man knows that the simplest truth is more powerful than even the most elaborate lie. Votes: 0

You can't have a decent food culture without a decent coffee culture: the two things grow up together. Votes: 0

She just got out of the hospital. Why don't you go gossip behind her back, like decent people? Votes: 0

I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being. Votes: 0

Rahul Gandhi is very idealistic and a very decent human being. He has real concerns for the downtrodden. Votes: 0

Are you decent?" a woman's voice called, pushing the door cautiously ajar. "Nay, but we're clothed," Cian purred. Votes: 0

Discriminatory wage practices undermine women's ability to provide for their families and survive on a decent retirement income. Votes: 0

Honestly I prefer dressing for comfort rather than style, so whatever is comfortable and looks decent, that'll do. Votes: 0

Said to Mairin; "There's little decency to good loving" Maddie said. "If 'tis decent, it isn't much fun"! Votes: 0

I'm complicated, sentimental, lovable, honest, loyal, decent, generous, likable, and lonely. My personality is not split; it's shredded. Votes: 0

I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy. Votes: 0

Decency, not to dare to do that in public which it is decent enough to do in private. Votes: 0

Do I gotta go sell me a whole lotta crack for decent shelter and clothes on my back? Votes: 0

The real solution is to improve the incomes of the poor and provide their children with decent education. Votes: 0

Employers must make far-reaching changes to employment terms and conditions for women: Equal pay for equal, decent work. Votes: 0

The United States is the best and fairest and most decent nation on the face of the earth. Votes: 0

Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation. Votes: 0

When I moved back to Cumbria, one of the first things I did was locate a decent bookshop. Votes: 0

The greatest threat to peace is the barrage of rightist propaganda portraying war as decent, honorable, and patriotic. Votes: 0

The worst crimes are not committed by evil degenerates, but by decent and intelligent people taking 'pragmatic' decisions. Votes: 0

I would rather have 1 amazing best friend than 100 decent regular friends. It's not about quantity, it's about quality. Votes: 0

And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor. Votes: 0

Above all, ascribe no decent motives to the federal government. Always and everywhere, it is the enemy of truth. Votes: 0

If pimps and thieves were invariably sentenced, all decent people would get to thinking they themselves were constantly innocent. Votes: 0

The state remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men. Votes: 0

We must diligently strive to make our young men decent, God-fearing, law-abiding, honor-loving, justice-doing and also fearless and strong. Votes: 0

You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about. Votes: 0

All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents. Votes: 0

I'm a decent sprinter and I can gun a motorcycle from zero to suicidal in less than ten seconds. Votes: 0

Any outfit that can't figure out clean toilets and decent theming on its own can't benefit from my advice. Votes: 0

Mordred and Agravaine thought Arthur hypocritical—as all decent men must be, if you assume that decency can't exist. Votes: 0

It is the first experience you ever had of reading a decent poem: 'Oh, somebody else is lonely, too! Votes: 0

My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language. Votes: 0

I just try to stay half way decent looking. Boxing's a rough sport and you get hit a lot. Votes: 0

Human beings may be miserable specimens, in the main, but we can learn, and, through learning, become decent people. Votes: 0

If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist. Votes: 0

Most of the people in the world are good and decent if you give them a chance to be ... Votes: 0

Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural, nor unjust, nor impolite. Votes: 0

I like good food and decent wine as much as Roy Jenkins does, but I keep quiet about it. Votes: 0

Almost any decent cook will make food by eye and taste. Virtually all of my family cooked that way. Votes: 0

I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't. Votes: 0

It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man. Votes: 0

We have sunk so low it has become the obligation of every decent, thinking individual to re-state the obvious! Votes: 0

What is lacking in India are decent social services. The health service is a disaster. Education is a disaster. Votes: 0

I also found it particularly encouraging that the decent people in his life were now outnumbering the crazy bitches Votes: 0

I went to school for fine art. I'm a decent housepainter, but I'm a really good fine art painter. Votes: 0

