#decay

Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the real problem is the decay in film criticism. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#course #credible #criticism #decay #film

Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together, in religious societies, may not be one of the least. ↗

— George Whitefield

#assemble #christianity #decay #least #many

Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as the leader in human space exploration. ↗

— Gene Cernan

#book #close #decades #decay #exploration

There is a rising generation in this country who do not know God because of a general decay of religion. ↗

— Arthur Middleton

#country #decay #general #generation #god

Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#during #experience #falls #hair #novel

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end. ↗

— George Orwell

#bring #chaos #connected #decay #end

All beautiful and noble qualities have been united in me... I shall be the fruit which will leave eternal vitality behind even after its decay. How great must be your joy, therefore, to have given birth to me. ↗

— Egon Schiele

#beautiful #been #behind #birth #decay

Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#evil #good #government #itself #make

Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear. ↗

— Walter Smith

#disappear #down #gentlest #god #looking