Shrink Quotes

261 Shrink quotes by 218 unique authors

I cannot life for life itself: but for the words which stay the flux. My life, I feel, will not be lived until there are… — Sylvia Plath
As we expand our knowledge of good books, we shrink the circle of men whose company we appreciate. — Ludwig Feuerbach
At the end of their relationship she asked if they could still remain friends. His face stayed expressionless until he said "No. Because we put… — Jonathan Carroll
you once said to would like to sit beside me while I write. Listen in that case I could not write at all. For writing… — Susan Cain
It's strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary. — Veronica Roth
We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls: 'You can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
It may often be noticed, the less virtuous people are, the more they shrink away from the slightest whiff of the odour of un-sanctity. The… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
My world did not shrink because I was a black female writer. It just got bigger. — Toni Morrison
We live in an interdependent world. Every time you cut off somebody else's opportunities, you shrink your own horizons. — William J. Clinton
If the Earth is the size of a pea in New York, then the Sun is a beachball 50m away, Pluto is 4km away, and… — Unknown Author
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything… — Thomas Paine
To ensure that the self doesn't shrink, to see that it holds on to its volume, memories have to be watered like potted flowers, and… — Milan Kundera
Why do we shrink from change? What can come into being save by change? — Marcus Aurelius
Dancers dance through their pain I shrink from mine. — Mason Cooley
We become human only in the company of other human beings. And this involves both opening our hearts and giving voice to our deepest convictions.… — Paul Rogat Loeb
Taxation is not charity. It is not voluntary. As we shrink the state and make government smaller, we will find that more and more people… — Grover Norquist
Health care is much the same - the status quo is, by all measures, failing far too many people - and we must not shrink… — Michael Bennet
With the Internet, we can communicate instantly across the globe, but the net also makes it possible for us to shrink ever further into our… — Mariella Frostrup
Sadly, far too many politicians in Washington lack the courage to do something to fix our problems. They are worried about the political implications of… — Matt Salmon
Knowledge is the parent of knowledge. He who possesses most of the information of his age will not quietly submit to neglect its current acquisitions,… — James Fenimore Cooper
A dislike of death is no proof of the want of religion. The instincts of nature shrink from it, for no creature can like its… — William Jay
I continue to vote against such spending increases, but sometimes I think some of my Republican colleagues forgot that we were sent here to shrink… — Jeff Miller
We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take… — Michael McCaul
Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub. — Grover Norquist
Sometimes, taking a job is like going to a shrink or something, where you get to know yourself better. — Leelee Sobieski

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