Acute Quotes

154 quotes by 144 authors

Although two thirds of our planet is water, we face an acute water shortage. The water crisis is the most pervasive , most severe, and… — Vandana Shiva
I think we all suffer from acute blindness at times. Life is a constant journey of trying to open your eyes. I'm just beginning my… — Olivia Thirlby
My eldest son George had acute myeloid leukaemia when he was a tiny baby, he is now 20 and doing very well. He is a… — Gary Lineker
Strictly speaking, there is but one real evil: I mean acute pain. All other complaints are so considerably diminished by time that it is plain… — Mary Wortley Montagu
Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play… — Edward Hoagland
They are supposed to be dispassionate dispensers of Pure Justice, icy islands of emotionless calculation. In short, umpires should be acute Republicans. — George Will
The problem of what to wear while lolling about the house on a Sunday afternoon is becoming more and more acute as the fashions in… — Robert Benchley
A certain combination of incompetence and indifference can cause almost as much suffering as the most acute malevolence. — Bruce Catton
I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about… — Wole Soyinka
Whether we like it or not, quantification in history is here to stay for reasons which the quantifiers themselves might not actively approve. We are… — J. H. Plumb
And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear,… — Ann Radcliffe
Life is enriched by difficulty; love is made more acute when it requires exertion. — Andrew Solomon
Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth. Acute desire must be present or there will be no manifestation of Christ to His people.… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
When the Spirit illuminates the heart, then a part of the man sees which never saw before; a part of him knows which never knew… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I went to the doctor and he said I had acute appendicitis, and I said compared to who? — Jay London
In acute suffering the need for meaning is as strong or stronger than the need for happiness. — Peter L. Berger
You shouldn't own common stocks if a 50 per cent decrease in their value in a short period of time would cause you acute distress. — Warren Buffett
Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. — Eudora Welty
One heart is not connected to another through harmony alone. They are, instead, linked deeply through their wounds. Pain linked to pain, fragility to fragility.… — Haruki Murakami
Ever man is eternally alone. But when you get mixed up with a fairly decent crowd, you forget that appalling fact for long enough to… — Aleister Crowley

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