Quotes about Reduced

Reduced to a miserable mass level, the level of a Hitler, German Romanticism broke out into hysterical barbarism. Votes: 3

Reduced to its lowest terms, the great struggle which now rocks the whole earth more and more takes on the character of a struggle of the individual versus the state. Votes: 3

The practice of yoga induces a primary sense of measure and proportion. Reduced to our own body, our first instrument, we learn to play it, drawing from it maximum resonance and harmony. Votes: 3

from the prose poem "The Universe Thrums on regardless" in my book SPAN.We are almost nothing in the night. Reduced to warm blobs and the sound of breathing. There is comfort in that. Votes: 3

Reduced employment opportunities is one effect of minimum wage legislation. The minimum wage law has imposed incalculable harm on the disadvantaged members of our society. The only moral thing to do is to repeal it. Votes: 3

Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes. Votes: 1

Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials. Votes: 1

Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free. Votes: 1

Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique. Votes: 1

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have. Votes: 1

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. Votes: 1

However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it. Votes: 1

The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence. Votes: 1

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Votes: 1

No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the best solution. Votes: 1

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending. Votes: 1

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. Votes: 1

The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled. Votes: 1

Smart habitation is an integrated area of villages and a city working in harmony and where the rural and urban divide has reduced to thin line. Votes: 1

I am living proof that if you catch prostate cancer early, it can be reduced to a temporary inconvenience, and you can go back to a normal life. Votes: 1

On the evening of December 25, General Washington in a most severe season crossed the Delaware with a part of his army, then reduced to less than 2000 men in the whole. Votes: 1

As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs. Votes: 1

No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking. Votes: 1

Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body. Votes: 1

Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don't whine. You can be brought low, that's OK, but don't be reduced by them. Just say, 'That's life.' Votes: 1

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half. Votes: 1

Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs. Votes: 1

There are some images that I will only use once, and not use again because they don't seem to really hit the nail right on the head, but there are some which are so strong they have to be reduced; sometimes just reusing them makes them stronger. Votes: 1

I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps more sacred. Votes: 1

During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not. Votes: 1

To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons. Votes: 1

Science is wisdom reduced to practice. Votes: 0

Transparency in government leads to reduced corruption. Votes: 0

Life if curious when reduced to its essentials Votes: 0

Matter is spirit reduced to point of visibility. Votes: 0

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts. Votes: 0

God cannot be reduced to a sample for analysis. Votes: 0

God cannot be reduced to a sample for analysis. Votes: 0

Life without literature is a life reduced to penury. Votes: 0

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. Votes: 0

Entertainment's definition has been reduced to making people happy. Votes: 0

A reduced Christ is the same as a rejected Christ. Votes: 0

It is never long before identity is reduced to loyalty. Votes: 0

Probability theory is nothing but common sense reduced to calculation. Votes: 0

Radio football is football reduced to its lowest common denominator. Votes: 0

My comfortable existence is reduced to a shallow meaningless party. Votes: 0

History cannot be reduced to a set of statistics and probabilities. Votes: 0

Knowledge is vain and fruitless which is not reduced to practice. Votes: 0

All crimes, all hatreds, all wars can be reduced to unhappiness. Votes: 0

Personality is reduced and deformed with depleted thoughts and stagnant mind. Votes: 0

When time is reduced to linear progress, it is emptied of presence. Votes: 0

Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to be reduced. Votes: 0

We have reduced sales tax on food. Now we want it eliminated. Votes: 0

Risk can be greatly reduced by concentrating on only a few holdings. Votes: 0

The Spaniards have been reduced to aiming aimless balls into the box. Votes: 0

Great companies have been reduced by hiring executives that don't work out. Votes: 0

We are expanded by tears, we are told, not reduced by them. Votes: 0

Federal funding for cities who consider themselves sanctuary cities should be reduced. Votes: 0

Living in truth cannot be reduced to having access to full information. Votes: 0

A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself. Votes: 0

For those that endure until spring, existence is reduced to its elegant essentials. Votes: 0

Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice. Votes: 0

In the EU, we agree that the pressures causing migration must be reduced. Votes: 0

We shall be reduced to gnaw the very crust of the earth for nutriment. Votes: 0

Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it. Votes: 0

I think religion is best when it's reduced to a one hour television program. Votes: 0

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have Votes: 0

Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula. Votes: 0

Republicans will not be reduced to being the tax collectors for the Obama economy. Votes: 0

Genius simply cannot be reduced to a set of rules for anyone to follow. Votes: 0

Nothing in nature is as simple as it sometimes seems when reduced to words. Votes: 0

Men and women of high professional standing have been reduced to the status of vagrants. Votes: 0

I suppose it's everyone's fate to be reduced to quaintness by those younger than themselves. Votes: 0

