Decandence Quotes & Sayings

Many people do think it's naive to improvise in front of paying customers. I'm not saying one way is better than another. — Lee Konitz

We all serve the illusion from time to time, but when we are able to see through it, we become open to reality. Then and only then can we understand and know our true selves and our purpose in life. — Gary Markwick

Clinging to one's outward appearance interferes with living. — Kobo Abe

I think people who are regarded as better actors must have better instincts because, at the end of the day, once they say 'action,' it's you who has to do it right. You can do all the research and preparation or none at all, but it's your instincts that tell you, 'No, I'll do it like this.' — Katrina Kaif

Well, I was living it, but a shared dream half-lived is a hollow thing — Jacqueline Carey

We love dogs and eat cows not because dogs and cows are fundamentally different
cows, like dogs, have feelings, preferences, and consciousness
but because our perception of them is different. — Melanie Joy

So my judgment is that Syria will move; Syria will change, as it embraces a legitimate relationship with the United States and the West and economic opportunity that comes with it and the participation that comes with it. — John F. Kerry

I tried the obvious route of hourly jobs and community college, and it just never worked for me. I'd been told for so long that the path to success was paved with a series of boxes you checked off, starting with getting a degree and getting a job, and I kept trying and failing at these, it sometimes seemed that I was destined for a life in the loser lane. But I always suspected that I was destined for more, and that I was capable of, something bigger. — Sophia Amoruso

Before the breakdown, I was sweeter - judgmental, resentful, and angry on the inside - but sweeter on the outside. Today, I think I'm genuinely more compassionate, less judgmental and resentful, and way more serious about boundaries. I have no idea what this combination looks like on the outside, but it feels pretty powerful on the inside. — Brene Brown

Is easy, particularly if home has been a place of abuse or neglect. But oftentimes leaving home is difficult, especially if home has been a good place. Of course that is what home is meant to be: a good place, a place — Austin Fischer

I like very few people nowadays; in fact, the number of persons whom I cordially dislike increases almost hourly. — Georgette Heyer

You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues. — Ted Williams

But the books brought me things. This is my point. They made me feel less alone. — Elizabeth Strout

Everyone who is 12 and reads a book has a good chance to get 13 or even 70 and read it again — Burkhard Spinnen