The most important things are actually the easiest to obtain: great friends, good food, and a decent bottle of wine. Votes: 0

Almost everything you think is sacred, good and decent, is a lie and an all-out assault against truth and decency. Votes: 0

If theres something decent going in television, the mediums now are kind of equal. Television has become much higher quality. Votes: 0

A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives. Votes: 0

Humans may be destroying their chances for decent survival. It won't kill everybody, but it would change the world dramatically. Votes: 0

No one was interested in picking up a midlist series, even though I have a decent fanbase and respectable numbers. Votes: 0

London used to be reasonably priced, clean, and a decent place to live. These days it's polluted and utterly unbearable Votes: 0

Apparently, if you live until 75, you'll have spent 25 years in bed, so it makes sense to have a decent mattress. Votes: 0

I believe German soldiers are good and decent, and if they did anything wrong it was because of military necessity. Votes: 0

I'm sympathetic to the decent and hapless footsoldier into whose lap falls the unenviable duty of carrying out fubar policies. Votes: 0

Conor McGregor seems like a good athlete, he seems like a decent counter-puncher. But, he also seems like a scumbag. Votes: 0

So there's much more to life than one's intelligence score. To be a decent human being. To have some character. Votes: 0

Our task is not to make societies safe for globalization, but to make the global system safe for decent societies. Votes: 0

When the true criminals are running around free, the only honorable place for a decent human being is in prisons. Votes: 0

If there's something decent going in television, the mediums now are kind of equal. Television has become much higher quality. Votes: 0

Confidence, as opposed, to modesty and distinguished from decent assurance, proceeds from self-opinion, and is occasioned by ignorance and flattery. Votes: 0

A decent life, even a short life, will always be far better than an exceptionally long life lived in ruin. Votes: 0

If I want to look half decent, a blow dry is a godsend. I'm crap at doing my own hair. Votes: 0

I hit some great shots in my lifetime; now I hit a decent shot and I get a standing ovation. Votes: 0

Struggles only move forward when decent men and women step forward and say, 'enough is enough and no more.' Votes: 0

If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage Votes: 0

Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit. Votes: 0

Yes, men are pigs. Except your brother, of course. He's actually a decent human being. Almost a woman. -Jillian's mother Votes: 0

I hit some great shots in my lifetime; now I hit a decent shot and I get a standing ovation Votes: 0

It won't be long before we'll be writing together again. I just hope they have a decent piano up there. Votes: 0

I really don't care with whom you sleep. I just care what kind of a decent human being you are. Votes: 0

If you look at my résumé, I've more often than not played a very solid, decent human being. Votes: 0

You can fool some of the people some of the time -- and that's enough to make a decent living. Votes: 0

What they, in their innocence, cannot comprehend is that a properly constituted, healthy, decent man never writes, acts, or composes. Votes: 0

Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror. Votes: 0

What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. Votes: 0

The public airwaves provide a chance to affirm we want to be a good, decent people; a good, decent nation. Votes: 0

It is a law of nature that every decent man on earth is bound to be a coward and a slave Votes: 0

About half the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should shut up. Votes: 0

Henry Kissinger should have the door shut in his face by every decent person and should be shamed, ostracized and excluded. Votes: 0

Sufi poetry is, in a sense, self-help poetry about how to live a decent life, how to deal with your mortality. Votes: 0

Try to be forgotten. Go live in the country. Stay in mourning for two years, then remarry, but choose somebody decent. Votes: 0

Now the only decent way to get something done is to get it done by somebody who quite likes doing it. Votes: 0

I have known Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla for a long time. He is a good man. He is a decent man. Votes: 0

You weren't a decent man and you didn't do your best. We none of us were and none of us did. Votes: 0

I don't think a decent person has to choose between being pro-Israel and pro-Palestine. I think you have to be pro-Peace. Votes: 0

There is simply no limit to the tyrannical snobbery that otherwise decent people can descend into when it comes to music. Votes: 0

