Subdued Quotes

95 Subdued quotes by 83 unique authors

The crises of our time, it becomes increasingly clear, are the necessary impetus for the revolution now under way. And once we understand nature's transformative… — Thomas Kuhn
Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China. — Nick Lampson
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued. — Jean Rostand
A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. — William Shakespeare
Lower oil prices won't, by themselves, topple the mullahs in Iran. But it's significant that, historically, when oil prices have been low, Iranian reformers have… — James Surowiecki
Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form. — Allen Tate
There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long… — Edith Wharton
The First Amendment was designed to allow for disruption of business as usual. It is not a quiet and subdued amendment or right. — Naomi Wolf
I felt dumb and subdued. Every time I tried to concentrate, my mind glided off, like a skater, into a large empty space, and pirouetted… — Sylvia Plath
If he was silent I could be silent too. Indeed, I could very well do with a little rest in this subdued, frightened-to-death rocking chair,… — Vladimir Nabokov
No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when… — Samuel Adams
Let the months and years come, they can take nothing from me, they can take nothing more. I am so alone, and so without hope… — Erich Maria Remarque
But especially he loved to run in the dim twilight of the summer midnights, listening to the subdued and sleepy murmurs of the forest, reading… — Jack London
It is a time when one’s spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity… — Mark Twain
A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the… — Samuel Adams
Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it. — Bertrand Russell
Empty canvas. In appearance - really empty, silent, indifferent. Stunned, almost. In effect - full of tensions, with thousand subdued voices, heavy with expectations. A… — Wassily Kandinsky
My demeanor isn't that of a woman enraged. To see me slumped, glassy-eyed, holding a sandwich someone has cut for me into four "manageable" pieces,… — Koren Zailckas
‎Civilization has been a continuous struggle of the individual or of groups of individuals against the State and even against "society," that is, against the… — Emma Goldman
Then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well, Of one not easily jealous but, being wrought, Perplexed in the extreme;… — William Shakespeare
Those who direct the maximum force of their desires towards the center, toward the true being, toward perfection, seem quieter than the passionate souls because… — Hermann Hesse
What was my truth worth, if I was prepared to defend the entire world, but not those who were close to me? If I subdued… — Sergei Lukyanenko
If this were fiction, could even the most brilliant novelist contrive to make credible so short a period in which pride had been subdued and… — P.D. James
Life consists with Wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him. One who pressed forward incessantly and… — Henry David Thoreau
True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the causes which nourish false charity. False charity constrains the fearful and subdued, the "rejects of life,"… — Paulo Freire

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