People who wish to analyze nature without using mathematics must settle for a reduced understanding. Votes: 0

Ive enjoyed programming on NPR, but were broke and therefore all spending must be reduced. Votes: 0

In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting. Votes: 0

Read books, listen to tapes, attend seminars-they are decades of wisdom reduced to invaluable hours. Votes: 0

For most celebrities, the biggest meal of the day is toothpaste (they use reduced-fat Crest). Votes: 0

Many environmental advocates argue that agricultural pollution will be reduced only through stronger federal laws. Votes: 0

Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend. Votes: 0

We are reduced to asking others what we are. We never dare to ask ourselves. Votes: 0

Poverty must be reduced not only for reasons of moral and justice, but also of security. Votes: 0

I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level. Votes: 0

The more the level of insecurity is reduced, the more the level of faith will grow. Votes: 0

If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, ther would be no need for fiction. Votes: 0

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus. Votes: 0

If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, there would be no need for fiction. Votes: 0

After everything I'd lived through, I was not going to be reduced to a one-sentence definition. Votes: 0

The proportion of men must be reduced to and maintained at approximately 10% of the human race. Votes: 0

Put a pair of high heels on a fellow and just look what he was reduced to. Votes: 0

Whatever it is, / I cannot understand it, / although gratitude / stubbornly overcomes me / until I'm reduced to tears. Votes: 0

The children of the unemployed achieve less in school and appear to have reduced long-term earnings prospects. Votes: 0

Chekhov understood that people are mysterious and can't be reduced to what we nowadays call 'motivation.' Votes: 0

The first requirement in using statistics is that the facts treated shall be reduced to comparable units. Votes: 0

Might have, could have, may have, should have—the haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities. Votes: 0

Yazidis are facing the worst genocide of our times. They have been reduced from 23 million to 1 million. Votes: 0

It devastates me now that I have been reduced to a Hollywood statistic - another joke marriage. Votes: 0

Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula. Votes: 0

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. Votes: 0

The government should move towards supporting aspirations and not entitlement. Subsidies supporting non-productive growth should be reduced. Votes: 0

Everything is on a reduced scale here in the Polar regions; we can't afford to be extravagant. Votes: 0

Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes. Votes: 0

Japan will not abandon the fight for the Philippines even if Tokyo should be reduced to ashes! Votes: 0

I trust we shall never be reduced to the painful extremity of seeking the aid of Mirabeau. Votes: 0

By 2020, 50 percent of imports should be reduced, which should become 75 percent by 2025. By 2030, India should be energy independent. Votes: 0

One effect could be that the huge atomic arsenal created in the cold war could be reduced significantly. Votes: 0

Man cries, his tears dry up and run out. So he becomes a devil, reduced to a monster. Votes: 0

Universality has been severely reduced: it is virtually dead as a concept in most areas of public policy. Votes: 0

Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap. Votes: 0

U.S. corn exports to CAFTA countries will benefit from reduced tariffs and duty-free access for corn products. Votes: 0

I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements. Votes: 0

Animals have been reduced to objects for production, and their lives are designed around our needs and desires. Votes: 0

The physical world is too good a gift to be reduced to an object lesson about 'spiritual things'. Votes: 0

Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher. Votes: 0

Enough of this guilt," he told her, his voice reduced to a cracked whisper. "What's done is done. Votes: 0

If you look at all forms of collectivism, be it communism or fascism, people are reduced to animals. Votes: 0

The dignity of the individual demands that he be not reduced to vassalage by the largesse of others. Votes: 0

Plurality which is not reduced to unity is confusion; unity which does not depend on plurality is tyranny. Votes: 0

Beauty type or hair styles constantly evolve through time. Hence, a woman shouldn't be reduced to the current trends. Votes: 0

Love is a taste for prostitution. In fact, there is no noble pleasure that cannot be reduced to Prostitution. Votes: 0

The specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced is that between friend and enemy. Votes: 0

I ... practiced all the arts of apology, evasion, and invisibility, to which procrastinators must sooner or later be reduced. Votes: 0

The assumption that the gospel can be reduced to a note card is already off on the wrong track. Votes: 0

What is it possible to do well, in physics particularly, if things are not reduced to degrees and measures? Votes: 0

He laughed, and the sound reduced the pain of every sore place on my body to the dullest ache. Votes: 0

The world was reduced to the surface of her skin and her inner self was safe from all bitterness. Votes: 0

In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is out of the question. Votes: 0

I would rather have India reduced to a state of pauperism than have thousands of drunkards in our midst. Votes: 0

War. What was it about the prospect of some bloody enterprises that reduced men to the level of animals? Votes: 0

It implies a slight failure as a writer that you are reduced to being a ghostwriter for the money. Votes: 0

What was a shadow, after all, but a shape in the moving world reduced to a projection of possibilities? Votes: 0

