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title: "25 Sobering Quotes by 24 authors"
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> [It was a sobering experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-lohan/it-was-a-sobering-experience/)

[Lindsay Lohan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-lohan/)

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> [“Humility is even more sobering than embarrassment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-winters/humility-is-even-more-sobering-than-embarrassment/)

[Sara Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-winters/)

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> [“Sobering to think how one accursed night of baccarat can alter a man's social standing so irreversibly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/sobering-to-think-how-one-accursed-night-of-baccarat-can-alter-a-man/)

[David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/)

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> [It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-lehrer/it-is-a-sobering-thought-that-when-mozart-was-my-age-he-had-been-dead/)

[Tom Lehrer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-lehrer/)

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> [ \[The Moon\] was a sobering sight, but it didn't have the impact on me, at least, as the view of the Earth… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/the-moon-was-a-sobering-sight-but-it-didn-t-have-the-impact-on-me-at/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

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> [“You come to the sobering realization that things will never stop from keep happening constantly”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-hussie/you-come-to-the-sobering-realization-that-things-will-never-stop-from/)

[Andrew Hussie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-hussie/)

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> [It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-lehrer/it-is-sobering-to-consider-that-when-mozart-was-my-age-he-had-already/)

[Tom Lehrer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-lehrer/)

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> [Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taylor/sobering-up-was-responsible-for-breaking-up-my-marriage-that-s-what/)

[James Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-taylor/)

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> [Sometimes those apartments we lived in weren't finished, sometimes the rooms would be heated by the gas stove, sometimes we would heat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mellody-hobson/sometimes-those-apartments-we-lived-in-weren-t-finished-sometimes-the/)

[Mellody Hobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mellody-hobson/)

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> [It's sobering to think of the seventeen chief justices; certainly a solid majority of them have to be characterized as failures. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-roberts/it-s-sobering-to-think-of-the-seventeen-chief-justices-certainly-a/)

[John Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-roberts/)

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> [Motherhood has brought me many joys and insights, but the new perspective it granted me on the role I had inadvertently played…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carre-otis/motherhood-has-brought-me-many-joys-and-insights-but-the-new/)

[Carre Otis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carre-otis/)

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> [It's sobering to contemplate how much time, effort, sacrifice, compromise, and attention we give to acquiring and increasing our supply of something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-graham-lotz/it-s-sobering-to-contemplate-how-much-time-effort-sacrifice/)

[Anne Graham Lotz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-graham-lotz/)

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> [“Age has a way of sobering us. Our experiences, our disappointments, and our failures have a way of shrinking our expectations. Sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-parsley/age-has-a-way-of-sobering-us-our-experiences-our-disappointments-and/)

[Ross Parsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-parsley/)

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> [It is a sobering thought that animals could do without man, yet man would find it almost impossible to do without animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-harrison/it-is-a-sobering-thought-that-animals-could-do-without-man-yet-man/)

[Ruth Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-harrison/)

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> [We told them this morning and I think they (reacted) like you would expect. It was a surprise and the reality of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-jackson/we-told-them-this-morning-and-i-think-they-reacted-like-you-would/)

[Mike Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-jackson/)

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> [“There are very few moments in life when you see yourself for what you are. Not how you'd like to be, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabine-durrant/there-are-very-few-moments-in-life-when-you-see-yourself-for-what-you/)

[Sabine Durrant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabine-durrant/)

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> [It's a shameful piece of history and I think - I don't mean to be political or sobering or anything - but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamlyn-tomita/it-s-a-shameful-piece-of-history-and-i-think-i-don-t-mean-to-be/)

[Tamlyn Tomita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamlyn-tomita/)

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> [It is very easy to see the allure of alcohol to dull the prain and the temptation to punish myself for something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-very-easy-to-see-the-allure-of-alcohol-to-dull-the-prain-and/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Picking them up and reading them, I felt sadness do deep that it will never really be gone. It was a sobering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/picking-them-up-and-reading-them-i-felt-sadness-do-deep-that-it-will/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [One of the painfully sobering realizations that come from reading history is the utter incompetence that is possible among leaders of whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/one-of-the-painfully-sobering-realizations-that-come-from-reading/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [“Walking through a deserted city in the hours before dawn is sobering way beyond the undoing of the effects of alcohol. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/walking-through-a-deserted-city-in-the-hours-before-dawn-is-sobering/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

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> [My younger brother's death in Vietnam was both sobering and cause for reflection. In 'Fallen Angels' I wanted to dispel the notion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/my-younger-brother-s-death-in-vietnam-was-both-sobering-and-cause-for/)

[Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/)

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> [The sobering thought is that individuals and societies are not, in the end, remembered for how they made their money, but for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-handy/the-sobering-thought-is-that-individuals-and-societies-are-not-in-the/)

[Charles Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-handy/)

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> [It's sobering to realize that there's a huge chunk of the U.S. voting population that doesn't think of sexual assault as something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ana-kasparian/it-s-sobering-to-realize-that-there-s-a-huge-chunk-of-the-u-s-voting/)

[Ana Kasparian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ana-kasparian/)

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> [It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-shepard/it-s-a-very-sobering-feeling-to-be-up-in-space-and-realize-that-one-s/)

[Alan Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-shepard/)

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