quotes about Overwhelmed
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The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.
-- Albrecht Durer -
How can we appreciate anything fully when overwhelmed with too much?
-- Ally CondieSource : Beth Revis, Jessica Spotswood, Marie Lu, Ally Condie, Andrea Cremer (2012). “Breathless Reads Sampler”, p.111, Penguin
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Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.
-- Alvin Toffler -
I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event [Lincoln's assassination] which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent to perform duties so important and responsible as those which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.
-- Andrew JohnsonSource : Andrew Johnson's Inaugural Address, www.nytimes.com. April 17, 1865.
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It is a fact of history that those who seek to withdraw from its great experiments usually end up being overwhelmed by them.
-- Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth -
The most extraordinary discoveries are made when the artist is overwhelmed by what he has to say.
-- Boris PasternakSource : Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1976). “My sister, life and other poems”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
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I cried, I was so overwhelmed to meet Michael Jackson.
-- Brandy Norwood -
The chasm between the beauty and seriousness of the work, and what it has become, has overwhelmed me. The commercialization has reduced the aesthetic and philosophical impact of the creation to nothing. There is only one solution for me: to turn my head away.
-- Christopher TolkienSource : "Why JRR Tolkien's Son Hates What Peter Jackson Has Done" by Devin Faraci, Birth.Movies.Death, birthmoviesdeath.com. January 9, 2013.
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If you're overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces.
-- Chuck Close -
You can't change in your own power. If you feel overwhelmed by something bigger than you, let the one who is bigger than all things be the power you need in your weakness.
-- Craig Groeschel -
I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
-- Dave Chappelle -
If I feel strongly about anything, I get overwhelmed with emotion.
-- Emma Stone -
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But then, I am always being overwhelmed. I require it to sustain life.
-- Everett RuessSource : Everett Ruess (1983). “Everett Ruess, a vagabond for beauty”
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Everyone should have themselves regularly overwhelmed by Nature
-- George Harrison -
He who does not contemplate the future is destined to be overwhelmed by it.
-- H. G. Wells -
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You show your trust in Him when you listen with the intent to learn and repent and then you go and do whatever He asks…..And if you then go and do what He would have you do, your power to trust Him will grow, and in time you will be overwhelmed with gratitude to find that He has come to trust you.
-- Henry B. Eyring -
One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.
-- Jackie Kennedy -
Food in Dublin has gotten immeasurably better than it was. When I was a kid, there weren't a lot of options. Now you're overwhelmed with options.
-- James Vincent McMorrow -
Occasionally we will be overwhelmed, but mostly we will be enchanted.
-- Jean Houston -
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Making sweeping statements such as 'no sweets ever again' has never worked before, and it's not going to work now. You'll get quickly overwhelmed and punt on any positive momentum you created.
-- Jude Bijou -
Every relationship I've been in, I've overwhelmed the girl. They just can't handle all the love.
-- Justin Timberlake -
This young lady, who instantly overwhelmed me with her kindness, is the ugliest creature I have seen in my entire life, with repulsive Jewish facial features.
-- Karl Marx -
Poets of course are even more unpredictable than other writers, overwhelmed as they are by the moment they inhabit and finding it difficult to connect yesterday with tomorrow.
-- Karl ShapiroSource : Karl Jay Shapiro, Richard O'Barry (1990). “Poet: An Autobiography in Three Parts”
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Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they'll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer.
-- Katharine Whitehorn -
I get overwhelmed when I approach things intellectually.
-- Keegan-Michael Key -
I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time.
-- Kelly Lynch -
Most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time,
-- Kevin DeYoung -
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Gardening is not something to get on your high horse about or be overwhelmed by. Either you enjoy it or you don't.
-- Kim Wilde -
The biggest mistakes I've ever made are when I've been rushed. If I'm overwhelmed, I slow down. It's more effective.
-- Kirsten GillibrandSource : "Meet Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (and Take Her Work Advice)". Interview with Cindi Leive, www.glamour.com. March 11, 2014.
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I was suddenly overwhelmed by what an incredible person this boy was, standing in front of me, and by the fact that he was mine and I was his.
-- Maggie Stiefvater -
Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. When you get away from it, you wonder, did it really happen to you.
-- Marian Anderson -
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To be honest, I found the 3D in 'Avatar' to be inconsistent and while ground breaking in many respects, sometimes I thought it overwhelmed the storytelling. Technology aside, I wish 'Avatar' had been more original in its storytelling.
-- Mark CantonSource : "The SUNDAY FUNNIES: James Cameron Hates Piranha 3D and Taylor Lautner Lawsuit Updates" by Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. September 5, 2010.
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If you don't do anything, you simply end up overwhelmed by something happening.
-- Matsuri Hino -
The heart of God loves a persevering worshipper who, though overwhelmed by many troubles, is overwhelmed even more by the beauty of God.
-- Matt RedmanSource : FaceBook post by Matt Redman from Oct 28, 2013
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All that was clear that the profits to be had from smart people making complicated bets overwhelmed anything that could be had from servicing customers, or allocating capital to productive enterprise.