The kingdom of God must never be reduced to talk, ideas and principles. The kingdom of God is power Votes: 0

I predict that many teams will go out of business and the size of the leagues will be greatly reduced. Votes: 0

Life has been reduced to temporal pursuits disconnected from all the other disciplines necessary for life to be meaningfully engaged. Votes: 0

If both sides reduced their long-range missiles by 50%, SDI would be an unacceptable threat to the remaining Soviet rocket forces. Votes: 0

For while the threat of nuclear holocaust has been significantly reduced, the world remains a very unsettled and dangerous place. Votes: 0

The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival. Votes: 0

There is no threshold level of fine particle pollution below which health risk reductions are not achieved by reduced exposure. Votes: 0

Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced to their most elemental level. Votes: 0

For while the threat of nuclear holocaust has been significantly reduced, the world remains a very unsettled and dangerous place. Votes: 0

This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half. Votes: 0

Love is the fire in which everything is reduced to ashes. Only God will be saved. Only God cannot burn. Votes: 0

Martin, at my age, eroticism is reduced to enjoying caramel custard and looking at widows' necks.' - Senor Sempere. Votes: 0

Liberty'''.that condition of man in which coercion of some by others is reduced as much as possible in society Votes: 0

If both parties have a stake in the other, the chances of them killing each other are going to be reduced. Votes: 0

The intellectual is an individual with a specific public role in society that cannot be reduced simply to . . a faceless professional. Votes: 0

All banks should be under government control. Deposits guaranteed, dividends reduced, officials turned into state servants taking their orders from Washington ... Votes: 0

For any truth, if overdone ... if exaggerated, or if carried beyond the limits of its applicability, can be reduced to absurdity. Votes: 0

India has reduced its dependence on Iranian oil. I know their refineries have stopped asking for orders to purchase Iranian oil. Votes: 0

Our prayer cannot be reduced to an hour on Sundays. It is important to have a daily relationship with the Lord. Votes: 0

The multiplicity of facts and writings is become so great that every thing must soon be reduced to extracts and dictionaries. Votes: 0

The German Army is tired. The vain effort to defeat Russia's armies has used up its equipment and reduced its morale. Votes: 0

I know generals who disagree with [Barack] Obama, but I don't think these people are idiots or been reduced to rubble. Votes: 0

He that dies in extreme old age will be reduced to the same state with him that is cut down untimely. Votes: 0

Love cannot be reduced to a catalogue of reasons why, and a catalogue of reasons cannot be put together into love. Votes: 0

History's greatest composers world be rolling in their graves if they knew that their beautiful compositions were reduced to distorted hold music. Votes: 0

Hitler's economic revolution in Germany had reduced financial considerations to a point where they played no role in economic or political decisions. Votes: 0

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that. Votes: 0

Hitler's economic revolution in Germany had reduced financial considerations to a point where they played no role in economic or political decisions Votes: 0

I don't think history will ever be a science because history will never be reduced to law-like behavior. People are to unpredictable. Votes: 0

Globalisation has in effect made the citizen disappear, and it has reduced the state into being a mere instrument of global capital. Votes: 0

The destruction of our environment and resources cannot be stemmed unless the growth of the world's population is stemmed and ultimately reduced. Votes: 0

If any mayor reduced school funding by 33 percent and called it the 'Strengthening Our Schools Initiative,' I think they'd be excoriated. Votes: 0

As poverty has been reduced in terms of mere survival, it has become more profound in terms of our way of life. Votes: 0

The by-product of fewer technical support issues is also an increase in customer satisfaction, which can be reflected in reduced subscriber churn. Votes: 0

All the keys to joy can be reduced to these two. Laugh but at no one's expense and love but without expectation. Votes: 0

Friendship is seldom lasting but between equals, or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other. Votes: 0

She didn't like the fact that she had reduced a man "“ no matter how evil he might be"”to a drooling idiot. Votes: 0

I reduced painting to its logical conclusion and exhibited three canvases: red, blue, and yellow. I affirmed: this is the end of painting. Votes: 0

And yet in too many cases, this is what business has been reduced to: the artful packaging of meaningless distinctions as true differentiation. Votes: 0

We do not need more division. We certainly do not need something as complex and emotional as Vietnam reduced to simple campaign rhetoric. Votes: 0

The demand for racial (and sexual) justice gets reduced to politics of identity - and excoriating the so-called perpetrators of the identity politics. Votes: 0

You are reduced / To the after-sorrow / That will last my lifetime. The hair-tearing / Grief of the mother / Whose child has been swept away. Votes: 0

Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator. Votes: 0

Employers who violate rules of fairness are punished by reduced productivity, and merchants who follow unfair pricing policies can expect to lose sales. Votes: 0

