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“Each year, food companies use an amount of salt that is every bit as staggering as it sounds: 5 billion pounds.”

Years Use Bits Sound Company Amount Billions Pounds Salt Staggering

Author:Michael Moss

“On one planet [earth], and possibly only one planet in the entire universe, molecules that would normally make nothing more complicated than a chunk of rock, gather themselves together into chunks of rock-sized matter of such staggering complexity that they are capable of running, jumping, swimming, flying, seeing, hearing, capturing and eating other such animated chunks of complexity; capable in some cases of thinking and feeling, and falling in love with yet other chunks of complex matter.”

“Not all introductions worked well. Rabbits were an unmitigated environmental disaster. Unchecked by any natural predator, they bred at a staggering rate and chewed their way across vast areas of pastureland as well as any garden that came their way. Attempts to control them by introducing ferrets, weasels and stoats did much more harm than good. Although these predators probably killed a reasonable number of rabbits, they also devastated populations of kiwi and raided the nests of flighted birds.”

Way Wells Natural Numbers Bird Areas Garden Environmental Rate Population Harm Disaster Reasonable Introducing Rabbits Introduction Nests Predator Devastated Staggering Weasels Ferrets Kiwi

Author:Bee Dawson

“The truth is that this universe is gassy and unpredictable. It still has not said excuse me for The Big Bang. Sometimes we expect too much instead of practicing enough or receiving in us just the right answer. You, the Staggering Answer”

Said Stills Sometimes Enough Bigs Universe Answers Too Much Truth Is Excuse Receiving Unpredictable Bangs Excuse Me Staggering Right Answers

Author:Buddy Wakefield

“Sometimes our arms are so full with the burdens we carry that it hinders our view of the load those around us are staggering beneath.”

Sometimes Views Arms Burden Load Hinder Staggering

Book:Walking on Water: A Novel

Source: Walking on Water: A Novel

“A complete transformation seemed to have place in my life overnight. It was quite staggering, and thenceforward visitors and invitations continued to pour in daily until they became a source of grievance to our landlady, who was obliged to engage an extra servant to respond to the battering of powdered footmen on her humble and somewhat flimsy door.”

Doors Source Transformation Humble Servant Extras Invitations Obliged Visitors Grievance Staggering Battering

Book:The Days I Knew

Source: The Days I Knew

“To those of us who have been following the climate debate for decades, the next few years will be electrifying. There is a high probability we will witness the crackup of one of the most influential scientific paradigms of the 20th century, and the implications for policy and global politics could be staggering.”

Years Has Beens Next Century Policy Climate Following Decades Debate Witness Probability 20th Century Influential Implications Paradigm Staggering

Author:Ross McKitrick

“Maternal health remains a staggering challenge, particularly in the developing world. Globally, a woman dies from complications in childbirth every minute.”

World Dies Challenges Minutes Remains Developing Childbirth Complication Staggering Maternal Health

Author:Jessica Capshaw

“It was a staggering moment when I first heard the news. Lennon was a most talented man and above all, a gentle soul. John and his colleagues set a high standard by which contemporary music continues to be measured.”

Men Firsts Soul Moments Heard News Standards Contemporary Gentle Colleagues Staggering High Standards Lennon Contemporary Music

Author:Frank Sinatra

“Earlier in this century, the Heisenberg Principle established that the very act of observing a natural phenomenon can change what is being observed. Although the initial theory was limited in practice to special cases in subatomic physics, the philosophical implications were and are staggering.”

Natural Principles Practice Cases Special Century Theory Philosophical Physics Phenomenon Initials Observing Implications Staggering Natural Phenomena

Author:Al Gore

“I'd never consciously left home to see a zombie movie. They were fine by me, but I had no intention of ever being in one. But I've been learning more about it as I've been doing interviews. I didn't even know there were specialist zombie magazines and clubs. I heard the other day that a radio station had asked people if they`d made preparations for an attack by zombies, and a staggering number of people replied yes!”

People Ifs Knows Made Home Left Numbers Heard Fine Intention Radio Clubs Magazines Preparation Interviews Stations Zombie Specialists Staggering Radio Stations Learning More Zombie Movie

Author:Billy Connolly

“Time and time again throughout the latter part of the Cold War, liberals chose a morally perverse pose. They would seek to find any suspect motive or impure act on the part of the United States rather than confront the staggering scale of destruction and misery being wrought by our adversaries.”