Monstrous behavior is the order of the day. I'll tell you when to be shocked. When something human and decent happens! Votes: 0

A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state. Votes: 0

There will be a quick rash of hairy American filth, but it shouldn't threaten the existence of decent, serious British filth. Votes: 0

The definition of indecent "“ when it's in long, and it's in hard, and it's in deep "“ it's in decent. Votes: 0

Movement helps keep me centered. I am a disaster, for instance, at sitting meditation, but I'm pretty decent at walking meditation. Votes: 0

It's hard to be decent in a money world. We want to shut down all repetitious jobs, automate it, free people. Votes: 0

But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure? Answer: Of himself. Well, so I will talk about myself. Votes: 0

I wouldn't burden any decent system of faith by participating in it... I'm not agnostic. Just nonpartisan. Theological Switzerland, that's me. Votes: 0

My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak. Votes: 0

Learning to shoot firearms to me is a little like driving stick - it seems like a decent skill to have. Votes: 0

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once. Votes: 0

There's room in the world for one historical folk-rock singer to make a decent living, and I happen to be it. Votes: 0

As you might have gathered, I prefer the honest, decent and genuinely accepting friends and family I have in the conservative world. Votes: 0

Any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principal which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being evil. Votes: 0

What's popular in places considered ghettos - whether that's the inner city or Appalachia - is having a decent quality of life. Votes: 0

Associate with well-mannered persons and your manners will improve. Run around with decent folk and your own decent instincts will be strengthened. Votes: 0

I do not think [poetry] is more, or less, necessary than food, shelter, health, education, decent working conditions. It is as necessary. Votes: 0

Finding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not 'cute' is an effort. Votes: 0

Fred Savage,he's America's sweetheart, like I always say. One of the funniest, nicest, most decent... I love him like a brother. Votes: 0

We're Americans! Do you know what that means? It means our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. Votes: 0

Thinking that being a good, decent, respectable person will mean that others will see you as weak, vulnerable, and easy to manipulate. Votes: 0

Everyone should know--there's no such thing as a decent human being. It's just an illusion. And when it's gone, it's really gone. Votes: 0

The decent, strong person had to do decent, strong things like love unlovable people and keep peace even when it wasn't easy. Votes: 0

When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith. Votes: 0

I smoke really good cigars, I don't smoke Cuban cigars. I would never do anything as Un-American as smoke a decent cigar. Votes: 0

I'ma make sure the family keep a decent meal, no matter what I got to do or who I got to kill. Votes: 0

It's great if you're funny or if you can dance, but if you are kind and decent, it comes out your pores. Votes: 0

People think they have to be ambitious. But at a certain age, all you want is to be around nice, decent people. Votes: 0

A person may be totally unimaginative and have the social vision of a mole, and we still call him a decent man ... Votes: 0

I've had some decent wins this year against higher ranked players but what I've failed to do is to build on those. Votes: 0

To shoot a decent fight, you need to cover all the different angles, and it ends up eating a lot of days. Votes: 0

I have quite a decent constitution in spite of all my abuse of it and my advanced years. I'm still quite robust. Votes: 0

Sen. Obama is a decent person and a person you don't have to be scared of as president of the United States. Votes: 0

The main problem with solar on the Earth's surface is that it is so intermittent, and we don't have decent storage yet. Votes: 0

Would you rather live one perfect day over and over or live your life with no perfect days but just decent ones? Votes: 0

It took me 35 years of being involved at a decent level of football to become manager at a great club like Celtic. Votes: 0

I try to stay in decent shape always. I pride myself on staying at least a month away from really good shape. Votes: 0

If we cannot be decent, let us endeavor to be graceful. If we can't be moral, at least we can avoid being vulgar. Votes: 0

Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that. Votes: 0

The only hope lies in the fact that the American people - like people everywhere - are basically decent people with common sense. Votes: 0

We've got blue light, we've got all this light flooding our bedrooms and things blinking, and you can't get a decent night's sleep. Votes: 0

