#overwhelming

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#always #appears #certainty #everyday #guise

In the final analysis, the whole cause of world revolution hinges on the revolutionary struggles of the Asian, African and Latin American people who make up the overwhelming majority of the world's population. ↗

— Lin Biao

#american #american people #analysis #asian #cause

Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to. ↗

— Joe Biden

#free #freedom #idea #look #notion

I like green or brown eyes. Tall but not overwhelmingly so. I like men who do yoga and meditate. ↗

— Kristin Davis

#eyes #green #i #like #meditate

This evidence is overwhelming at this point. You eat more plants, you eat less other stuff, you live longer. ↗

— Mark Bittman

#evidence #less #live #longer #more

The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests. ↗

— David Deutsch

#because #contain #experimental #explanations #fail

Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion. ↗

— Eubie Blake

#anyone #emotion #envy #friend #got

The first light of day today revealed what we had feared. The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's just totally overwhelming. ↗

— Kathleen Blanco

#devastation #feared #fears #first #greater

But there's no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives. ↗

— Tony Dungy

#children #dad #dads #engaged #full

At religious instruction classes, I encountered The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, and the sincerity of the traveller in that book was overwhelming. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#classes #encountered #i #instruction #john