Enormity Quotations

To be honest, I'm not even thinking about America. If I was to start thinking about the enormity of 'Downton' and the size of the project, then I wouldn't be able to be very truthful to the work. I would start to watch myself too much. I'm not even thinking about it. Who knows what will happen.

When we dwell on the enormity of the Second World War and its victims, we try to absorb all those statistics of national and ethnic tragedy. But, as a result, there is a tendency to overlook the way the war changed even the survivors' lives in ways impossible to predict.

I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity after another about my mother and the way she let me down; but it doesn't make me any the less fearful.

As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it.

People always think they're in the middle of a revolution while they tend not to realize the enormity of a change that has happened in the past. The telegraph was a revolution, but who looks at it that way these days? The telegraph sped up the transportation of messages over long distances by a huge factor.

No one doubts the enormity of the social challenges we face around the world but one critical element of our response must be the generation of new thinking and ideas. Yet creating the conditions that make this possible is not simple.

No-one reading this report can fail to be shocked by the enormity of the crimes committed by Shipman,

People will get up in the middle of the night to see the pandas. I don't think there is a comparable animal. There isn't the enormity of response that you find with pandas.

Simply put, given the enormity of the rights and responsibilities that accompany marriage, Massachusetts has a rational and substantial interest in ensuring that the marriages it creates will be recognized as valid outside its borders.

Given the enormity of this national disaster and our collective desire to help the victims of this tragedy, our student-athletes, coaches and staff want to help those in the Gulf region. We are joining the response of the entire University of Connecticut community to assist those who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina.

I am certain more emergency supplemental bills will be needed before this process is concluded. In fact, there is a point I have repeated several times recently which keeps the enormity of this situation in perspective.

We're pleased Amtrak is recognizing the enormity of some of the proposed fare increases and is taking steps to address the needs of the passengers, with particular emphasis on those who use monthly passes,

He had a difficult time understanding the enormity of the task before us.

I was absolutely shaking by the enormity of the moment.

Just as the enormity of Katrina has created a new context for Rita, it has also done so for us,

I think everyone has been taken aback by the sheer enormity of events following the Indian Ocean earthquake,

I think this is a real lesson in life, to be honest with you. I don't think (Bode) really grasped the enormity of '60 Minutes' - to go on and say what he did was really not thought out at all.

It dawned on me, the enormity of my situation. I was, in fact, the catalyst for it all. That feeling has stayed with me ever since.

It does indeed help us to work with Congress to explain the enormity of the reform effort that needs to be undertaken here and how many of these things work together,

Today we learned our nation has crossed a tragic threshold. The enormity of this loss of 2,000 of our best and bravest breaks America's heart.

Winning this medal was something I didn't even dream about a year ago. The enormity of it all probably won't sink it until the end of the season.

We essentially started from scratch. It is very realistic to say that for a project of this enormity and complexity, we're now moving at breakneck speed.

The faces of our students after they realize the enormity of what they have accomplished through the years,

When coal came into the picture, it took about 50 or 60 years to displace timber. Then, crude oil was found, and it took 60, 70 years, and then natural gas. So it takes 100 years or more for some new breakthrough in energy to become the dominant source. Most people have difficulty coming to grips with the sheer enormity of energy consumption.

We understand the frustration of the folks. I don't think all of the residents understood the enormity of the problem. We're looking at the possibility of running out of money in March.

We'll be bringing in a consultant from the outside to help us because we don't have the capacity to do it along with everything else. Given the enormity of the change we're looking for, it's probably better to have someone who is an expert in New Urbanism to help us do it on an expedited basis with community input.

What I wanted to see was the enormity of the situation.

The sheer visual impact of the display, coupled with the enormity of the numbers of victims, is humbling and troubling at the same time. It serves as a reminder that we as a society cannot let anything like this ever happen again.

The scope of the displacement of persons out of the Gulf coast into the rest of the country and the enormity of the economic and social and fiscal challenges leave me very uncertain as to when, if ever, we recover.

Thanks to their generosity, we will be able to get help and support to the youngest children -- some of whom weren't even born on 9/11 and who are still too young to comprehend the enormity of their loss.

Russ and I have worked together on a daily basis for 29 years and everyone in the NBA family is aware of the enormity of his contributions to the success and growth of the league during that time,

Our family has had a very difficult week, as we've tried to come to terms with the enormity of the loss of both Steve and Lauren.

There is research on the effects of 9/11, and you know, compared to the enormity of it, it didn't have a huge effect on people's mood. They were going about their business, mostly.

INJURY, n. An offense next in degree of enormity to a slight.

I'm very energized but, I also recognize the enormity of our challenge,

There was a period of time on Fox News on Tuesday, where every report that we were getting up and down the Gulf Coast was more dire than the report previously. This went on for a period of six to eight hours, and the enormity of this destruction was revealed.

As every day moves on, he is progressing with what those 75 hours were for him. He is catching up with a lot of friends and family, and also spending some quality time with himself, contemplating the enormity of the whole event really.

The enormity of the achievement hasn't sunk in yet.

The enormity of the devastation caused by the massive earthquake in Pakistan will test if even this enhanced appeal would be adequate.

The enormity of the disaster is hard to put in words, especially if you've flown over the areas.

The enormity of the loss that this family has sustained and the reversal of their destiny over the past three years is incomprehensible and heartbreaking.

The enormity of the storm's effect is something that is unprecedented. If you look at towns where basically all the infrastructure was wiped out, then you have to evaluate those based on who's coming back to pay taxes and rebuild.

The enormity of this problem ... is something you don't appreciate until you go down there,

The flooding in New Orleans represents what might be a new chapter in our history, ... The enormity of what we've seen is unprecedented, even fascinating to a degree. We may wind up seeing a lot of disassociation as we work through it.

The first day John Malkovich and Dennis Hopper were scheduled to come on set, I woke up and became aware of the enormity of it,

Everyone in the NBA family is well aware of the enormity of his contributions to the success and growth of the league. For over two decades, Russ has been responsible for the day-to-day operation of the league.

There were two stages of it. The sort of staggering enormity of that second plane - when you realized that this was obviously deliberate, and then all of a sudden, a lull sort of sank in for 20 minutes or half an hour. And then that really frightening thing when the Pentagon got struck. You just thought, where is this gonna end?

It's a big task. I'm aware of the enormity of this, ... But I also think that I'm up to the task.

The day before the hurricane made landfall, the president of the United States received a briefing on the enormity of the storm. But when floodwaters poured into America's Gulf Coast, America's government sat on its hands.