Shrinking Quotes

114 quotes by 103 authors

While editors and newspaper owners currently fret over shrinking readership and lost profits, they do the one thing that insures cutting their own throats; they… — Elayne Boosler
In times of shrinking expectations,... everyone feels like a victim and pushes away outsiders to defend his own corner. — Oscar Handlin
To expect ... the same service from raw and undisciplined recruits, as from veteran soldiers, is to expect what never did and perhaps never will… — George Washington
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our… — Nelson Mandela
We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. By acting now we can control our future instead of letting the… — Jimmy Carter
It sloweth age, it strengtheneth youth, it helpeth digestion, it abandoneth melancholie, it relisheth the heart, it lighteneth the mind, it quickenth the spirits, it… — Joseph Lyons
One can see from space how the human race has changed the Earth. Nearly all of the available land has been cleared of forest and… — Stephen Hawking
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you....As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates… — Nelson Mandela
America today stands poised on a pinnacle of wealth and power, yet we live in a land of vanishing beauty, of increasing ugliness, of shrinking… — Stewart Udall
Among the environmental trends undermining our future are shrinking forests, expanding deserts, falling water tables, collapsing fisheries, disappearing species, and rising temperatures. The temperature increases… — Lester R. Brown
Conservative Party membership has almost halved since David Cameron become leader. The truth is the Tories are financially reliant on, and as a result are… — Len McCluskey
Femininity itself has become a brand, a narrow and shrinking formula of commoditised identity which can be sold back to women who have become alienated… — Laurie Penny
We too often let the material things serve as indicators that we're doing well, even though something inside us tells us that were not doing… — Barack Obama
For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. — Barack Obama
The American dream is shrinking because some of our leaders want it to shrink. Decline, in other words, has become a policy objective. And if… — Dinesh D'Souza
I realized that I was connected to Africa. I wasn't just a Colored girl. I was part of a whole world that wanted a better… — Assata Shakur
I got overwhelmed by the magnitude of the celebrity culture in America. My background is as a news journalist, and newsrooms in the US are… — Carl Hiaasen
The ice sheets seem to be shrinking 100 years ahead of schedule. — Richard Alley
Nominee. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office. — Ambrose Bierce
From cell phones to computers, quality is improving and costs are shrinking as companies fight to offer the public the best product at the best… — John Shadegg

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