Overlook Quotes

212 Overlook quotes by 181 unique authors

See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little. — Pope John XXIII
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm… — Barbara Kruger
Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities. — Harvey Mackay
Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies… — Horace Mann
I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.… — Aimee Mullins
What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship? — Anais Nin
I think the 'New York Times' reviews overall tend to overlook popular fiction, whether you're a man, woman, white, black, purple or pink. I think… — Jodi Picoult
Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is… — Dennis Prager
Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make… — Hugh Prather
The brutal truth is, we're scarcely 'educating' children at all. Even if you overlook the guilt, fear, bigotry, and dangerous anti-intellectual flapdoodle being funneled into… — Tom Robbins
What if the invasion forces will not leave our lands? What if the U.S. forces and others stay in our beloved lands? What if their… — Muqtada al Sadr
Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and… — Fred Thompson
After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others. — Edith Wharton
This is the sixty-nine," I told him, presenting the magazine in front of him. I put my fingers -- two of them -- on the… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Let us not overlook vital things, because of the bulk of trifles confronting us. — Emma Goldman
Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Now, brethren, do not expect perfection in your choice of a mate. Do not be so particular that you overlook her most important qualities of… — Ezra Taft Benson
The need of black conservatives to gain the respect of their white peers deeply shapes certain elements of their conservatism. In this regard, they simply… — Cornel West
No weakness of the human mind has more frequently incurred animadversion, than the negligence with which men overlook their own faults, however flagrant, and the… — Samuel Johnson
The sun sliced through the windshield, sealing me in light. I closed my eyes and felt the warmth on my eyelids. Sunlight traveled a long… — Haruki Murakami
Willows whiten, aspens quiver, little breezes dusk and shiver, thro' the wave that runs forever by the island in the river, flowing down to Camelot.… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
I will try not to overlook the cruelties that victims inflict on one another as they are jammed together in the boxcars of the system.… — Howard Zinn
By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we… — Sharon Salzberg
He believed that he must, that he could and would recover the good things, the happy things, the easy tranquil things of life. He had… — Saul Bellow

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