Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.
Brian Eno

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.
Thomas B. Macaulay

But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive dollar without the adverse effects that followed currency declines in other countries.
Martin Feldstein

First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity.
Thomas E. Mann

For all of us who have been involved in the recovery efforts to bring back and strengthen wild salmon runs, we fear that this change in policy could lead to further declines in these wild stocks.
Norm Dicks

If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.
Ezra Pound

This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well.
Murray Walker

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
Dag Hammarskjold

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
Jean de la Bruyere

When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings, Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.
Edward Cocker

With rising incomes, the share of expenditures for food products declines. The resulting shift in expenditures affects demand patterns and employment structures.
Ernst Engel

You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don't understand that's going to happen, then you're not ready, you won't do well in the markets.
Peter Lynch