Decline Quotes
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ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government.
Thomas Bulfinch -
Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.
Saadi
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Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we decline the advice.
Moshe Dayan -
I decline to accept the end of man.
Charles Faulkner -
Such days of autumnal decline hold a strange mystery which adds to the gravity of all our moods.
Charles Nodier -
The beginning of the decline of the Republic was the day they air-conditioned the Capitol.
Howard Baker -
So I think we shouldn't be overly concerned about the decline in personal saving at this particular moment and time, but it's something we certainly need to keep an eye on.
Bruce Bartlett -
The decline is in paper values, not in tangible goods and services...America is now in the eighth year of prosperity as commercially defined. The former great periods of prosperity in America averaged eleven years. On this basis we now have three more years to go before the tailspin.
Stuart Chase
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Language is in decline. Not only has eloquence departed but simple, direct speech as well, though pomposity and banality have not.
Edwin Newman -
It may be coincidence that the decline of newspapers has corresponded with the rise of social media. Or maybe not.
Ryan Holmes -
I got a feeling that after six years of disappointment, of mediocrity and decline, a slow course correction is not what voters are going to be looking for in 2016.
Rick Perry -
The biggest threat to American power in the long run is the persistent decline in its middle class standard of living today.
Ziad K. Abdelnour -
Upon the advice of my counsel, I respectfully decline to answer that question
Chris Shays -
In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy.
Sebastian Faulks
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Like so many Americans, I am sick and tired of watching the rapid decline of our culture right in front of our eyes.
Paul Gosar -
If you're a conservation biologist in many fields, you're seeing your study subject disappear. People are in the position where they're chronicling radical decline, and that is not a position that conservation biologists want to be in.
Elizabeth Kolbert -
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
Demosthenes -
Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards.
Saskya Pandita -
One of the most clearly marked trends for over twenty years has been the decline in civil liberties.
Charles A. Reich -
This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well.
Murray Walker