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The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20, totaling more than 750,000 girls per year  (Sobering Quotes) It is sobering to reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.  (Sobering Quotes) 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 contract.  (Sobering Quotes) It’s sobering to contemplate how much time, effort, sacrifice, compromise, and attention we give to acquiring and increasing our supply of something that is totally insignificant in eternity.  (Sobering Quotes) I know how sobering and exhausting parenthood is. But the reality is that our children’s future depends on us as parents. Because we know that the first years truly last forever.  (Sobering Quotes) Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That’s what it couldn’t stand.  (Sobering Quotes) Every time I write a new novel about something sombre and sobering and terrible I think, ‘oh Lord, they’re not going to want to go here’. But they do. Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that’s brave.  (Sobering Quotes) One of the painfully sobering realizations that come from reading history is the utter incompetence that is possible among leaders of whole nations and empires - and the blind faith that such leaders can nevertheless inspire among the people who are enthralled by their words or their posturing.  (Sobering Quotes) 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 inadequacy. But this is not anxiety without a purpose. No, this anxiety keeps me humble. It creates a healthy tension that serves as the catalyst that drives me to fulfill my limited potential.  (Sobering Quotes) My younger brother’s death in Vietnam was both sobering and cause for reflection. In ‘Fallen Angels’ I wanted to dispel the notion of war as either romantic or simplistically heroic.  (Sobering Quotes) The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20, totaling more than 750,000 girls per year.  (Sobering Quotes) Most memoirs about alcoholism, promiscuity, and addiction are deep, sobering tales full of scars that will never heal and include alarming statistics and reflection about recovery.This is not one of those memoirs.  (Sobering Quotes) Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience  (Sobering Quotes) It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years  (Sobering Quotes) A sobering thought: What if, right at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?  (Sobering Quotes) 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 them a redemptively sobering reminder of the fragility of its own achievements. Ruins pose a direct challenge to our concern with power and rank, with bustle and fame. They puncture the inflated folly of our exhaustive and frenetic pursuit of wealth  (Sobering Quotes) Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That’s what it couldn’t stand  (Sobering Quotes) Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desired  (Sobering Quotes) It’s sobering to contemplate how much time, effort, sacrifice, compromise, and attention we give to acquiring and increasing our supply of something that is totally insignificant in eternity  (Sobering Quotes) It is a sobering thought that animals could do without man, yet man would find it almost impossible to do without animals  (Sobering Quotes) Motherhood has brought me many joys and insights, but the new perspective it granted me on the role I had inadvertently played in young women’s lives for the 2 decades I spent in the modeling industry was downright sobering  (Sobering Quotes) The rise of the citizen review site is a sobering development. No longer are you on top of the mountain, blasting your marketing message down to the masses through your megaphone. All of a sudden, the masses are conversing with one another. If your service or product isn’t any good, they’ll out you  (Sobering Quotes) 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 sobering swallow of solace  (Sobering Quotes) A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?  (Sobering Quotes) I know how sobering and exhausting parenthood is. But the reality is that our children’s future depends on us as parents. Because we know that the first years truly last forever  (Sobering Quotes) 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 contract  (Sobering Quotes)