War States United United States Cold Destruction Misery Scales Motive Latter Suspects Cold War Adversaries Staggering

Book:Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got It Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First

Source: Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got It Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First

“Just look at that Forbes 400. Takes a billion three to get on the Forbes 400 this year. And the aggregate wealth is just staggering. And those people are paying less percentage of their total income to the federal government than their receptionists are. [...] I'll bet a million dollars against any member of the Forbes 400 who challenges - me that the average for the Forbes 400 will be less than the average of their receptionists.”

People Years Looks Government Three Challenges Wealth Millions Members Dollars Average Billions Income Federal Government Percentages Million Dollars Staggering Forbes Receptionists

Author:Warren Buffett

“My grandpa could go days, weeks, even months without a drink but if he took that first drink, he couldn't stop. Once, when I was twelve, my mom and I were driving and we saw my grandpa staggering drunk down the street. I asked if we should stop and help him. My mom sadly shook her head and kept driving.”

Ifs Should Firsts Helping Saws Week Streets Mom Months Drink My Mom Driving Drunk Twelve Grandpa Staggering

Author:Brian Lindstrom

“And the fury in my community was just staggering. The young priests in the parish were behind the message. The older priests weren't necessarily, but they all followed the orders of the cardinal and read the letter. Every Sunday, 2,000 people came to mass at that parish. The following Sunday, the attendance dropped to 200, and never recovered.”

People Young Order Community Behinds Messages Mass Letters Following Sunday Priests Fury Cardinals Staggering Parish Attendance

Author:Sara Paretsky

“Bette Davis in All About Eve was huge for me. Her acting was staggering.”

Acting Huge Staggering

Author:Winona Ryder

“The Belgians tend to downplay the cultural divide issue, and the far-right issue, but there's a staggering degree of casual racism in Belgium, much worse than in the UK.”

Issues Degrees Racism Divides Casual Belgium Staggering Belgians

Author:Nicholas Royle

“As an anti-hunger advocate and longtime member of the Entertainment Council for Feeding America, I have become more and more aware of the issues surrounding hunger in our country, a country where 68% of adults above the age of 20 are overweight or obese. What a staggering thought, when 1 in 6 adults don't have enough food to eat on a regular basis. Good, healthy meal choices play a huge part of controlling weight and other health related issues.”

“I've evolved enough that I've learned to not subject others to the fallout of my own unhappiness. I think that's a significant, hard-won behavioral leap that, sadly, a staggering percent of the population of folks I know haven't quite mastered.”

Thinking Knows Hard Enough My Own Subjects Havens Percent Folks Population Significant I've Learned Unhappiness Leap Staggering Fallouts

Author:Keith Murray

“The States has more publishers and a wider range of aesthetics but so much more competition - the amount of writers vying for the same spot as you is staggering. I think they're different challenges, but equally frustrating when you're trying to get your foot in the door.”

Thinking Trying Different States Challenges Doors Feet Amount Competition Spots Range Publishers Frustrating Aesthetics Staggering

Author:Eden Robinson

“There's something very noble about bringing home a paycheck to provide for oneself and one's family. However, there's so much more to work than just a paycheck. This is unfortunately a very common view which I believe accounts in part for the statistic that approximately 70% of people are disengaged at work. Think about the loss of meaning and productivity and the staggering economic implications of that statistic.”

People Thinking Believe Home I Believe Loss Views Common Economic Accounts Oneself Noble Productivity Implications Paychecks Staggering

Author:David Kim

“I really see the U.S. staggering under the burden of three blows. One is 9/11 and the threat of terrorism, which is still huge in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere. The second is the failed 2003 war in Iraq, which cost so much and ruined America's credibility in the eyes of so many. Obama has repaired it to some extent, but those scars are deep. And then, thirdly, banks failed, the whole real estate market had the carpet pulled out from under it.”

Stills War Real Whole Eye America Three Huge Cost Threat Iraq Blow Burden Terrorism Scar Elsewhere Syria Estates Ruined Carpet Credibility Staggering Real Estate Market

Author:Chris Alexander

“The inequality between the world's individuals is staggering.”

World Individual Inequality Staggering

Author:Zygmunt Bauman

“The results of "engaged" companies vs "disengaged" companies are staggering. Getting workers to be more engaging with their coworkers and customers can produce huge results.”