When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs a lot more information than reduced coverage provides. Votes: 0

God's voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and intellect. Votes: 0

Human beings should not be reduced to a state to where they almost get into a fight over a small bar of soap. Votes: 0

No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the best solution. Votes: 0

Suppose atomic bombs had reduced the population of the world to one brother and sister; should they let the human race die out? Votes: 0

Like our bodies and like our desires, the machines we have devised are possessed of a heart which is slowly reduced to embers. Votes: 0

While contemporary non-Evangelicals have virtually reduced faith to 'courageous ignorance,' Evangelicals have hardly been faithful in defending God's objective communication of truth. Votes: 0

We turned on one another deep, drowned gazes, and exchanged a kiss that reduced my bones to rubber and my brain to gruel. Votes: 0

In a climate of tight budgets, reduced workforces and stiff competition, internal training can be a great substitute for costly offsite workshops and conferences. Votes: 0

The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother's convenience. Votes: 0

It's true that I have not been able to completely close Guantanamo, but we've drastically reduced the population from 700 or so to around 60 now. Votes: 0

If it can't be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production. Votes: 0

In political administration, no problem is ever simple. It can never be reduced to the question whether a certain measure is good or not. Votes: 0

In "˜life,' I don't want to be reduced to my work. In "˜work,' I don't want to be reduced to my life. Votes: 0

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things. Votes: 0

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things Votes: 0

The greatest lesson came with the realization that good food cannot be reduced to single ingredients. It requires a web of relationships to support it. Votes: 0

Any child knows that history can only be a reduced representation of reality, but it must be a true one, not distorted by queer lenses. Votes: 0

Hip-hop is a complex music and culture that has been reduced to a one-dimensional critique. Hip-hop's messages aren't all bad. Neither are they all good. Votes: 0

A Simple lifestyle of reduced consumption allows more time for interaction with living, dynamic beings, more opportunity for meeting the Other more fully and unencumbered. Votes: 0

If we can't get back to principles and integrity and it's reduced just the interest of calculation and Machiavellian manipulation, we are in deep trouble. Votes: 0

Lightened body armor, which the military has made progress on, would mean increased safety and reduced risk for soldiers like the sergeant and the colonel. Votes: 0

It is in rare and scattered instants that beauty smiles even on her adorers, who are reduced for habitual comfort to remembering her past favours. Votes: 0

Contrary to the myth that Mr. Bush cut taxes only for the wealthy, the 2001 tax cut reduced taxes for every income-tax payer in the country. Votes: 0

I'm always looking for older equipment and ways of recording, but you can't escape the fact that it's all going to be digitized and reduced. Votes: 0

With respect to the respective French and German traditions you are no doubt correct, although I am reluctant to see individual achievement reduced to archetypes. Votes: 0

The recent extraordinary discovery in Photography, as applied in the operations of the mind, has reduced the art of novel-writing to the merest mechanical labour. Votes: 0

The possibility of reduced-time interstellar travel either by advanced extraterrestrial civilizations at present or ourselves in the future, is not fundamentally constrained by physical principles. Votes: 0

Political discourse has been reduced to "Where's the beef?" "Read my lips," and "Make my day." Where are the assassins when we really need them? Votes: 0

If literary fiction is reduced to only middle-class families dealing only with middle-class angst, then it's really finished as a force for grappling with the world. Votes: 0

Tax reductions are usually simpler and less distortive. I'm certainly willing to look at getting rid of tax deductions/credits, and go to dramatically reduced rates. Votes: 0

My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I'm with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play. Votes: 0

Daily I expect to be murdered or betrayed or reduced to slavery if the occasion arises. But I fear nothing, because of the promises of heaven. Votes: 0

Because the Lord loves us He chastens and rebukes us. Modern sentimentality has reduced God to a tolerant indulgent grandfatherly being who winks at our transgressions. Votes: 0

When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she is reduced. Everything shrinks. Individual character. Friendships. Language. Sensibility. Votes: 0

The battle of good and evil reduced to a fat woman standing in front of a chocolate shop, saying, Will I? Won't I? in pitiful indecision. Votes: 0

In the grip of a neurological disorder, I am fast losing control of words even as my relationship with the world has been reduced to them. Votes: 0

In the grip of a neurological disorder, I am fast losing control of words even as my relationship with the world has been reduced to them. Votes: 0

Reducing caloric intake is the only proven method of extending life. If caloric intake is reduced to 20 percent below maintenance, you can extend your lifespan considerably. Votes: 0

Where execution is dominant, as it is in the individual events of a war whether great or small, then intellectual factors are reduced to a minimum. Votes: 0

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus."[The Science of Second-Guessing (New York Times Magazine Interview, December 12, 2004)] Votes: 0

Ideas, aspirations, and objectives that, by their content, transcend the established universe of discourse and action are either repelled or reduced to terms of this universe. Votes: 0