-- Michael LewisSource : Michael Lewis (2011). “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine”, p.258, W. W. Norton & Company
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I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances.
-- Nancy Greene -
At some stages of your life you will deal with things and at others you are overwhelmed with misery and anxiety.
-- Nigella Lawson -
Sometimes when you're overwhelmed by a situation - when you're in the darkest of darkness - that's when your priorities are reordered.
-- Phoebe Snow -
It is one of our most exciting discoveries that local discovery leads to a complex of further discoveries. Corollary to this we find that we no sooner get a problem solved than we are overwhelmed with a multiplicity of additional problems in a most beautiful payoff of heretofore unknown, previously unrecognized, & as-yet unsolved problems.
-- R. Buckminster Fuller -
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The opulence of Wilde is a bit too florid for Sherlock, who is a much darker character, ... fascinated by the human condition, but also overwhelmed by it.
-- Rupert Everett -
I think women today are so overwhelmed and overtaxed.
-- Sandra Lee -
I think Facebook's biggest problem is the glut of information that Facebook's power users are overwhelmed with.
-- Sean Parker -
Consumers presented with six choices on an item were twice as likely to buy as consumers overwhelmed with 24 varieties of the same item.
-- Sheena Iyengar -
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I understand when u feel overwhelmed style is the 1st thing to go, but its also the 1st thing you can pick back up to get you back on track.
-- Stacy London -
Don’t be overwhelmed . . . take it one day and one prayer at a time.
-- Stormie Omartian -
I am overwhelmed by the beautiful disorder of poetry, the eternal virginity of words.
-- Theodore RoethkeSource : Theodore Roethke (2001). “On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose of Theodore Roethke”, p.203, Copper Canyon Press
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We have parts of our system which are overwhelmed by regulation. It wasn't the absence of regulation that was the problem. It was despite the presence of regulation you got huge risks built up.
-- Timothy GeithnerSource : Timothy Geithner's speech at the House Financial Services Committee, March 26, 2009.
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I am overwhelmed with things I ought to have written about and never found the proper words.
-- Virginia Woolf -
Opportunity: it's not really scarce. It's everywhere. If you really were any good, you'd be overwhelmed by it.
-- Werner Erhard -
People are so overwhelmed with the prestige of their instruments that they consider their personal judgement of hardly any account.
-- Wyndham Lewis -
I can't have a daily routine. I feel really overwhelmed a lot of the time. I don't take much comfort in routine, but if I don't start, I could really get eaten alive by my industry.
-- Dylan Gelulla -
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"Lost in Translation" by Sofia Coppola. It's a masterpiece. I laughed a lot but was also overwhelmed by the story - a rare combination.
-- Emmanuelle BercotSource : "Emmanuelle Bercot on Portraying the Juvenile Justice System in Cannes 2015 Opener ‘Standing Tall’". Interview with Laura Berger, www.indiewire.com. March 29, 2016.
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You must photograph where you are involved; where you are overwhelmed by what you see before you.
-- Harold Feinstein -
Being part of what I call the "click" generation - where everything has to be fast and revolutionary and you just want more, and it's about likes and consuming - I want to bring new things to the table. A lot of designers say they're scared or overwhelmed because everything moves so quickly now. I think it would be scarier if it was too slow. I want to go fast.
-- Olivier Rousteing -
I want the viewer to be overwhelmed. I want the space to feel like it is caving in on the viewer and that they are forcibly entering the world of my paintings. I want there to be a feeling of overpowering decadence to the work, that is almost too much to take. I don't want them to be subtle.
-- Rosson Crow -
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We're living in a time of so much clutter that has allowed everyone to express themselves at any moment. We have access into people's lives like never before. It's a lot to take in and it's easy to get overwhelmed and swallowed up in it.
-- Wendy Starland -
By nature, I'm a little distractible. I get very overwhelmed by the world.
-- Zoe Leonard -
I strove to maintain a spiritual practice, but since I was being pulled in so many directions, I couldn't seem to stay steady and grounded. I used to get overwhelmed when I thought about everything there was to do, and I was exhausted much of the time.
-- Brenda Strong -
Sadness is not always the worst feeling. Sometimes it's a really pleasurable thing to be overwhelmed with sadness.
-- Matt BerningerSource : Source: www.avclub.com
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You can sit in front of a computer and have a blank slate and be completely overwhelmed by the possibilities and not get anywhere.
-- Rob BrownSource : "Autechre". Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. February 18, 2008.
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Respondents had been so overwhelmed by their in-box they'd declared "e-mail bankruptcy.
-- Susan MaushartSource : Susan Maushart (2011). “The Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone)Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale”, p.79, Penguin
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You just have to learn to get really good at choosing your moments and making sure that your story isn't overwhelmed by the effects, and that your emotional storyline is what's driving the train.
-- J.H. WymanSource : Source: collider.com
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I'd been basically anchored in New York for three years, but I fled to L.A. after the funeral and decided that I had to start a movie immediately. It was the only way to avoid becoming overwhelmed by depression. And that meant financing the film myself because there is no such thing as "immediately" in movies that one writes.
-- James TobackSource : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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