Quotes of: Shrink Keyword

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 own dissolution. But though death is not desired, the result of it may be, for dying to the Christian is the way to life eter...

William Jay

I think the moral majority and religious right have been shrinking and having not quite as loud a voice in America, and all of a sudden people are coming to their own realizations going, 'Joe down the street is gay and he's a great guy.'

Jason Priestley

Doing nothing and shrinking spending may save us public money in the short term but could cost us a great deal more over time as the recession takes hold for much longer.

Lucy Powell

Leading economists have shown that by shrinking Texas, we can actually create more income for Texas in the long run.

Ian Frazier

Negotiations over a shrinking pie are especially difficult because they require an allocation of losses. People tend to be much more easygoing when they bargain over an expanding pie.

Daniel Kahneman

I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge purpose. I think we shrink from the immensity of the purpose we are here for.

Norman Mailer

Harry Block: Six shrinks later, three wives down the line, and I still can't get my life together.

Deconstructing Harry

Will: Do you buy all these books retail or do you send away for, like, a shrink kit that comes with all these volumes included?

Good Will Hunting

His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind.

Anne Bronte

I mean, when I started out I was billing per hour, like a shrink because you would sit with somebody and work. But most of it, if it's for a live show it's usually a buy-out. A flat fee.

Bruce Vilanch

Gru: We have located a shrink ray in a secret lab. And once we take this shrink ray, we will have the capability to pull off the TRUE crime of the century! [in a sinister tone] Gru: We... are going to steal... [the minions pull out their weapons] Gru...

Despicable Me

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

Pearl S. Buck

Memories shrink. Like a soap bar used over and over, they become deformed, weaker scented, too slight and slippery to hold.

22 Britannia Road

Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.

Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

Sandwiches come in shrink-wrap—therefore, I must masturbate with gloves on. Lunchtime! The coffee’s stale but the cream will be fresh.

I love Blue Ribbon Coffee

Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by untasted.

Kushiel's Dart

The desire to remake that shrinking expanse of life they were still allotted, to make use of it, to fill it up with possibility. Oh please: one more transformation.

Stay Awake

Nature shrinks as capital grows. The growth of the market cannot solve the very crisis it creates.

Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis

All that we know, soon shall we abandon. As time will lend itself. Eyes know only what they see. But brave hearts beat on with belief.

Shrinking Forward

The potential of your life experience shrinks or expands according to your ability to love.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

She’s right in some ways. She doesn’t need a shrink. But she does need to remember. I need her to remember; remember and still choose me. Choose us.

Libera Me