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The measure of a decent human being is how he or she treats the defenseless. — Bill O'Reilly

When the true criminals are running around free, the only honorable place for a decent human being is in prisons. — Henry David Thoreau

I think people can be very nice and charming without being decent human beings. — Claire Hennessy

Being decent is the only thing that matters in a terrible world like this. — Joe Meno

Stand up for your principles, but be a decent human being while you're doing it. — Rick Santorum

I proposed abolishing boxing because it was bad for the brain, but boxers were generally so decent that I loved being around the gyms. — George Vecsey

And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor. — Vincent D'Onofrio

It is in your own power to maintain the beauty of your soul, or to be a decent human being. — Marcus Aurelius

A decent human being is ashamed at being somebody's boss! — Arno Hintjens

I couldn't make sense of things. But then I began the process of civilising myself and trying to become a decent human being. I'm still working on it. — Jimmy Nail

Yes, men are pigs. Except your brother, of course. He's actually a decent human being. Almost a woman.
-Jillian's mother — Gena Showalter

If he is a half-decent human being, he will find himself the object of crushes. If he is a cocky bastard, even more so. — Piper Kerman

Rahul Gandhi is very idealistic and a very decent human being. He has real concerns for the downtrodden. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

The things I care about are the most pedestrian things in the world. I care about good ice cream and being a good dad and a decent husband. — Michael Ian Black

One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being. — May Sarton

So there's much more to life than one's intelligence score. To be a decent human being. To have some character. — Edward Zigler

One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent. — Meir Kahane

I was just like, "I want to make a decent 2-D movie." I was so worried that, instead of being a decent 2-D movie, it would have been a bad 3-D one. — J.J. Abrams

Just recently I worked with Van Morrison and I came to realize that money can't make a decent human being out of you. — Jim Sullivan

Everything free and decent in life is being locked away in filthy little cellars by beastly people who don't care. — John Fowles

Forget being a decent man, Terence. Go for castability. Could you even play a decent man in a movie? — Lorrie Moore

One must think like a hero merely to behave like a decent human being. — May Sarton

What kind of country has this become? Decent people can't do anything without being watched. — Dan Groat

I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting. — Al McGuire

She was being nice, and Oscar was always reminding me that most people are fundamentally decent and that it doesn't pay to think badly of them. — Sarah Moore Fitzgerald

Being a decent human being will require effort and energy ... — David Nicholls

It's such a shame that people are so much more worried about being right than being decent. — Jack Hunter

Thinking that being a good, decent, respectable person will mean that others will see you as weak, vulnerable, and easy to manipulate. — Paulo Coelho

I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow. — Kid Rock

You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage but He is building a palace. He intends to come & live in it Himself — C.S. Lewis

I think it's extremely difficult consistently being a decent human being. — Susanne Bier

Everyone should know
there's no such thing as a decent human being. It's just an illusion. And when it's gone, it's really gone. — Courtney Summers

If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life. — Jeremy Piven

It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being. — Joseph Wood Krutch

Even if you do not feel it now, there is pleasure to be had from being a decent person. — Jojo Moyes

I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being. — Jim Butcher

If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine. I'll call it human. — Mary Beard

I really don't care with whom you sleep. I just care what kind of a decent human being you are. — Betty White

Teddy found himself thinking what a decent human being his father had been, the best of all the family really. The grief caught him unawares. — Kate Atkinson

We all want things we can't have. Being a decent human being is accepting that. — John Fowles

It took me 35 years of being involved at a decent level of football to become manager at a great club like Celtic. — Gordon Strachan

Any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principal which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being evil. — Dan Simmons

If we cannot be decent, let us endeavor to be graceful. If we can't be moral, at least we can avoid being vulgar. — Langdon Elwyn Mitchell