Class clowns are never allowed to date anybody decent, but you don't get beaten up, you're invited to parties, and everybody likes you. Votes: 0

Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils by crude Christianity. Votes: 0

A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different motive. Votes: 0

So you love war. I used to think you were a decent man. But I see now I was mistaken. You're a hero. Votes: 0

Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of men, not of the times. [Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum. Votes: 0

Be a part of all that is decent and be an ambassador for the kind of world that you want to live in, Votes: 0

The job is interesting, and the task is difficult, but the man [Maigret] is just a decent man doing a very ordinary job. Votes: 0

I know that I'm a decent actor, but it's another thing to be in a scene with Jon Hamm and hold your own. Votes: 0

If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not. Votes: 0

All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage to do both. Votes: 0

People have a right to my food, a right to my housing, and a right to my good job for my decent pay. Votes: 0

The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned. Votes: 0

Everyone who gets sleepy at night should have a simple decent place to lay their heads, on terms they can afford to pay. Votes: 0

I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and die. Votes: 0

Reality may not be the best of all possible worlds, but it's still the only place where you can get a decent steak. Votes: 0

Make sure you live,' she said. 'As decent as you can. I know you'll make mistakes, but sometimes you're meant to, okay? Votes: 0

The most valuable asset we have, actually, is our ability to understand, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be decent. Votes: 0

I only have to do three things to look halfway decent. Curl my eyelashes, fill in my eyebrows and put some lipstick on. Votes: 0

Don't try to be fancy. Shoot for the center of mass. The world is full of decent people. Criminals we can do without. Votes: 0

A decent life was the train that hadn’t hit you, the slumlord you hadn’t offended, the malaria you hadn’t caught Votes: 0

Just recently I worked with Van Morrison and I came to realize that money can't make a decent human being out of you. Votes: 0

One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent. Votes: 0

I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough. Votes: 0

Perjury is often bold and open. It is truth that is shamefaced - as, indeed, in many cases is no more than decent. Votes: 0

You can be a decent critic if you know about food, but to be a really good one, you need to know about life. Votes: 0

Trade unions have been an essential force for social change, without which a semblance of a decent and humane society is impossible under capitalism. Votes: 0

Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get some quick, decent food. Votes: 0

Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction. Votes: 0

There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings. Votes: 0

You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There's life in a nutshell. Votes: 0

Al Gore is a good man. He is a decent, caring man. He listens to his heart and his head. He loves his family. Votes: 0

Amazing, really, to think of what a man could achieve with the simple ability to put pen to paper and spin a decent yarn. Votes: 0

I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period. Votes: 0

The decent docent doesn't doze; He teaches standing on his toes. His students dassn't doze and does, And that's what teaching is and was. Votes: 0

I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world. Votes: 0

If you're talking about crowd enthusiasm, it varies. I have a decent following in Australia so I like there. I'm interested in playing everywhere. Votes: 0

People are crying out for a Conservative Party that is decent, reasonable, common sense and in it for the long term of this country. Votes: 0

Let us stay at home: there we are decent. Let us not go out: our defects wait for us at the door, like flies. Votes: 0

I guess if life were fair, people who led decent lives would be rewarded, and people who led indecent lives would not be rewarded. Votes: 0

If you blithely do what you do and you're good at what you do, and try to be a decent person, you can succeed. Votes: 0

When a political opponent resorts to the racist card, it's a sure sign of moral bankruptcy: there's no decent argument left in the armoury. Votes: 0

If you ever want to be a decent player, you have to be able to use both feet without stopping to think about it. Votes: 0

All decent parents want to do what's best for their children. The Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that. Votes: 0

Democracy and markets are both fundamental building blocks for a decent society. But they clash at a fundamental level. We need to balance them. Votes: 0

The person I liked the best was Gerald R. Ford. He was the most decent man in politics I ever had any relationships with. Votes: 0

We tend to buy things - a lot of things - where we don't know exactly what will happen, but the outcome will be decent. Votes: 0

