Deflates Quotes & Sayings

We dare not forget, lest we become a nation that does not only not know its roots but where it's going — Mzwakhe Mbuli

Every experience feeds an actor, and I've learned that depression is all around us. — Bryan Cranston

I take a faltering step towards him, my blood pounding, my veins charged with pent-up energy begging me to run. I lace my hands around his neck and place my ear over his chest, listening to his heart. I trust him, he just needs to calm down. He's stiff at first. He sighs and his whole body deflates, melting against mine. The steady thuds in my ears slow down and he hugs me back, his mouth leaving a trail of sweet kisses on my head as his fingers softly scratch my scalp. — Tammy Faith

Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface. — Paul Goodman

As we seek to eliminate individualism in teaching, we should not eradicate individuality with it. — Andy Hargreaves

But souls can't be sold. They can only be lost and never found again. — Ray Bradbury

Then I understood I would never marry him. It's funny how one thing can make you realize something like that. One can be ready to give up the children one always wanted, one can be ready to withstand remarks about one's past, or one's clothes, but then
a tiny remark and the soul deflates and says: Oh. — Elizabeth Strout

It's funny how one thing can make you realize something like that. One can be ready to give up the children one always wanted, one can be ready to withstand remarks about one's past, or one's clothes, but then - a tiny remark and the soul deflates and says: Oh. I — Elizabeth Strout

Dominance in an adaptation to anarchy and it serves no purpose in a society that has undergone a civilising process or in an international system regulated by agreements and norms. Anything that deflates the concept of dominance is likely to drive down the frequency of fights between individuals and wars. — Steven Pinker

The final condensation. — DeWitt Wallace

It doesn't say a damn thing. My pride deflates like a limp penis. — Victoria Scott

What inflates the heart deflates the soul. — Matshona Dhliwayo

failure deflates illusion, while success only makes illusion worse — Nassir Ghaemi

Own it! The truth is...unhappiness stems from our propensity to blame other people. If you can accept that you are completely responsible for everything you are, everything you have and everything you become then you are on your way to a fulfilling life. Let no one hinder you from achieving that. ~Jason Versey — Jason Versey

Sometimes the greatest moment of your life present itself in the form if a nearness to someone you love. — Ika Natassa

In TV, there's so much compromise, it does start to grate a bit. But if you're a writer or an actor, it really is the place to be. — Joss Whedon

The point about pop culture is that so much of it is borrowed. There's very little that's brand new. Instead, creativity today is a kind of shopping process - picking up on and sampling things form the world around you, things you grew up with. — RuPaul

Tragedy massages the human ego even as comedy deflates it ... Tragedy pits us against large foes and the trip wire is our own character ... In comedy we fall afoul of one another. Comedy depends on social life, on our behavior in groups. In tragedy you can observe one human against the gods. In comedy it's one human versus other humans and often one man (or woman if I'm writing it) against her own worst impulses. — Rita Mae Brown

I won't pretend that I've arrived at humble orthodoxy. When I gain a bit of theological knowledge, I all too frequently get puffed up with pride. But I'll tell you what deflates my arrogance and self-righteousness faster than anything else: trying to live whatever truth I have. — Joshua Harris

Sex problems never are, they are troubles of the heart. — John Diamond

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You gotta be categorical. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Like a jerk, I went to a nutritionist and I ate the most repulsive, awful things. I didn't allow myself to eat chocolate cake and french fries and cheeseburgers. — Sally Field

Compliment inflates.
Blame deflates.
Truth understates. — Brian Taylor

God would seem to be too occupied in being unable to take Her eyes off of us to spend any time raising an eyebrow in disapproval. — Gregory J. Boyle

I don't really compartmentalize well. I'm in a state of anxiety and panic a lot, but it's for different reasons. It used to be because I had nothing going on, but I work very hard and there doesn't seem to be an end to it. — Marc Maron

Nothing deflates so fast as a punctured reputation. — Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

it, something naughty, secretive, forbidden, thrilling. It's like a spell, of sorts. It deflates them, reduces them to the common denominator where they can be dealt with. — Margaret Atwood

Later in life, suddenly, if you're an outsider, it's something to be celebrated, I think, rather than getting on people's nerves. — Nick Lowe

There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in power. There's something delightful about it, something naughty, secretive, forbidden, thrilling. It's like a spell, of sorts. It deflates them, reduces them to the common denominator where they can be dealt. — Margaret Atwood