Shrinking Quotes

114 quotes by 103 authors

The rhino is now more or less extinct, and it's not because of global warming or shrinking habitats. It's because of Beyonce's handbags. — Steven Morrissey
Although there's a lot of focus on the Lib Dems, we need to keep our eyes on the far right of the Tories, who I… — Frances O'Grady
All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness. — John Ruskin
Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a… — Thomas Szasz
But I don't want massive layoffs of anyone - public or private. We are planning on shrinking government through attrition and reform, not through random… — Scott Walker
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't… — Marianne Williamson
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. — Marianne Williamson
And now she was back in the world, not one she could make, but the one that had made her, and she felt herself shrinking… — Ian Mcewan
When it comes to letting the world in on the secrets of his heart, he has about as much shrinking reticence as a steam calliope. — P.G. Wodehouse
Time does not bring relief; you all have lied Who told me time would ease me of my pain! I miss him in the weeping… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
If you do the task before you always adhering to strict reason with zeal and energy and yet with humanity, disregarding all lesser ends and… — Marcus Aurelius
The hand descended. Nearer and nearer it came. It touched the ends of his upstanding hair. He shrank down under it. It followed down after… — Jack London
Well, it's New Year's now but I don't feel that way anymore. I wonder if you do either. Something's happening to me. It's like I'm… — Sarah Dessen
If you think shrinking government and getting it less involved in your life is a hallmark of tyranny it is only because you are either… — Jonah Goldberg
He slipped away slowly, withdrawing from this world by small, imperceptible degrees, and in the end it was as if he were a drop of… — Paul Auster
I used to think that humor was the only way to appreciate how wonderful and terrible the world is, to celebrate how big life is.… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again. Most of us adults are… — Malcolm X
I peeked up at him one more time, and regretted it. He was glaring down at me again, his black eyes full of revulsion. As… — Stephenie Meyer
And now, as I'm lying alone in my own bed, I keep thinking about writhing against him last night, naked and vulnerable. Even after we'd… — Megan McCafferty
In that shrinking moment he discovered that he had never hated anyone until now. It was a feeling as pure as love, but dispassionate and… — Ian Mcewan

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