Diminishment Quotes

14 quotes by 14 authors

Biodiversity is the greatest treasure we have... Its diminishment is to be prevented at all cost. — Thomas Eisner
Our society has reoriented itself to the present moment. Everything is live, real time, and always-on. Itâ€™s not a mere speeding up, however much our… — Douglas Rushkoff
I wonder why it is that we so often imprison ourselves in the opinions of other people. There can be no punishment worse than conspiring… — Dawna Markova
And so, a prediction, and my heartfelt wish for you: as you get older, your self will diminish and you will grow in love. YOU… — George Saunders
The best of Mozart's works cannot be even slightly rewritten without diminishment. — Peter Shaffer
To drown a river beneath its own impounded water, by damming, is to kill what it was and to settle for something else. When the… — David Quammen
Nearly every day on the television set the hero cop breaks into the bad guy's house and beats a confession out of him and we… — Gerry Spence
Cafeteria-style education, combined with the unwillingness of our schools to place demands on students, has resulted in a steady diminishment of commonly shared information between… — Edward Hirsch
Perhaps walking is best imagined as an 'indicator species,' to use an ecologist's term. An indicator species signifies the health of an ecosystem, and its… — Rebecca Solnit
Is despair wrong? Isnâ€™t it the natural condition of life after a certain age? â€¦ After a number of events, what is there left but… — Julian Barnes
Martin is your best friend, isn't he?' a sweet and well-intentioned girl once said when both of us were present: it was the only time… — Christopher Hitchens
Atheists well understand that Christmas is the most visible display of religion in the world, and that any diminishment of it is a good thing… — Bill O'Reilly
Captain Falco saw the diminishment of biodiversity in our oceans over a span of nearly seven decades. He was dedicated to the protection of life… — Paul Watson
Our contemporary society is experimenting with the diminishment of caregivers for children. Some children are raised through crucial stages of life by only one person.… — Michael Gurian

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