Subdued Quotes

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice.

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.".

To my understanding, the student was subdued and taken to the (Lorain County) detention home. Obviously, we'll be reviewing the situation at school (today). Being on the bus is no different than being on school property, and the school bus isn't held to any different standards for disciplinary actions.

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 windings of destiny.

While the television advertising market is currently subdued, the medium term outlook remains positive.

The spring story is about evolving femininity, everything is subdued, understated. It's more about the line and shape of clothing. Interesting textures. Going back to classics.

While the official productivity data look impressive, alternative measures that are equally reasonable show a much more subdued picture.

When I have proved that I am right, and get all the world subdued under me, I think I shall deserve something.

You have the most unified Republican Party since Ronald Reagan's reelection in 1984; the Christian right is completely subdued, ... You don't have any task [at the convention] but to appeal to that prototypical woman voter who lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia.

The gap between rapid growth and subdued employment is a familiar story reflecting a possible 'once in a lifetime' surge in productivity.

The bomb blast has subdued the sentiment of investors, who fear President Bush may cancel his visit.

He sound more subdued than triumphant, more realistic than grandiose.

Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China.

A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn?

Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form.

Since Europe is dependent on imports of energy and most of its raw materials, it can be subdued, if not quite conquered, without all those nuclear weapons the Soviets have aimed at it simply through the shipping routes and raw materials they control.

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.

A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.

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 windings of destiny.

And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.

Quite clearly, energy is still adding to consumer prices, but everything else is rather subdued, ... As far as goods are concerned, either at the consumer or producer level, their is no sign of inflation.

At the start of the year, forecasts generally were for a more subdued year than we'd seen in 2004 so 16 percent is a pretty good year.