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Declined Quotes

On saying no and letting things fade.

These declined quotes look at a band choosing to stay mysterious, declining interviews to keep its Message gender-neutral and private.

'Rhye' clearly plays with notions of sexual identity, and it has made a concerted effort to keep its own identity mysterious. Its love songs are gender-neutral, the members have declined to appear in their own videos, and you'd be hard-pressed...

Quotes by Will Hermes

The fact that the price of gasoline has declined some in recent weeks must not allow Americans to be lulled into a false sense of security. Energy independence must rank along with border security as the top priorities of the...

Quotes by Virgil Goode

I recently declined to support a Conservative function because I'm so incensed about these wind turbines. Like all so-called climate-change doubters, I am very pro the environment, but I strongly believe that it is something that can only be cured...

Quotes by Tim Rice

As for Hollywood, there was an offer. But I declined to do it because of certain moral and ethical values.

Quotes by Suriya

Because Quotes

A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college, but after due consideration, I declined to consider the matter.

Quotes by Simon Newcomb

The Democrats need to remind people of where were, in terms of our progress, as markers against where we are, and where we've fallen, and how we've declined under Bush.

Quotes by Sidney Blumenthal

We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for success that he should have declined to withdraw and sulk over a superficial failure.

Quotes by Shane Leslie

In large part, thanks to widespread immunization, the number of young children dying each year has declined significantly, from approximately 14 million in 1979 to slightly less than eight million in 2010.

Quotes by Seth Berkley

I've declined every congressional benefit I could decline, federal health insurance, the retirement program, the 403(b) program, which I think is overly generous. I've got self-imposed term limits of six terms if I have the privilege to serve that long.

Quotes by Scott Rigell

Black Quotes

As a result of the policies of my government, black money in real estate sector has declined substantially, the prices of houses have come down and the dream of a normal middle class family for possessing their own house is...

Quotes by Ram Nath Kovind

As the power of Christianity declined through the centuries that have followed the Reformation, Calvinism played a less and less important part, while the new philosophies of mechanism and rationalism correspondingly increased.

Quotes by Ralph Adams Cram

I have declined projects made under big banners because I didn't have much to do in them.

Quotes by Kriti Sanon

One other fact is significant: the domestic feasts and sacrifices of single families, which in David's time must still have been general, gradually declined and lost their importance as social circles widened and life became more public.

Quotes by Julius Wellhausen

The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball.

Quotes by John Thorn

Me Quotes

Not surprisingly, some of the super-rich declined to join the Patriotic Millionaires when the Agenda Project reached out to them. At least two airily dismissed the Bush tax cuts for millionaires and above - which will cost well over $700...

Quotes by Joe Conason

In the past I have declined to comment on my own work: because, it seems to me, a poem is what it is; because a poem is itself a definition, and to try to redefine it is to be apt...

Quotes by James Schuyler

I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath.

Quotes by Jack Steinberger

I've politely declined a few reality-type things but generally have been asked to do things that I'd enjoy. I'll be doing less in the new year so I can get some writing done.

Quotes by Greg Davies

Vipul Shah wanted me to do the Hindi adaptation of my film 'Kaakha Kaakha.' I declined the offer.

Quotes by Gautham Menon

More Quotes

My view is that innovation has declined in the everyday processes that businesses tinker with incrementally as they try to become more productive over time.

Quotes by Edmund Phelps

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these declined quotes describe?
They describe deliberate choices to decline something, staying out of the public eye, along with traditions that gradually declined over time.
Is there a quote about a band avoiding publicity?
Yes, one describes a musical act that declined to appear in interviews, keeping its identity and gender-neutral songs intentionally mysterious.
Do the quotes discuss long-term social change?
Yes, one reflects on how certain domestic customs, common in an earlier time, gradually declined as social circles shifted.
Is declining always shown as a negative choice?
Not necessarily, in these quotes declining is sometimes a deliberate way to protect privacy or stay true to an artistic identity.
Where can I read more quotes about change over time?
See our More collection for more quotes touching on gradual change.

On a longer timeline, old family traditions declined too, fading as social circles changed, a theme that pairs well with More on change.