Results Company Produce Huge Workers Customers Engaged Engaging Staggering Coworker

Author:Bill Capodagli

“As Harvard historian of science Peter Galison has demonstrated, the universe of classified knowledge now far exceeds the universe of unclassified knowledge. That's a staggering thought. There is far more classified knowledge in the world than unclassified. And that disparity grows all the time.”

World Universe Grows Historian Peter Exceed Harvard Staggering Disparity

Author:Ryan Shapiro

“What charitable 1 percenters can't do is assume responsibility - America's national responsibilities: the care of its sick and its poor, the education of its young, the repair of its failing infrastructure, the repayment of its staggering war debts.”

War Care America Young Poor Responsibility Failing Sick Assuming Debt Infrastructure Charitable Staggering Repayment

Author:Stephen King

“Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration, insane business regulations and staggering national unemployment are pushing our nation into unchartered territory.”

Nations Liberty Debt Immigration Insane Crush Pushing Illegal Territory Regulation Unemployment Crossroads Staggering Illegal Immigration National Debt

Author:James Lankford

“Like many alcoholics, I was a staggering woman in a chic apartment, sick and utterly disgusting.”

Sick Disgusting Apartment Alcoholics Staggering Chic

Author:Mercedes McCambridge

“There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic.”

People Life Humans Time Literature Human Beings Development Tragedy Scales Instant Acquire Fragments Illumination Staggering Mosaics

Author:Anais Nin

“In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards.”

Persons Given Rewards Capitalist Staggering

Author:Carroll O'Connor

“During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return.”

World War Left Loss Return Planes War Of The Worlds World War Ii Pilots Bombing Staggering

Author:Simon Sinek

“Do any of us, except in our dreams, truly expect to be reunited with our hearts' deepest loves, even when they leave us only for minutes, and on the most mundane of errands? No, not at all. Each time they go from our sight we in our secret hearts count them as dead. Having been given so much, we reason, how could we expect not to be brought as low as Lucifer for the staggering presumption of our love?”

Heart Reason Dream Given Secret Minutes Lows Sight Our Love Our Dreams Mundane Presumption Lucifer Staggering Errands Reunited Deepest Love

Book:The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower

Source: The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower

“For all the feminist jabber about women being victimized by fashion, it is men who most suffer from conventions of dress. Every day, a woman can choose from an army of personae, femme to butch, and can cut or curl her hair or adorn herself with a staggering variety of artistic aids. But despite the Sixties experiments in peacock dress, no man can rise in the corporate world today, outside the entertainment industry, with long hair or makeup or purple velvet suits.”

“The mad sometimes drilled holes in their own heads to let the demons out. To relieve the pressure of thoughts they could no longer bear. Jude understood the impulse. Each beat of his heart was a fresh and staggering blow felt in the nerves behind his eyes and in his temples. Punishing evidence of life.”

Heart Sometimes Eye Felt Behinds Bears Beats Understood Evidence Pressure Mad Blow Holes Impulse His Eyes Demon Temples Nerves Staggering

Author:Joe Hill

“If I know the way home and am walking along it drunkenly, is it any less the right way because I am staggering from side to side!”

Ifs Knows Way Home Sides Walking Right Way Staggering Way Home

Book:Leo Tolstoy: Spiritual Writings

Source: Leo Tolstoy: Spiritual Writings

“What really annoys me are the ones who write to say, I am doing your book for my final examinations and could you please tell me what the meaning of it is. I find it just so staggering--that you're supposed to explain the meaning of your book to some total stranger! If I knew what the meanings of my books were, I wouldn't have bothered to write them.”

Ifs Writing Book Please Finals Stranger Annoying Examination Bothered Staggering

Author:Margaret Drabble

“Perforation! Shout it out! The deliberate punctuated weakening of paper and cardboard so that it will tear along an intended path, leaving a row of fine-haired pills or tuftlets on each new edge! It is a staggering conception, showing an age-transforming feel for the unique properties of pulped wood fiber.”

Feels Age Path Tears Fine Paper Unique Property Leaving Edges Woods Conception Deliberate Pills Transforming Fiber Staggering Weakening

Author:Nicholson Baker

“The cat Horus shot out from under the table and headed for the door, his ears flattened and his tail straight out. There he encountered Abdullah, who had been waiting for us on the verandah and who had, I supposed, been alarmed by Emerson's shouts and hurried to discover what disaster had prompted them. The cat got entangled in Abdullah's skirts and a brief interval of staggering (by Abdullah), scratching (by Horus) and swearing (by both parties) ensued before Horus freed himself and departed.”

