Sobering Quotes

33 quotes by 31 authors

Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desired. — Roger von Oech
Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience. — Michael Eisner
It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years. — Tom Lehrer
It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government… — Alan Shepard
Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand. — James Taylor
A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential? — Jane Wagner
It seems, in fact, that the more advanced a society is, the greater will be its interest in ruined things, for it will see in… — Alain de Botton
Whether it's a Christian or a non-Christian, there's nothing like suffering to show us how small, needy, and not in control we are. Suffering has… — Tullian Tchividjian
Awash in a flood of hostility and despair, they battled and railed and shattered their bodies on one another, unable to find one strand, one… — Paullina Simons
One of the by-products of being a perfectionist and constantly trying to improve myself are sobering feelings of low-grade anxiety and a nagging sense of… — Anthony Fauci
It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year. — Tom Lehrer
It is a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a… — Alan Shepherd

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