Quotes about Diminishing

The Law of Diminishing Returns is true of everything in life, except sex, which seems endlessly repeatable with effect. Votes: 3

Other composers have taken this particular technique much further than I in the meantime, with the result that the Law of Diminishing Returns has begun to apply. Votes: 3

I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview. Votes: 2

The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in. Votes: 2

The line between what I really am, and what I am on reel, is slowly diminishing. Votes: 2

If you're running on fumes, you get to a point of diminishing results. Get some rest. Votes: 2

War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable. Votes: 2

Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor. Votes: 2

Wikipedia was a big help for science, especially science communication, and it shows no sign of diminishing in importance. Votes: 2

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting. Votes: 2

When resources become skimpy, human beings don't suddenly cooperate to conserve what's left. They fight to the last scrap for possession of a diminishing resource. Votes: 2

No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today diminishing, or has already ceased. Votes: 2

Talk about your negative experiences with the father, with your girlfriends. Not with your children. And bite your tongue when it comes to diminishing, denying, dismissing, name-calling. Votes: 2

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future. Votes: 2

When we can get the incidence of HIV down enough to turn the trajectory of the pandemic, it will assume a momentum of its own in diminishing HIV. Votes: 2

I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. Votes: 2

Soap operas are such a great way to break-in to the industry. The diminishing landscape of daytime TV means it's going to be harder for young talent to get discovered. Votes: 2

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world. Votes: 2

The space elevator's not just another competitive technology, promoted by people who simply like the idea of diminishing the luster of the thrusters. It would open wide the doors to space. Votes: 2

An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness. Votes: 2

There are a few people, but a diminishing number, who still believe that Marxism, as an economic system, off era a coherent alternative to capitalism, and socialism has, indeed, triumphed in one country. Votes: 2

Like the diminishing beauty returns for a facially paralyzed Botox addict, the more forcefully we attempt to stop the passage of time, the less available we are to the very moment we seek to preserve. Votes: 2

The one negative to horror is that it's always law of diminishing returns. When you go in the funhouse, the ride is never scary the second time. You will never have that pure experience as when you first watch it. Votes: 2

September 11th has produced only miniature heroes because our culture has freed itself from many of the old, dangerous, elitist fantasies of heroism... But in so doing, we have not only tamed and diminished heroes. We have risked taming and diminishing ourselves. Votes: 2

I wish that Iraq had not happened - and that we had not lost touch with so many of our natural supporters. But this should have provided an opportunity for the Liberal Democrats as a party. Yet their protest gains are now diminishing. Votes: 2

Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process. Votes: 2

Modern medicine has presented us with a Faustian bargain: Our aging bodies can bankrupt our children and grandchildren. We have run into the 'law of diminishing returns' in health care, where we are often doing more and more, with higher and higher technology, at more and more cost, for less and less benefit. Votes: 2

As much as with increased exploration new gas reserves can be found, what must be obvious to all is that our oil and gas reserves are not renewable and they are diminishing, and to protect the generations to come, we must engage in nothing short of a radical shift in the diversification of the economy. Votes: 2

Aging is the diminishing of early fearlessness. Votes: 0

Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it. Votes: 0

Each cent you apply toward diminishing your debt replenishes you. Votes: 0

A single candle can light a thousand more without diminishing itself. Votes: 0

One cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own. Votes: 0

Fashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency. Votes: 0

When maintaining a relationship means diminishing your self, it's time to walk. Votes: 0

Any concerns that Romney will adopt McCain's milquetoast campaign model are quickly diminishing. Votes: 0

Nothing is more diminishing than trying to control success or hold on to things. Votes: 0

Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns. Votes: 0

Investments in greater email marketing sophistication often lead to even higher returns, not diminishing returns. Votes: 0

Per capita availability of good, potable water is diminishing in all developed and developing countries. Votes: 0

Everybody will always find some way of diminishing your work, but it's all a lie! Votes: 0

Fancy restrained may be compared to a fountain, which plays highest by diminishing the aperture. Votes: 0