I definitely grew up on a lot of American bands. I didn't really know that there were any decent Australian bands until I was around 20. Votes: 0

If there is a God, you owe him far more than a morally decent life. He deserves to be at the center of your life. Votes: 0

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness. Votes: 0

The great thing about vinyl is that if you wanted to get a decent-sounding cut, you could really only have 20 minutes max on each side. Votes: 0

If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life. Votes: 0

My feeling about the movies is that most of them are terrible. If you don't have a decent script and a decent director, forget it. Votes: 0

If we are able to allow people to earn a decent rate of return, with sufficient scale, we can all do well by doing good. Votes: 0

Unless children have strong education and strong families and strong communities and decent housing, it's not enough to go sit in at a lunch counter. Votes: 0

The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that's about the time I started writing decent work. Votes: 0

TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't. Votes: 0

The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amount of virgins in the world today is stupendous. Votes: 0

The fact that I ended up married to a decent man is still a source of amazement to me, thanks to 'The Women's Room.' Votes: 0

The reason I haven't been writing in this book for so long is partly that I haven't had one decent coherent thought to put down. Votes: 0

All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the way. Votes: 0

I think most people are decent people. I don't know if they could stand the pressure he's under, but most people aspire to be decent people. Votes: 0

I've met so many people, often the scum of the earth, and found them, you know, quite decent. I am an uncomfortable stranger to moral indignation. Votes: 0

If every head of state and every government official spent an hour a day reading poetry we'd live in a much more humane and decent world. Votes: 0

Life cannot find reasons to sustain it, cannot be a source of decent natural regard, unless each of us resolves to breathe such qualities into it. Votes: 0

I'm trying to make you think I'm a decent person. Telling you I saw you naked while I was another species does not help my case Votes: 0

We show wisdom by a decent conformity to social etiquette; it is excess of neatness or display that creates dandyism in men, and coquetry in women. Votes: 0

If you are really bored with life, just meet a decent magician and have a close up magic show, he will restore inspiration in your life. Votes: 0

Writers want to talk. They can't wait to tell you what they've been thinking. And because they've been in solitude, they've had some fairly decent thoughts. Votes: 0

It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being. Votes: 0

You seem a decent fellow," Inigo said. "I hate to kill you." You seem a decent fellow," answered the man in black. "I hate to die. Votes: 0

... the English think of an opinion as something which a decent person, if he has the misfortune to have one, does all he can to hide. Votes: 0

I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a prisoner of the Politburo. Votes: 0

But as long as you know you're nobody special, you'll be a very decent sort of Horse, on the whole, and taking one thing with another. Votes: 0

It is the imagination that argues for the Divine Spark within human beings. It is literally a decent of the World's Soul into all of us. Votes: 0

It [Obama's Nobel peace prize] would be like giving someone an Oscar in the hope that it would encourage them to make a decent motion picture. Votes: 0

I had a couple of decent laughs on Townies, but for the most part, delivering a joke that you just know is not funny is hard. Votes: 0

Mankind's feeling of responsibility to create a decent life and make it worth living with dignity has always been stronger than the will to kill life. Votes: 0

The oil patch pays good. They're decent jobs paying between 50 and 70 thousand a year. Fracking has a big impact on the oil consumption in the United States. Votes: 0

This is the true horror of religion. It allows perfectly decent and sane people to believe by the billions, what only lunatics could believe on their own. Votes: 0

As a major economic force worldwide, India and Indian companies have the opportunity to set the standards in Asia in terms of women's right to decent work. Votes: 0

You go to Scandinavia, and you will find that people have a much higher standard of living, in terms of education, health care and decent paying jobs. Votes: 0

I'll always put policy ahead of politics and I think people expect that. They're sick of the politics getting in the way of decent outcomes for people. Votes: 0

Scientists have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is life after death -- though they say it's virtually impossible to get decent Chinese food. Votes: 0

There will be many fine and wonderful men and women of all races and creeds-and of no religious creeds at all-who will lead decent and useful lives. Votes: 0

