#stated

Few new truths have ever won their way against the resistance of established ideas save by being overstated. ↗

— Isaiah Berlin

#being #established #ever #few #ideas

God has stated in clear and concise language how He created the universe and we ought not to doubt His Word. ↗

— Walter Lang

#concise #created #doubt #god #his

Once I started on 'Frances' I discovered it was literally a bottomless well. It devastated me to maintain that for eighteen weeks, to be immersed in this state of rage for twelve to eighteen hours a day. It spilled all over, into other areas of my life. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#bottomless #day #devastated #discovered #eighteen

I mean, I felt terrible. And in the beginning, I mean, I was completely devastated. I mean, can you imagine the kind of guilt that you would feel, and the responsibility? ↗

— Monica Lewinsky

#completely #devastated #feel #felt #guilt

The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. ↗

— C. Northcote Parkinson

#any #briefly #inverse #involved #item

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions. ↗

— James Payn

#case #evil #folks #great #hope

I'd fallen in love with a woman but she broke up with me and I was devastated. Six months later, I went into a suicidal depression from the break-up of the relationship, but I resolved to not do what my friends had done. And so I reached out for help. ↗

— Aron Ralston

#broke #depression #devastated #done #fallen

I was totally devastated for four years in the mid '60s when l tried to buck the tide. ↗

— Tommy Rettig

#devastated #four #i #mid #tide

Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said. ↗

— Jim Rohn

#easier #more #overstated #people #promised

A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved. ↗

— Dorthea Brande

#half #problem #solved #stated