Debase Quotes

You have debased my child You have made him a laughingstock of intelligence a stench in the nostrils of the gods of the ionosphere. - Lee De Forest

You are happy, that you have come on a pilgrimage here, but let Me tell you one thing, unless you control the stream of desire that springs in the mind, this is just a wasted opportunity. If your wish is fulfilled, you revere Me; if it is not, you revile Me. That is how Desire debases you. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being. - Simone Weil

We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may have committed or how cynically he may have debased his talent or his friends, variations on the answer ''Yes, but I did it for the money',' satisfy all but the most tiresome objections. - Lewis H. Lapham

This year, I was very pleased. The humor wasn't too debased. I'm encouraged that the humor in the ads is going up a notch instead of down, as it had been. - Steve McKee

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man. - Edwin Hubbel Chapin

The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator. - Mary Astell