We wrote every day, but the letters began to seem like checks drawn on the summer's capital. There had been a lot in the bank, but it is never good business practice to live on your capital, and I had the feeling, somehow, of living on the capital and watching something dwindle.
Quotes about dwindle (15 Quotes)
The children of Survivors will proudly reaffirm our commitment to sustaining our parents' and grandparents' legacy. As their ranks dwindle with age, we must step up and continue educating the world that the Holocaust didn't just simply happen but was fueled by state-sanctioned anti-Semitism. We will not remain silent in the face of Iranian and Palestinian wishes to make Israel disappear.
What is that song that Willie Nelson sang? 'Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.' I think of that. No big deal. I've reached a stage in my life where I am content.
The number of cheap seats available to the general public will dwindle as a result of higher energy prices, ... For the peak family travel times during the winter -- Christmas and Thanksgiving -- I expect that the cheap seats won't be there to be sold.
Art imitates Nature in this not to dare is to dwindle.
Just once I wanted a task that required all the joy I had. Day after day I had noticed that if I waited long enough, my strong unexpressed joy would dwindle and dissipate inside me, like a fire subsiding . . . . Just this once I wanted to let it rip.
Believe me when I tell you that thrift of time will repay you in after life, with a usury of profit beyond your most sanguine dreams and that waste of it will make you dwindle, alike in intellectual and moral stature, beyond your darkest reckoning.
We needed to make a dramatic change in the way we approach welfare housing, ... There has been an increasing demand for welfare housing, while the actual supply of homes has continued to dwindle.
On some small accounts, the fees are so high and the interest is so low that the savings dwindle rather than accumulate.
A lot of people stop short. They don't actually die but they say, 'Right I'm old, and I'm going to retire,' and then they dwindle into nothing. They go off to Florida and become jolly boring.
You can't help but scoreboard-watch (this time of the year), but as you see the lead dwindle, you can't put too much pressure on yourself. The more pressure you put on yourself, the worse it can be.
These articles subscribed, if I continue to endure you a little longer, I may by degrees dwindle into a wife.
Yes, limits can be self-imposed. But, as regards space, especially, they're starting to dwindle. It can be the same way for people.
Once supply begins to dwindle, the years to follow will see shortages that at best will cause global recession, possibly worse than the 1930s Great Depression, ... war, famine, pestilence and death.
Why doesn't the United States take over the monarchy and unite with England England does have important assets. Naturally the longer you wait, the more they will dwindle. At least you could use it for a summer resort instead of Maine.