Lessened Quotes

39 Lessened quotes by 38 unique authors

Josh wanted to be the one to break the color barrier. When the Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson he knew it was over for him. He… — Unknown Author
When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects… — John D. Rockefeller
Science is a method of logical analysis of nature's operations. It has lessened human anxiety about the cosmos by demonstrating the materiality of nature's forces,… — Camille Paglia
Through our inattention, we have wasted the years that we might have used to prepare for lessened oil supplies. The next ten years are critical. — Kenneth S. Deffeyes
Of course drugs were fun. And that's what's so stupid about anti-drug campaigns: they don't admit that. I can't say I feel particularly scarred or… — Anjelica Huston
Let nothing of the truths that have been defined be lessened, nothing altered, nothing added, but let them be preserved intact in word and in… — Pope Gregory XVI
The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices… — Alexander Hamilton
One pain is lessened by another's anguish. — William Shakespeare
Pain shared is pain lessened; joy shared is joy increased. Thus do we refute entropy. — Spider Robinson
Loneliness is lessened when you're lonely by choice. — George Jones
We cannot but recognize that, in practical terms, defending human life has become more difficult today, because a mentality has been created that progressively devalues… — Pope Benedict XVI
The Atonement is real. As you steadily do the things the Lord would have you do, a change will occur in you, and Satan's ability… — Henry B. Eyring
Our reverence for the nobility of manhood will not be lessened by the knowledge that man is in substance and in structure, one with the… — Thomas Huxley
But me thought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain. — Samuel Pepys
In the same way you can never go backward to a slower computer, you can never go backward to a lessened state of connectedness. — Douglas Coupland
The susceptibility of the average modern to pictorial suggestion enables advertising to exploit his lessened power of judgment. — Johan Huizinga
Networked, we are together, but so lessened are our expectations of each other that we can feel utterly alone. And there is the risk that… — Sherry Turkle
Weapons compound man's power to achieve; they amplify the capabilities of both the good man and the bad, and to exactly the same degree, having… — Jeff Cooper
This Apostolic Church never turned from the way of truth nor held any kind of error. It is imperative that nothing of the truths which… — Pope Agatho
Compare society to a boat. Her progress through the water will not depend upon the exertion of her crew, but upon the exertion devoted to… — Henry George
Sex cannot be understood because nature cannot be understood. Science is a method of logical analysis of nature's operations. It has lessened human anxiety about… — Camille
Life is full of painful events, and people who have lost their way and hurt others. Our pain is not lessened when we respond with… — Bernie Siegel
It is not the weight of the future or the past that is pressing upon you, but ever that of the present alone. Even this… — Marcus Aurelius
Do not speak badly of yourself, for the warrior that is inside you hears your words and is lessened by them. — David Gemmell
If someone knows from experience that daily Communion increases fervor without lessening reverence, then let him go every day. But if someone finds that reverence… — Thomas Aquinas

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