Overwhelming Quotes

603 Overwhelming quotes by 508 unique authors

Now that he's gone, I feel like I'm a senior citizen who gave away her life savings over the phone. And this is the crux:… — Emma Forrest
I don't want to hear music, I don't want the sunrise to be pink. The world is a liar. Its ugliness is overwhelming; the scraps… — Isaac Marion
Over the past week, I’ve accepted that I will never love Julian as much as I loved Alex. But now that idea is overwhelming, like… — Lauren Oliver
I am gone quite mad with the knowledge of accepting the overwhelming number of things I can never know, places I can never go, and… — Sylvia Plath
People generally fall into one of three groups: the few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, and the overwhelming majority who… — Myles Munroe
Sometimes my grief is overwhelming, and even though I understand that we will never see each other again, there is a part of me that… — Nicholas Sparks
For a second, I feel a sense of overwhelming grief: for how things change, for the fact that we can never go back. I'm not… — Lauren Oliver
Problems often look overwhelming at first. The secret is to break problems into small, manageable chunks. If you deal with those, you're done before you… — Bill Watterson
What is the point of trying to put down on paper emotions that are too complex, too huge, too overwhelming to be confined by an… — Jodi Picoult
They must take me for a fool, or even worse, a lunatic. And no wonder ,for I am so intensely conscious of my misfortune and… — Miguel de Cervantes
I saw Dad's eyes widen just a fraction when he heard my voice catch. He glanced at me but quickly turned away. He didn't want… — Perry Moore
Beck behaved himself, though it was really difficult, especially during the slow dances when they were so tantalizingly close. He savoured the feel of her… — Jana Oliver
Violence by the defenders will be used by the putschists to justify overwhelming repression which they want to use anyhow. It will be used to… — Gene Sharp
This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
A commonsense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and that there are… — Fred Hoyle
The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty. — Malcolm Gladwell
Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the… — Charles Lindbergh
To be with God is really to be involved in some enormous, overwhelming desire, and joy, and power which you cannot control, which controls you. — James A. Baldwin
My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school… — Roger Bannister
The man who is gloomy, taciturn and lives in a world of doubt seldom achieves more than a bare living. There have been a few… — Douglas Fairbanks
Of course, the overwhelming majority of Muslims are not terrorists or sympathetic to terrorists. Equating all Muslims with terrorism is stupid and wrong. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
I expected it to be overwhelming and all-encompassing, but having a kid brings you into the world in a whole different way. — Laura Fraser
I knew very little or nothing about the Olympics. Having qualified was itself a big achievement for me, and then being there was quite overwhelming.… — Vijender Singh
This has been the new normal since September 11. Everyone knows, but nobody says, that if something happens again, the elite consensus in this country,… — Charlie Pierce
In a period of economic downturn, the overwhelming instinct is to pare back, cut costs, and lay off. If you do that, do so with… — Michael Porter

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