Decadent Quotes & Sayings
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When people accept futility and the absurd as normal, the culture is
decadent. —
Jacques Barzun

Sultan Beyazid considered his father's art collection
decadent and ordered it sold at auction. —
Stephen Kinzer

This simple dessert reminds me a little of our relationship, sweet and
decadent and oh so bad for you. —
Alexis Alvarez

This man was like a
decadent triple-chocolate truffle cake with chocolate shavings sprinkled on top. —
Katie Reus
Decadent self-expression has no place in rock and roll. —
Dave Marsh

She had a vague idea that "
decadent" had something to do with not opening the curtains all day. —
Terry Pratchett

If you're a nice person and you work hard, you get to go shopping at Barneys. It's the
decadent reward. —
Sarah Jessica Parker

A
decadent civilization compromises with its disease, cherishes the virus infecting it, loses its self-respect. —
Emile M. Cioran

There is nothing quite so beautiful as the written word -worn as a jewel, adorning the segmented lines of papyrus". —
Gerald Mills

Rome ... at its most
decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the Praetorian Guard ruled. —
Gore Vidal

The blood of my motherland waters a magic plant that cures all ills. That plant is art, and sometimes art needs corruption as a kind of fertilizer —
Alfred De Musset

He tasted like popcorn, cherry gummy bears, and every
decadent, forbidden thing. He tasted like bad choices. —
A Meredith Walters

Revolution comes when human beings set out to correct
decadent institutions. —
H. Rap Brown

I haven't got purity, and I don't think I ever did. I have always been, even as a child, a very
decadent little person. —
Marianne Faithfull

Too cheerful a morality is a loose morality; it is appropriate only to
decadent peoples and is found only among them. —
Emile Durkheim

Although he had always been a gentleman till then, he had 'caught his century', a disease impossible to analyze but by this simple phrase. —
Rachilde

Any talented
decadent can make unreality believable. To make reality convincing is another matter, a matter for only the greatest masters. —
Kenneth Rexroth

Where will
Decadent Romance and Intrigue, Lead you? —
Eileen Green

I would say I live half in New York and half in Claridge's. How
decadent! How hysterical! —
Erin O'Connor

The bigger the headquarters the more
decadent the company. —
James Goldsmith

Opium was
decadent. Opium was for grandfathers. —
Cynthia Palmer

My, you do like to dominate —
JoAnne Kenrick

The cake was sinfully
decadent, dripping with chocolate, exactly the way a birthday cake should be. —
Rysa Walker

Finished products are for
decadent minds. —
Isaac Asimov

I can't keep myself from playing roles. The emotionless
decadent, looking for diversion from boredom, is a favorite. —
Ellen Willis

I think God hands over to His apprentices the moulding of vessels that don't interest Him.
("The Accursed Cordonnier") —
Bernard Capes

By living a life "against nature," the deviant or pervert becomes a hero or heroine in
decadent fiction. —
Asti Hustvedt

Be it ever so
decadent, there's no place like home. —
Tom Lehrer

You will find very exquisite flowers sometime even on a dust-heap, as well as where humanity grows thickest and rankest. —
Hume Nisbet

She had died and joined the Marine Corps. Or was God an aging general? Either way, she knew it couldn't be heaven 'cause there was no chocolate. —
Clare Dargin

Societies who do not care for their young people and old people are
decadent, decaying societies. —
Suzan Shown Harjo

Europe is like the Roman Empire - indulged,
decadent, flooded with immigrants and unprepared to fight for its culture. —
Filip Dewinter

To me, the word '
decadent' is so difficult to use; it's a very sensitive word, in a way. —
Christian Louboutin

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a
decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation. —
Isaac Bashevis Singer

If me and my friends are feeling
decadent, we go for afternoon tea. —
Sophie McShera

I grew up in an apartment that would have made a trailer look really
decadent and nice. Pretty much the only dependable thing I had was books. —
Seanan McGuire

I like this word
decadent; all shimmering and purple and gold. —
Paul Verlaine

Our society, like
decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters —
Saul Bellow

JUST LIKE CANDY is a delicious,
decadent treat. —
Cheyenne McCray

Bully the jade, and she will love you.
("The Accursed Cordonnier") —
Bernard Capes

We men of this age are rotten with book-lore and with a yearning for the past. —
James Elroy Flecker

Drop by Bell's for an Irish Kiss anytime. The best in England —
JoAnne Kenrick