#decline

I have the not altogether unsatisfying impression that civilisation is collapsing around me. Is it my age, I wonder, or the age we live in? I am not sure. Civilisations do collapse, after all, but on the other hand people grow old with rather greater frequency. ↗

— Theodore Dalrymple

#civilization #decline #age

Experience has shown, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#complacency #corruption #decline #misgovernment #political-philosophy

Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live. ↗

— Adam Ant

#companies #decline #i #live #music

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

#after #almost #centuries #christ #countries

Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable. ↗

— Brian Eno

#agressive #declines #impact #inevitable #music

For much of this decade, both Congressional and administration budget projections showed a decline in science and technology accounts of between 20 and 30 percent in real dollars. The real impact to date has been far less severe. ↗

— Charles Vest

#administration #been #between #both #budget

I decline all noisy, wordy, confused, and personal controversies. ↗

— Josiah Warren

#controversies #decline #i #noisy #personal

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#indicates #literature #nation

Snooker players go into steady decline and lose their intensity after a while. But I will have real purpose the next five years. I want to prove people wrong and win a lot more tournaments. ↗

— John Higgins

#decline #five #go #i #intensity

If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#decline #i #know #mine #movies