Decline Of Western Quotes

#1. I had a salad. If I were to say that today's tomatoes were an index of the decline of Western man I should be thought a crank but nations do not, I think, ascend on such tomatoes.

Russell Hoban

#2. When I was young I used to read about the decline of Western civilization, and I decided it was something I would like to make a contribution to.

George Carlin

#3. God knows I've got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don't.

Ava Gardner

#4. I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.

Laura San Giacomo

#5. It is music that causes the heart to broaden and the listener to grow cold with ecstasy and fright.

Carson McCullers

#6. I do not believe that any political campaign justifies the declaration of a moratorium on ordinary common sense.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

#7. Osbert was the only one who didn't seem suspicious. He was so interested in the Decline of Western Civilization that he missed the version of it taking place under his nose.

Meg Rosoff

#8. I believe in courtesy. It is the way we avoid hurting people's feelings. She thought that maybe, just maybe, western civilization was in decline because people did not take time to take tea at four o'clock.

E.L. Konigsburg

#9. Out at them, turning this way and that, his face cramped in an expression

Gregory David Roberts

#10. They looked at me, in my hippie garb, with horror and disgust, the Decline of Western Civilisation suddenly plopped in their midst.

Paul Monette

#11. Collin, how do you do it?"
He tilted his head as he looked at me. "Do what?"
"Make me feel this way."
"I could ask you the same question.

Nicole Gulla

#12. So what if I'm smokin' weed onstage and doing what I gotta do? It's not me shooting nobody, stabbing nobody, killing nobody. It'sa peaceful gesture and they have to respect that and appreciate that.

Snoop Dogg

#13. Perhaps Western civilization is in a post-decline phase, or maybe the decline is just taking a really long time, like the Roman Empire's did. The Romans had gladiators and Christian-hungry lions and that sort of thing. We have MTV.

Tom Shales

#14. If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable.

Edward R. Murrow

#15. I try to live holistically and avoid conventional medicine.

Pamela Sue Martin

#16. Never underestimate the ability of political leaders to misread history on a monumental scale. The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have both served to hasten western decline: they have both failed to achieve their objectives and in the process demonstrated an underlying western impotence.

Martin Jacques

#17. Islam takes advantage of two structural flaws that exist in the Western society. One is political correctness and other is the decline of morality.

Ali Sina

#18. Marco Rubio turns a question about missing Senate votes into an attack on the mainstream media.

Kevin Drum

#19. If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may only study his commentators. ["On the Ignorance of the Learned"]

William Hazlitt

#20. A great deal of stupidity has chipped away at the massive advantages of Western civilization, which could terminally decline if it remains on the current path. But these problems can be solved - and swiftly - if the right leaders emerge.

Paul Singer

#21. Individualism. Narcissism. Value-free choices. These are all key elements in the decline of the practice of mutual accountability in Western churches, among clergy and laity alike.

David Augsburger

#22. Journaling is something that I've always tried to get into.

Kris Allen

#23. But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.

Alan Hirsch

#24. I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music.

Ravi Shankar

#25. Who do you think's after you, Shane, my lad? Or is it just the dark you're afeared of?

Adrian McKinty