(36 quotes found)
“Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature”
Charles Dickens
“Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them.”
Washington Irving
“Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.”
William Penn
“PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by pressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Rudolph Valentino had an air of sadness. He wore his success gracefully, appearing almost subdued by it. He was intelligent, quiet and without vanity, and had great allure for women, but had little success with them, and those whom he married treated him rather shabbily. . . No man had greater attraction for women than Valentino; no man was more deceived by them."”
Charlie Chaplin
“My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand”
William Shakespeare
“It was probably a bit quiet, a bit subdued and then we took that outside on the field, and as soon as we made a couple of errors, dropped our bundle a little bit.”
Craig Fitzgibbon
“In Germany, output prices are remaining very subdued and it's a suggestion that German companies are being more competitive than companies in, say, France and Italy on price, and therefore winning more business abroad.”
Chris Williamson
“The SCLC remains steadfast in its belief that unlawful excessive force was used to detain and subdue Mr. Williams and directly caused his untimely death.”
Charles Steele Jr
“With growth in central Canada stuck well below potential, the overall track for. . . core inflation should remain subdued.”
Warren Lovely
