Overbearing Quotes

29 quotes by 29 authors

My natural-born sarcasm, when it's unimpeded, can be a bit overbearing at times and I'm the first to admit that. — Tom Bergeron
Measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of… — James Madison
Hear me, people: We have now to deal with another race- small and feeble when our fathers first met them, but now great and overbearing.… — Sitting Bull
It is all a question of sensitiveness. Brute force and overbearing may make a terrific effect. But in the end, that which lives by delicate… — D. H. Lawrence
This thought-provoking novel portrays the absurdity of our overbearing government bureaucracy with a story that is entertaining and fast-paced. The Taxman Cometh will become part… — Grover Norquist
Formerly, many men dominated women within marriage. Now, despite a much wider acceptance of women as workers, men dominate women anonymously outside the marriage. Patriarchy… — Arlie Russell Hochschild
A skillful commander is not overbearing. A skillful fighter does not become angry. A skillful conqueror does not compete with people. One who is skillful… — Laozi
Many young men, when they receive their first wife, are just so untrained. The woman, if she's not careful, will be overbearing and always ask… — Warren Jeffs
My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd… — Macaulay Culkin
A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts. — Omar Epps
If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, [then… — Thomas Jefferson
My career as a critic still lay in the future but unconsciously I may have been preparing for it. They were not easy companions, these… — Diana Trilling
People who get to the top of any organisation are generally dysfunctional human beings who are overachieving, overcompensating or overbearing. — Guy Browning
Do what Jesus says,... what he commands through his ministers who are in the Church [see 1 Cor 6:4]. Be subject to his vicars, your… — Bernard of Clairvaux
Children are overbearing, supercilious, passionate, envious, inquisitive, egotistical, idle, fickle, timid, intemperate, liars, and dissemblers; they laugh and weep easily, are excessive in their joys… — Jean de la Bruyere
Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us… — Lady Gaga
Under this president, we have a government that has grown too big, too costly and now even more overbearing by forcing religious entities to abandon… — Marco Rubio
Remember,' she'd tell her staff, 'every customer wants to feel like a princess, and princesses are selfish and overbearing. — Margaret Atwood
There are some among the so-called elite who are overbearing and arrogant. I want to foster leaders, not elitists. — Daisaku Ikeda
What about Beck?" "Backwoods Boy? Are you crazy? It'd be a threesome - me, him and his overbearing ego. Definitely doomed to failure. — Jana Oliver

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