There are some persons we could not cut down to size without diminishing ourselves as well. Votes: 0

That [race] is still part of what [Barack Obama] is riding on. Except that, too, is diminishing. Votes: 0

The enjoyment has been diminishing. Now, there's no question that it's sort of fun to get high. Votes: 0

Love in its early stages rarely maintains a level, it always seems to be growing or diminishing. Votes: 0

Whenever you compete, trying harder is truly the game of diminishing returns and a losing one at that Votes: 0

The task is to learn how to enjoy everyday life without diminishing other people's chances to enjoy theirs. Votes: 0

No human being can come into this world without increasing or diminishing the sum total of human happiness. Votes: 0

Many Buddhist temple priests regard their parishioners as possessions and fear their departure as a diminishing of assets. Votes: 0

The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire. Votes: 0

I don't see democracy getting better. I see democracy diminishing. More rules, more legislation. Eventually governments will see everything. Votes: 0

The law of diminishing returns means that even the most beneficial prinicple will become harmful if carried far enough. Votes: 0

Nothing is so capable of diminishing self-love as the observation that we disapprove at one time what we approve at another. Votes: 0

There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery Votes: 0

It is an odd mode of diminishing one's own weakness to ask a friend to lend us the equal force of his. Votes: 0

I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise. Votes: 0

Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality. Votes: 0

[Industrialism's soon diminishing] capacity to supply human needs could be prevented if men exercised any restraint or foresight in their present frenzied exploitation. Votes: 0

Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral. Votes: 0

It is the special quality of love not to be able to remain stationary, to be obliged to increase under pain of diminishing.... Votes: 0

During Governor Jennifer Granholm's administration, Michigan has experienced job losses, declining personal incomes, diminishing home values, and the highest unemployment rate in the nation. Votes: 0

The U.S. should be equally responsible for diminishing the cocaine market within the United States as it is in fighting the drug elsewhere. Votes: 0

The U.S. should be equally responsible for diminishing the cocaine market within the United States as it is in fighting the drug elsewhere." Votes: 0

Death is final. No it is not just final, it's worse than that, it's diminishing: the dead continue to decrease, to occupy less space. Votes: 0

If the economy can only provide a diminishing political dividend, Chinese leaders will encourage their people to feel pride and vigor in other ways. Votes: 0

The early masters also introduced walking meditation and hard work to the monastery, for too much sitting could reach the point of diminishing returns. Votes: 0

One of the grave dangers inherent in the various stages of any theatrical career-whether it be budding, quiescent or diminishing-is the advice of friends. Votes: 0

While, in general, life satisfaction goes up with wealth, beyond the safety net more and more wealth brings very radically diminishing returns on life satisfaction. Votes: 0

The increase of social wealth is not accompanied by a diminishing number of capitalist magnates, but by an increasing number of capitalists of all degrees. Votes: 0

It is not for me to change you. The question is, how can I be of service to you without diminishing your degrees of freedom? Votes: 0

Reason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in an appropriate way. Votes: 0

There is no justice, and great harm, in diminishing the whole array of future opportunity to save a few people now from a regrettable fate. Votes: 0

Every discussion in a meeting has a diminishing curve of interest. The longer the discussion goes on, the fewer people will be interested in it. Votes: 0

The violence seems to be diminishing. They've stared into the abyss a bit. I think they've all concluded that further violence... is not in their interests. Votes: 0

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Votes: 0

Focus on what's important. Give more attention to your dreams than your fears, to your now than your then, to your expansive truth than other's diminishing lies. Votes: 0

The whole conflict thus boils down to a question of degree. We of the minority see a law of diminishing returns in progress; our opponents do not. Votes: 0

I don't want to repeat myself. I hate the idea of coasting and of recycling the same ideas. Then, you're just subject to the law of diminishing returns. Votes: 0

Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? Votes: 0

If U.S. occupation is a primary recruitment tool and what inspires Islamic terrorists, are many of our current efforts overseas actually fighting terrorism and diminishing the threat? Votes: 0