Oil painting did to appearances what capital did to social relations. It reduced everything to the equality of objects. Everything became exchangeable because everything became a commodity. Votes: 0

... the physical and domestic education of daughters should occupy the principal attention of mothers, in childhood: and the stimulation of the intellect should be very much reduced. Votes: 0

Natural erosion had reduced the critical barrier islands in the Gulf, the result of the destruction of some 300,000 acres of wetlands. This amounted to 30 miles of marshlands. Votes: 0

Lacking many of the essential implements, it irritated me to be reduced to impotence in the face of artistic projects to which I had passionately given myself. Votes: 0

In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and very often this gets reduced to me making vicious fun of them. Votes: 0

If New Yorkers reduced portion size to 16 ounces from 20 ounces for one sugary drink every two weeks, it would collectively save approximately 2.3 million pounds over one year. Votes: 0

The day must come when the nation's whole scale of living must be reduced. If that day comes,Parliament must lay the burden equally on all classes. Votes: 0

We pay some price when necessary to bring down inflation but that price is temporary and is not large relative to the permanent gain from reduced inflation. Votes: 0

Is that what relationships become? A reduced version of the hurt, nothing else let in. It was more than that. I know it was more than that. Votes: 0

How meagre one's life becomes when it is reduced to its basic facts. And the last, most complete reduction is on one's tombstone: a name, two dates. Votes: 0

The dance of battle is always played to the same impatient rhythm. What begins in a surge of violent motion is always reduced to the perfectly still. Votes: 0

Anybody can have ideas-the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph. Votes: 0

My strength has now been reduced to the equivalent of 36 squadrons...we should be able to carry on the war single-handed for some time if not indefinitely. Votes: 0

I basically took something that was extremely erotic and very intentional, and I reduced it to a simple kiss. I got a lot of criticism for that. Votes: 0

And as a Christian, I got something the world didn't give me, the world can't take away, so I find joy that can never be reduced to anything. Votes: 0

The poetry, if you will, of life is reduced to this sort of dry, scientific, you know, it's the worst sort of précis of who we are. Votes: 0

If one has not influence to stem the torrent of popular delusion he is reduced to the melancholy part of a spectator in the midst of the ruin. Votes: 0

We must be reduced again and again to the limit of all resolution and resources and be compelled to feel the need of Another's help and sufficiency. Votes: 0

If we reduced the amount we spend on maintaining our nuclear weapons by a small fraction, we could reallocate those funds to improve kids' health care and schooling. Votes: 0

Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal. Votes: 0

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets. Votes: 0

Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal. Votes: 0

No image, however accomplished, could have captured the agonizing poignancy of that moment. It was a moment to be lived, not framed, analysed or reduced in any way. Votes: 0

There is humor that's just whimsy, that we smile at, but the humor that we laugh at, someone has to be - someone's dignity has to be reduced. Votes: 0

At the very end, what is going to happen is that immigration will be reduced considerably. And how can we get to that stage? By agreements on sectors. Votes: 0

Any reductionist program has to be based on an analysis of what is to be reduced. If the analysis leaves something out, the problem will be falsely posed. Votes: 0

It should surprise no one that I'm out arguing for small government, reduced spending and getting our financial house in order, along with reasonable regulations and no more. Votes: 0

The vision one holds of one's life is so limited, reduced in scope to a moment, so that each person can make choices only within that narrowed reality. Votes: 0

Under crowded conditions the friendly social interactions between members of a group become reduced, and the destructive and aggressive patterns show a marked rise in frequency and intensity. Votes: 0

The love of freedom, so often invigorated and disgraced by private ambition, was reduced, among the licentious Franks, to the contempt of order, and the desire of impunity. Votes: 0

The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt. Votes: 0

The millennial generation in the US is the first that has reduced expectations from those of their parents. And I think there is something decadent and declinist about that. Votes: 0

Accounting incomes were reduced by discrepancy [ but] "the net amount paid by lawyers for lawyerly discrepancy is close to zippo. In this case, the goddess of justice was blind. Votes: 0

I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is. Votes: 0

Father Fernando did every thing in his power to assist the sick; and although he arrived much reduced in flesh, he did not become ill, and is now well. Votes: 0

This seems counterintuitive, but turns out that as infant mortality is reduced, population sizes also decrease, because parents don't need to anticipate that their babies are going to die. Votes: 0

I think some bands thrive on the idea of changing instruments. When they're off their real instrument, the ability to go very far from the original idea is reduced. Votes: 0

If you know your life chances are greatly reduced, should you be in a position to take out life insurance if that knowledge is not available to the insurers? Votes: 0

Really Love itself is the extract of the whole Knowledge, it is written that in last synthesis the Wisdom can be reduced into Love, and the Love into Happiness. Votes: 0