I grew up, as reported, in a large family of Catholics without even a decent ration of tentativeness among the lot of us about our religious faith. Votes: 0

Having a decent share of the national wealth for the middle class is not bad for growth. It is actually useful both for equity and efficiency reasons. Votes: 0

A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and gives them a voice at the top. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts. Votes: 0

For the most part, cops are decent and honorable, but that's how I know that there are bad cops, cops that you think you know so well. Votes: 0

It seems the only way to write a half decent book is to worry oneself sick on an hourly basis that one is producing a complete disaster. Votes: 0

Sometimes the challenge of beating the jet lag and getting a decent sleep can be as hard to solve as finding the right setup for the car! Votes: 0

I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try to make them good books. Votes: 0

Whether it's corporate investigations or comedy, there are certain inherent truths to trying to get what you want while trying to be a decent person doing it. Votes: 0

I have solid decent people around me, and I believe that is all it is, because you will get destroyed if you have people bringing you down. Votes: 0

All the way through, we have been willing to take risks, provided at the end of it we can get a decent lasting settlement in Northern Ireland Votes: 0

I figure I'll win the fight in twenty years or so anyways when I end up with a decent life and their unemployed and living at home. Votes: 0

How to get a job: Speak up and show some life about you. Almost anyone who can give you a decent job these days is half deaf. Votes: 0

I went almost naked to see that my mother was kept decent and treated as a human being for the first time in all of her life. Votes: 0

At the party, Rob Partridge said to me, "You gave hope to other balding men." My new epitaph: "Co-wrote a couple of decent songs and went bald shamelessly. Votes: 0

When I'm doing shows I don't need much from a city. All I'm looking for is a good meal and a decent spot to have a couple drinks. Votes: 0

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough. Votes: 0

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine. Votes: 0

I couldn't make sense of things. But then I began the process of civilising myself and trying to become a decent human being. I'm still working on it. Votes: 0

You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is. Votes: 0

It used to be enough just to make a fairly decent product and market it. Not anymore. In the '90s, you've got to have a Corporate Soul. Votes: 0

I grew up on the beaches, and I always found it kind of funny that it's considered decent if you cover three tiny spots with pieces of fabric. Votes: 0

A decent cowboy does not take what belongs to someone else and if he does he deserves to be strung up and left for the flies and coyotes Votes: 0

I won't stop fighting to make life better for working Americans and give those who are just trying to find a decent job the opportunity to do so. Votes: 0

I wont stop fighting to make life better for working Americans and give those who are just trying to find a decent job the opportunity to do so. Votes: 0

The terror of the ordinary is what keeps many affluent, educated parents and their kids out of the merely 'decent' schools, the ones that are simply 'fine.' Votes: 0

I find that, once you get into a position where you can afford a pair of shoes and a decent level of living, success in itself is empty. Votes: 0

A criminal may improve and become a decent member of society. A foreigner cannot improve. Once a foreigner, always a foreigner. There is no way out for him. Votes: 0

Workers in decent jobs view the economy as unjust if they or their children have virtually no chance of climbing to a higher rung in the socioeconomic ladder. Votes: 0

The things I care about are the most pedestrian things in the world. I care about good ice cream and being a good dad and a decent husband. Votes: 0

There are decent people that I know who don't know how to treat their partner. It's been built up so hard and so high that people are afraid. Votes: 0

His eyes, I'd long since discovered, could be as eloquent and expressive as his pen. The messages they sent me now hardly seemed decent for a public setting. Votes: 0

I miss the banter with friends and family, which more often than not takes place within the confines of a decent public house. So I miss the pubs. Votes: 0

They were two lovely choices. One of them meant giving up every chance of a decent life forever...and the other one scared me out of my mind. Votes: 0

It was a piece of thoroughly picturesque and proper violence. I like a violent man, really, a man who's a bit of a brute in a decent straightforward way. Votes: 0

Aaron Cruden and Beauden Barrett have both been decent, but Dan Carter takes it on to a different level, and he kicks his goals better than both of them. Votes: 0

