Famous quotes containing the words diminished and/or scale:
“Obscurantism is the academic theorist’s revenge on society for having consigned him or her to relative obscurity—a way of proclaiming one’s superiority in the face of one’s diminished influence.”
—David Lehman (b. 1948)
“How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?”
—Georg Büchner (1813–1837)