The total efforts of the last 20 years of climate policy has likely reduced global emissions by less than 1 percent, or about 250 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. Votes: 0

If you know your life chances are greatly reduced, should you be in a position to take out life insurance if that knowledge is not available to the insurers? Votes: 0

After the Soviet collapse, Marxism is a relic, a pathetic anachronism reduced to its last redoubts: North Korea, Cuba, and the English departments of the more expensive American universities. Votes: 0

And it was the kind of thing that loses the most important nuances when reduced to words. He had never told anyone about it, and he probably never would. Votes: 0

It wasn't simply that Clinton created the greatest prosperity in the country's history. Or that we created 22 million new jobs, more than ever before. Under Clinton, poverty was reduced 25%. Votes: 0

During the campaign for re-election, Barack Obama at least made vague references to a willingness to accept $3 trillion of reduced spending in exchange for a $1 trillion dollar tax increase. Votes: 0

From a large planet of overwhelming magnitude, unlimited resources and endless mystery, the Earth has suddenly become a small planet, thoroughly explored, limited in resources, and reduced in mystery. Votes: 0

The feeling of reduced gravity and the limitations of the space suit resulted in a slow-motion movement. Perhaps not too far from a trampoline, but without the springiness and instability. Votes: 0

…Our sunsets have been reduced to wavelengths and frequencies. The complexities of the universe have been shredded into mathematical equations. Even our self-worth as human beings has been destroyed. Votes: 0

It's interesting that people bring different things to oppressive and difficult situations, when they're reduced to the barest terms of survival. That's what provides tension in a lot of films. Votes: 0

If war production should remain the only way out of a long-term depression, industrial society would be reduced to the choice between suicide through total war or suicide through total Votes: 0

I think under the leadership of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. They have been reduced to a point where it's embarrassing for America. Votes: 0

Naturally, we will continue to offer very powerful vehicles in the future. Nevertheless, no other manufacturer has reduced the CO2 emissions of its fleet as substantially as the BMW Group. Votes: 0

Sound economy is a sound understanding brought into action; it is calculation realized; it is the doctrine of proportion reduced to practice; it is foreseeing contingencies, and providing against them. Votes: 0

With each success the ability to change is reduced. My longtime friend and coach Grandmaster Yuri Dokhoian, aptly compared it to being dipped in bronze. Each victory added another coat. Votes: 0

There is nothing more incredible and moving and appealing than good music, and it cannot always be reduced to a story, to exposition. It's so much more abstract and brilliant. Votes: 0

We do not believe in oversupplying the market. When you are a large company, you can afford to do it. When you are a small player, your flexibility gets reduced. Votes: 0

Books, like people, can't be reduced to the cost of the materials with which they were made. Books, like people, become unique and precious once you get to know them. Votes: 0

If war production should remain the only way out of a long-term depression, industrial society would be reduced to the choice between suicide through total war or suicide through total depression. Votes: 0

It is always your heaviest bore who is astonished at the tameness of modern celebrities: naturally; for a little of his company has reduced them to a state of flaccid fatigue. Votes: 0

The key problem is the debt restructuring in the euro zone. As long as the debt burden is not reduced, there is no chance of the weaker EU countries regaining competitiveness. Votes: 0

There is no greater sign of a bad cause, than when the patrons of it are reduced to the necessity of making use of the most wicked artifices to support it. Votes: 0

When one man has reduced a fact of the imagination to be a fact to his understanding, I foresee that all men will at length establish their lives on that basis. Votes: 0

Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever hottest on minor matters. Votes: 0

If taxes are laid upon us without our having a legal representation where they are laid, we are reduced from the character of free subjects to the state of tributary slaves. Votes: 0

Every day as it comes should be welcomed and reduced forthwith into our own possession as if it were the finest day imaginable. What flies past has to be seized at. Votes: 0

I thought for a change I would give up drinking, and it was a great mistake, and, although I reduced the size of my nose and improved my beauty, my stomach suffered. Votes: 0

The Texas Energy Office's Loan Star Program has reduced building energy consumption and taxpayers' energy costs through the efficient operation of public buildings, saving taxpayers more than $172 million through energy efficiency projects. Votes: 0

Our goal is to increase awareness about non-narcotic pain control options available before, during, and after surgical procedures that are so effective that needing narcotics postoperatively is dramatically reduced or even eliminated. Votes: 0

There is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting the burden upon the other Allied Powers. Votes: 0

I wasted a lot of years working on my writing and very grandly saying, 'And now... My Novel!,' which would soon be reduced to a short story, then to a paragraph. Votes: 0

By the end of the Twentieth Century, taxation will be reduced to a minimum, the entire world will be open to trade, and there will be no need of a standing army. Votes: 0