It is a terrible, an inexorable law that one cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own: in the face of one's victim, one sees oneself. Votes: 0

We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. Votes: 0

People are at the mercy of internet trolls who bring people who are excellent in their fields down to their level. They're diminishing someone's flame to make theirs brighter. Votes: 0

We cannot diminish the value of one category of human life -- the unborn -- without diminishing the value of all human life . . . there is no cause more important. Votes: 0

God's idea of guarding his heart is to guard himself against diminishing love. He guards his love. Now if that doesn't become revolutionary I am not saying it right. Votes: 0

All this creative power of the mind amounts to no more than the faculty of compounding, transposing, augmenting, or diminishing the materials afforded us the by senses and experience. Votes: 0

We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus." Votes: 0

Soap operas are such a great way to break-in to the industry. The diminishing landscape of daytime TV means it's going to be harder for young talent to get discovered." Votes: 0

I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men Votes: 0

It really doesn't take brains to be a politician as much as it takes stomach. Both would be nice, but in America we have accepted diminishing returns in this arena. Votes: 0

I do think that the more takes you have the more opportunity to experiment [but] at a certain point, there are diminishing returns. There's only so much variety you offer. Votes: 0

What kind of leader sends congressmen out on a kamikaze mission in an election year and right before a recess? The kind of leader whose followers are diminishing in number. Votes: 0

Soap operas are such a great way to break-in to the industry. The diminishing landscape of daytime TV means its going to be harder for young talent to get discovered. Votes: 0

Use between three and five photos in your gallery. Galleries with more photos are more competitive, but after five they seem to pass a point of saturation and diminishing return. Votes: 0

We live in a world filled with automobiles, highways of the mind, urban disasters, billions of people living on a tiny planet, sharing the diminishing natural resources of the earth. Votes: 0

The diminution of the reality of class, however socially desirable in many respects, seems to have the practical effect of diminishing our ability to see people in their difference and specialness. Votes: 0

Creativity is a voracious animal. It needs to be fed regularly. If you leave it untended for too long, you run the risk of starving your passion and diminishing your spirit. Votes: 0

A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness can be spread without diminishing that of yourself. Votes: 0

There is a point at which we begin to receive a diminishing return on the accumulation of sacred knowledge unless we use it to at least try to improve the world. Votes: 0

If we had a hydrogen economy worldwide, every nation on earth could create its own energy source to support its economy, and the threat of war over diminishing resources would just evaporate. Votes: 0

It turns out that what money buys has rapidly diminishing emotional returns ... As long as we're not destitute, happiness depends less on getting what we want than appreciating what we already have. Votes: 0

We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service of prolonging life rather than diminishing human suffering. Votes: 0

Lust is a monstrous sin which altereth, marreth, and drieth the body, weakening all the joints and members, making the face bubbled and yellow, shortening life, diminishing memory, understanding, and the very heart. Votes: 0

When you don't put your initials behind your name, and I've got tons of them, and when you talk about storytelling or love or gratitude, you're diminishing your legitimacy and importance in this world. Votes: 0

The highest levels of the U.S. military, the Defense Department, and the White House must be held accountable for putting our troops at greater risk and diminishing Americas moral authority across the globe. Votes: 0

No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it. Votes: 0

The nature of freedom of choice is that some people will misuse their responsibility and hurt themselves in the process. We should do our best to educate them, but without diminishing choice for everyone else. Votes: 0

Flattery is a challenge. The proper turning away from it, undercutting, diminishing it without offense or vehemence, is a social grace sweeter even than the swift determination to keep ahead in the race of hospitality. Votes: 0

My philosophy is as simple as ever - smoking, drinking, moderate sexual intercourse on a diminishing scale, reading and writing (not arithmetic). I have a selfish absorption in the well-being and achievement of Noel Coward. Votes: 0

Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a good thing to have more of, without limits. All are subject to diminishing returns, and ultimately negative returns. Votes: 0