Blunted Quotes
On feelings, minds, and senses that lose their edge.
These blunted quotes describe emotions and imagination losing their sharpness, whether from years of hardship or the steady influence of a screen. One reflects on how imprisonment can blunt feeling itself, given enough time to adjust to pain.
The imagination of our children is blunted on television, and their thinking is done for them.
If smart phones had been around for women in the 1950s, 'The Feminine Mystique' might never have been written. The depression and ennui of housewives would have been blunted by Pinterest and Facebook.
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I feel differently immediately when I start to put weight on. I don't like that sluggish, blunted disposition that I have when that happens.
The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man, blunted the edge of his finest sensibilities, and annihilated all his most generous impulses and...
Appalled Quotes
I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by a keener - and secret - wish to become an actor.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does imprisonment blunt emotion according to these quotes?
Can physical changes cause someone to feel blunted?
Do these quotes blame television for blunting children's minds?
How does the quote connect blunting to depression?
Is being blunted always described negatively here?
Others turn to Children and modern media, arguing that television and social platforms can blunt both imagination and old sources of Depression. The quotes suggest blunting dulls suffering as easily as it dulls joy.