The most consistent versions of materialism deny the reality of anything beyond matter - no soul, no spirit, no will, no mind. This is called reductionism: Humans are reduced to biochemical machines. Votes: 0

If you are a great news organization, you can't have the best obtainable version of the truth if your vision and your scale is reduced to a fraction of its former self. Votes: 0

Human experience comes suspended in the sickly-sweet amniotic fluid of commercial photography. And a world normally animated by abrasive differences is blithely reduced to a single, homogeneous National Geographic way of seeing. Votes: 0

Linda's presentation of the 'facts' had been so gruesome that the children left Alconleigh howling dismally, their nerves permanently impaired, their future chances of a sane and happy sex life much reduced." Votes: 0

The promise of energy savings, reduced carbon emissions and affordable lighting was there from the inception. The proliferation of the technology into areas such as displays, automotive, medicine and horticulture was unexpected. Votes: 0

Since war often enters homes through the "kitchen door," we need to understand women's attempts to keep life going in the face of shortage of food, closing of schools and reduced freedoms. Votes: 0

There are places in America that have not just protected middle-class neighborhoods but reduced homelessness. Even places like Houston have been able to reduce homelessness among veterans. It's a pretty shameful situation. Votes: 0

Putting it in plain terms, the general public must be reduced to its traditional apathy and obedience, and driven from the arena of political debate and action, if democracy is to survive. Votes: 0

It may safely be asserted that the art of war will soon be reduced to a simple question of expenditure and credit, and that the largest purse will be the strongest arm. Votes: 0

The whole sum and substance of human history may be reduced to this maxim: that when man departs from the divine means of reaching the divine end, he suffers harm and loss. Votes: 0

Undoubtedly Internet has reduced the possibilities of taxation. Why should I buy something here if I can buy it from a company in Japan or England or Brazil with a lower tax? Votes: 0

At bottom there is but one subject of study: the forms and metamorphoses of mind. All other subjects may be reduced to that; all other studies bring us back to this study. Votes: 0

People whose concept of ancient history is the first series of Star Trek may be treated with patience, because it's usually not their fault they were reduced to getting their education from school. Votes: 0

Our lives are ruled by impermanence. The challenge is how to create something of enduring value within the context of our impermanent lives. Soka Gakkai Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts. Votes: 0

The notion that a story has a message assumes that it can be reduced to a few abstract words, neatly summarized in a school or college examination paper or a brisk critical review. Votes: 0

The information in DNA could no more be reduced to the chemical than could the ideas in a book be reduced to the ink and paper: something beyond physics and chemistry encoded DNA. Votes: 0

Because Social Security has not contributed to our debt, Americans should be skeptical of any politician who says that benefits Americans have earned must be reduced in order to address our national debt. Votes: 0

On Capitol Hill, House Republicans have been doing our part. We've been hard at work developing policies that will help empower all Americans. We're beginning to see results. We reduced taxes for everyone. Votes: 0

Qi gong therapy, as well as other branches of Chinese medicine, can be reduced to two simple principles: the cleansing of meridians to achieve harmonious energy flow, and the restoration of yin-yang balance. Votes: 0

...intimacy being reduced to its content of mere sensation, will only be the misleading, obscure, and desperate alleviation of the existential disgust and anguish of him who has stumbled into a blind alley. Votes: 0

Man Made 'God' in his own image. The eternal, the infinate, the unnameable was reduced to a mental idol that you had to believe in and worship as 'my god' or 'our god'. Votes: 0

... here, where the gaze is stopped everywhere, the whole earth is designed so that the face turns upward and the gaze implores. Oh! I hate this world where we are reduced to God. Votes: 0

Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure. Votes: 0

Happiness can't be reduced to a few agreeable sensations. Rather, it is a way of being and of experiencing the world"”a profound fulfillment that suffuses every moment and endures despite inevitable setbacks. Votes: 0

Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number of votes needed to overcome a filibuster should be reduced to 55 from 60. Votes: 0

We will not adopt the fantastic hypocrisy of modern conservatism which preaches the values of families and communities, while conducting a direct assault on them through reduced wages and conditions and job security. Votes: 0

If the matter of death is reduced to sleep and rest, what can there be so bitter in it, that any one should pine in eternal grief for the decease of a friend? Votes: 0

I have all the equipment to be a politician. Total shamelessness. But it's lucky I never ran. In the years from [Joseph] McCarthy to now, I would have either been destroyed or reduced. Votes: 0

I am itching to criticize some well-regarded writers' works, but I am not doing it because I am perfectly aware that my critique could easily be reduced to envy or just plain meanness. Votes: 0

If all the lawyers were hanged tomorrow, and their bones were sold to a mah jong factory, we'd all be freer and safer, and our taxes would be reduced by almost a half. Votes: 0

