Famous quotes containing the word decent:
“Some fear that if parents start listening to their own wants and needs they will neglect their children. It is our belief that children are in fact far less likely to be neglected when their parents’ needs—for support, for friendship, for decent work, for health care, for learning, for play, for time alone—are being met.”
—Wendy Coppedge Sanford. Ourselves and Our Children, by Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, introduction (1978)
“Flaemmchen: Did you ever see a stenographer with a decent frock on?
The Baron: I have indeed.
Flaemmchen: One she’d bought herself?
The Baron: Oh, I see what you mean.”
—William A. Drake (1900–1965)
“The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet,
A chafing savage, down the decent street;
And passion rends my vitals as I pass,
Where boldly shines your shuttered door of glass.”
—Claude McKay (1889–1948)