Growing up, the most important thing, after taking care of your family and getting a decent job of work, was having a laugh. That was the point to life. Votes: 0

A story has to be a good date, because the reader can stop at any time. Remember, readers are selfish and have no compulsion to be decent about anything. Votes: 0

While I wouldn't object to work at a restaurant or a different place that sells decent-or-better food, I think that I can learn much more by becoming a coder. Votes: 0

Kids like us don't often have the chance of meeting a great warrior like you. Would you have a little fencing match with me? It would be frightfully decent. Votes: 0

Each of us as poets, as decent suffering human beings, has to find a way to run our lives that is compassionate toward one another and toward our environment. Votes: 0

Was it alright?It was fine.What aspect of the definition of fine was it?We had a decent time.I've been to Walgreens and had a decent time. Votes: 0

I've never been in this business for the recognition or the awards. I just want to do good work, grab a decent paycheck, and move onto the next job. Votes: 0

I'm a decent cook, and I will try to cook anything. My only weakness is that I don't know servings - I only know how to make a lot. Votes: 0

You need to remember that. If you’re to have decent lives, you have to know who you are and what lies ahead of you, every one of you. Votes: 0

I guess the only thing to do now is meet his parents. I'm sure they're decent people. I mean they gotta be if they named their son Gaylord Focker. Votes: 0

In the early days, I didn't have the money to pay decent salaries, so I didn't get good people. I got nice people, but I didn't get good employees. Votes: 0

It is true that novelists are shameless and obey no decent law, and they are not to be trusted on any account, but some Mysteries even they must honor. Votes: 0

The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized. Votes: 0

Even after nearly 50 years in this business, I still feel like I'm lucky every time I get a decent job, but an opportunity to work with people of that ilk. Votes: 0

I think we need to do as much as we can to give back to these young kids growing up. I think we've done a pretty decent job so far. Votes: 0

A struggle for existence is not a decent living. A man or woman or child may die of starvation in a city teeming with plenty. Only human life is concerned. Votes: 0

Any time you can get up there and scare a few people, throw up some decent times, it builds up your confidence and also sends a message to other people. Votes: 0

My chair just broke by the way. It's a billion dollar corporation and I can't get a decent chair and somebody to come out here and fix this announce table. Votes: 0

When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don't see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy. Votes: 0

Well, marriage is a very important part of our culture and our society. If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal. Votes: 0

I love the bicycle. I always have. I can think of no sincere, decent human being, male or female, young or old, saintly or sinful, who can resist the bicycle. Votes: 0

I reject the idea that any job is too hard or too dirty for American workers to do. American workers just expect and demand to be paid a decent wage. Votes: 0

I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness. Votes: 0

I always think of books as being like people. Even the dull ones are worthy of decent respect, but you don't have to seek them out and spend time with them. Votes: 0

No matter how flawed someone else may be, that doesn't give us the right to be less than we are, does it? We are decent people and we repay our debts. Votes: 0

My mountain is dead. As soon as she has dried, I'll bury her under a decent layer of white paint. But I haven't done with the old lady; far from it! Votes: 0

You couldn't get a decent drink in either of them, for a start. And the boredom you got in Heaven was almost as bad as the excitement you got in Hell. Votes: 0

You'd have to think that you're at least decent, or you couldn't get up every morning and do it. I think if I live long enough, I might be pretty good Votes: 0

Why waste your life working for a few shillings a week in a scullery, eighteen hours a day, when a woman could earn a decent wage by selling her body instead? Votes: 0

I was just like, "I want to make a decent 2-D movie." I was so worried that, instead of being a decent 2-D movie, it would have been a bad 3-D one. Votes: 0

But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living. Votes: 0

If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq. Votes: 0

Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody — except bad people. Votes: 0

I'm a pretty decent cook. I like to grill. I have a smoker that I love. I love me some steak. And I'll make a huge salad with a ton of vegetables. Votes: 0