I great difficulty having any respect for a religion that has so little confidence in the truth of its beliefs that it feels reduced to using threats in order to propagate those beliefs. Votes: 0

Here's the problem: the description of the world is always reduced to yes or no, black or white. Superficial stories. Superhero stories. One side is the good one. The other one is evil. Votes: 0

O, worldly pomp, how despicable you are when one considers that you are empty and fleeting ! You are justly compared to watery bubbles, one moment all swollen up, then suddenly reduced to nothing. Votes: 0

There is no city in America that has reduced crime as much as we have in the last three years. This is not the product of accident. This is the product of design. Votes: 0

The respiratory mechanisms of birds are definitely adapted to the function of flight, as evidenced by the fact that birds which do not fly (Apteryx, Penguins) show these adaptations in a greatly reduced form. Votes: 0

In organizations where nothing much happens regardless of whether you do something exceptional or just show up in the morning, the best people lose heart and motivation is reduced near the lowest common denominator. Votes: 0

Homeowners who refinanced their mortgages took out cash and reduced their monthly payments at the same time. Much of the cash obtained by refinancing was spent on consumer durables, home improvements and the like. Votes: 0

The more evident it is that a certain company is going to become the market leader in a big market space, then the higher the valuation goes because the risk has been dramatically reduced. Votes: 0

Worship the spirit of criticism. If reduced to itself it is not an awakener of ideas or a stimulant to great things, but, without it, everything is fallible; it always has the last word. Votes: 0

Many years ago, I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand. He was of an ancient Huguenot family, and had once been wealthy; but a series of misfortunes had reduced him to want. Votes: 0

This medical device gives doctors a new option for treating twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. It can help prolong the mother's pregnancy and improve the odds of survival, with reduced complications, for one or both twins. Votes: 0

Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement. Votes: 0

The New Atheists are not open or willing to go where the evidence leads, unless that evidence sustains their own naturalistic assumptions. They have covertly reduced all philosophical thought and deduction to-- ironically-fait h! Votes: 0

It may be interesting to note how many statesmen there are who believe that the cost of living can be reduced by making the people of other countries help to feed and clothe us. Votes: 0

Oh, blank confusion! true epitome Of what the mighty City is herself, To thousands upon thousands of her sons, Living amid the same perpetual whirl Of trivial objects, melted and reduced To one identity. Votes: 0

The most accomplished literary work would be reduced to nothing by carping criticism, if the author would listen to all critics and allow every one to erase the passage which pleases him the least. Votes: 0

Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate will be borne by hedge funds and other investment groups. Votes: 0

"Write that down," the King said to the jury, and the jury eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and then added them up, and reduced the answer to shillings and pence. Votes: 0

We reduced the size of our front page code by about 50%, and by using absolute positioning, we are able to display important parts of the page before other parts may have fully loaded yet. Votes: 0

The education situation which most effectively promotes significant learning is one in which (1) threat to the self of the learner is reduced to a minimum and (2) differential perception of the field of experience is facilitated Votes: 0

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military. Votes: 0

If the Internet exists at all in the future, it will be on a much-reduced scale from what we enjoy today, and all the activities of everyday life are not going to reside on it. Votes: 0

Let us candidly confess our indebtedness to the needle. How many hours of sorrow has it softened, how many bitter irritations calmed, how many confused thoughts reduced to order, how many life-plans sketched in purple! Votes: 0

Likewise, the world of action, of politics, is reduced to a conflict of views about how to keep the cycle of production and consumption going. Questions of ultimate purpose are excluded from the public world. Votes: 0

No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses. Votes: 0

Medicare's top officials said in 2006 that they had reduced the number of fraudulent and improper claims paid by the agency, keeping billions of dollars out of the hands of people trying to game the system. Votes: 0

fear has always been a diminisher of life. Whether bred in the bogs of superstition or clothed in the brocades of dogma and ritual, the specter of death has reduced the living to supplicants, powerless. Votes: 0

Once upon a time we were just plain people. But that was before we began having relationships with mechanical systems. Get involved with a machine and sooner or later you are reduced to a factor. Votes: 0

I lowered taxes in New York. I reduced the size of government in New York. I took a $2.4 billion deficit and turned it into a $3.2 billion surplus. And I reduced taxes over 23 times or 23 times. Votes: 0

We need to be careful when we talk about cutting health care costs. They are not going to be reduced - what we really want to do is do is slow the rate of increase. Votes: 0

It is also a warning. It is a warning that, if nobody reads the writing on the wall, man will be reduced to the state of the beast, whom he is shaming by his manners. Votes: 0

The two largest oil-producing countries in Latin America, Mexico and Venezuela, sold petroleum to Nicaragua at concessional rates for several years beginning in 1980. The program was curtailed because Nicaragua could not make even reduced payments. Votes: 0