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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.

Quotes by Stanley R. Jaffe

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.

Quotes by Rachel Simmons

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.

Quotes by Mehmet Oz

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...

Quotes by Frances Wright

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.

Quotes by Conrad Veidt

The years of imprisonment hardened me... Perhaps if you have been given a moment to hold back and wait for the next blow, your emotions wouldn't be blunted as they have been in my case. When it happens every day...

Frequently Asked Questions

How does imprisonment blunt emotion according to these quotes?
One quote describes years of hardship as gradually numbing a person's reactions, so a blow expected in advance no longer stings the way it once did. The blunting is framed as a slow adaptation to repeated pain.
Can physical changes cause someone to feel blunted?
Yes, one quote describes a sluggish, blunted mood that sets in right after gaining weight, tying a physical shift directly to an emotional one. It treats the feeling as almost automatic rather than gradual.
Do these quotes blame television for blunting children's minds?
One does, arguing that television blunts children's imagination by doing their thinking for them instead of letting it develop on its own. It's framed as a loss of active engagement rather than simple boredom.
How does the quote connect blunting to depression?
It suggests modern distractions like Pinterest and Facebook could have blunted the restlessness that shaped an earlier generation of housewives, had they existed sooner. Constant distraction dulls dissatisfaction as much as it dulls anything else.
Is being blunted always described negatively here?
Mostly, though one framing treats it almost neutrally, as something modern comforts might have prevented rather than caused. Overall the quotes lean toward blunting as a loss, even when it softens something painful.

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.