Waiting Party Doors Shots Cat Ears Tables Disaster Tails Skirts Intervals Swearing Staggering Departed Horus

Author:Barbara Mertz

“Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning French or collecting scarves.”

Dignity Cute Collecting Eccentric Staggering Scarves

Book:A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Source: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

“Regardless of the staggering dimensions of the world about us, the density of our ignorance, the risks of catastrophes to come, and our individual weakness within the immense collectivity, the fact remains that we are absolutely free today if we choose to will our existence in its finiteness, a finiteness which is open on the infinite. And in fact, any man who has known real loves, real revolts, real desires, and real will knows quite well that he has no need of any outside guarantee to be sure of his goals; their certitude comes from his own drive.”

“I, being born a woman and distressed By all the needs and notions of my kind, Am urged by your propinquity to find Your person fair, and feel a certain zest To bear your body's weight upon my breast; So subtly is the fume of life designed, To clarify the pulse and cloud the mind, And leave me once again undone, possessed. Think not for this, however, the poor treason Of my stout blood against my staggering brain, I shall remember you with love, or season My scorn with pity, - let me make it plain: I find this frenzy insufficient reason For conversation when we meet again.”

Source: Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems

“When you consider the opportunity and power He had to really do a job, and then look at the stupid, ugly little mess He made of it instead, His sheer incompetence is almost staggering.”

Looks Littles Made God Humor Funny Jobs Opportunity Stupid Humorous Ugly Mess Sheer Incompetence Staggering Yossarian

Book:Catch-22: A Novel

Source: Catch-22: A Novel

“A man learns to skate by staggering about and making a fool of himself. Indeed he progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself.”

Men Learning Progress Fool All Things Skates Staggering

Book:The Portable Bernard Shaw

Source: The Portable Bernard Shaw

“You don't believe me?" Jace asked. "Fine. Go ahead. Kiss me right now." Alec stared at him in horror. "Exactly. Despite my staggering good lucks, you actually don't like me that way.”

Way Believe Fine Horror Right Now Kissing Luck Don't Believe Like Me Despite Believe In Me Jace Good Luck Kiss Me Staggering Alec Lightwood Don't Like Me

Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

“And then... as you were sleeping, you said my name. You spoke so clearly, at first I thought you'd woken. But you rolled over restlessly and mumbled my name once more, and sighed. The feeling that coursed through me then was unnerving, staggering. And I knew I couldn't ignore you any longer.”

Firsts Said Feelings Names Sleep Spokes Staggering

Author:Stephenie Meyer

“I pounded through the houses, staggering down the hallways, falling down the steps. It was a hot streaky dawn full of insecticides, exhaust, flowers that could make you sick or fall in love. My battered Impala was still parked there on the side of the road and I wanted to lie down on the shredded seats and sleep and sleep. But I thought of the bones; I could hear them singing. They needed me to write their song.”

Writing Stills Wanted Lying Song Fall House Sides Sleep Steps Flower Needed Singing Sick Hot Falling In Love Bones Dawn Seats Falling Down Staggering Hallways Battered Insecticides

Author:Francesca Lia Block

“The degree of leverage now being reversed is on a staggering scale, and the underlying global imbalances – notably between the savers and the spenders – will require long and painful adjustment.”

Long Pain Degrees Painful Adjustment Imbalance Staggering

Author:Vince Cable

“Remember Jesus of Nazareth, staggering on broken feet out of the tomb toward the Resurrection, bearing on his body the proud insignia of the defeat which is victory, the magnificent defeat of the human soul at the hands of God.”

Source: Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons

“It was only when I got to college that I realized that the rest of the world didn't run the way my world was run, and that there was a need for feminism. I'd thought it was all solved. There are people like my mom, clearly everyone is equal and it's all fine. Then I get into the world and I hear the things people are saying. Then I get to Hollywood and hear the very casual, almost insidious misogyny that just runs through so much of the fiction. It was just staggering to me.”

People World Way Needs Running Fiction Feminism College Fine Mom Equal Hollywood My Mom I Realized Misogyny Casual Insidious Staggering Everyone Is Equal

Author:Joss Whedon

“I think life is staggering and we're just too used to it.”

Thinking Life Is Used Thousand Years Staggering

Author:Donald Miller