Overlook Quotations

The Negro problem, like all other political problems, is fundamentally a moral issue. This is realism, not idealism. Those of my colleagues who believe that they are particularly 'hard boiled' because they overlook the fact that human beings are struggling for their consciences are simply unrealistic.

A beautiful city is Richmond, seated on the hills that overlook the James River. The dwellings have a pleasant appearance, often standing by themselves in the midst of gardens. In front of several, I saw large magnolias, their dark, glazed leaves glittering in the March sunshine.

People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.

I will overlook bad behavior if I know that people's intentions are good. I have this belief that people really can do good things and that people want to be good.

By seeing the problem of poverty merely in terms of assistance, we overlook that our enormous economic advantage is deeply tainted by how it accumulated over the course of one historical process that has devastated the societies and cultures of four continents.

People idealise their animals, and at the same time they patronisingly overlook a dog's natural life - biting fleas, burying bones, rolling in garbage, barking up an empty tree all night... But what do they do themselves? Bury stuff that will rot in secret and then dig it up and bury it again and rant and rave under empty trees!

If Yucca Mountain had not been designated as a dumpsite for radioactive waste in 1987, it might easily have become a scenic overlook on the long drive between Tonopah and Las Vegas.

When you love somebody, or something, it's amazing how willing you are to overlook the flaws.

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.

The New Testament Scriptures are full of references to the malice of the devil, but we generally overlook them. I think this is because our idea of salvation is that Christ died on the cross to pay His Father the debt for our sins.

The one characteristic of authentic power that most people overlook is humbleness. It is important for many reasons. A humble person walks in a friendly world. He or she sees friends everywhere he or she looks, wherever he or she goes, whomever he or she meets. His or her perception goes beyond the shell of appearance and into essence.

Natural capital is easy to overlook because it is the pond we swim in. One can live perfectly well without ever giving a thought to the sulfur cycle or wetland functions. Only when the benefits nature provides are disrupted do we take notice.

I really was a fan of his and always have been - his writing especially, you know? I think people a lot of times overlook that part, because he kind of got into that party character so heavy.

It's important for me to just be myself - in fashion. A lot of people overlook that side of me because they're scared of it, but that's just who I am.

Personally, speaking as a historian and a storyteller, when it comes to inaccuracy in historical fictioneering, I follow the Shakespeare principle: I'm willing to overlook gobs of mistaken detail if the poetic valence is basically correct.

In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes. In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies.

There are some good teams in this sectional, so I don't think you can overlook anyone, ... From our standpoint, we thought when the season started that we could be dangerous at all five positions and we think we have been. We think we're capable of winning it all -- there's a chance.

When you turn on the TV, all you see is George Mason, so you can't really overlook them.

We're not going to overlook our other opponents. We're worrying about winning the city championship. Still, we are thinking about STVM. They're in the back of my mind.

We're going to treat this game like any other game. They are going to have some extra incentives, but I feel like we've played through that kind of stuff before and we'll be ready to play them. They're a very good club so we can't overlook anyone.

What they reported this morning beat my expectations, but it's hard to overlook the slowing customer growth.

What a lot of people tend to overlook when discussing Peter is that he's excellent on the floor as well as in the air

We know from the Redmond game that we can't overlook any team. It's nice to play Bend after Pendleton does, but we need to take care of business on our home floor (against Crook County).

We're not here to overlook Montana. We know they've got a lot of great shooters. We're going to have to play well.

We've got Indiana (on Tuesday night) next. We have to get ready for them ? that's it. We can't overlook anybody because we know Philadelphia is right ahead of us.

We have neighbors complaining about the noise and it?s just not worth it. We?re not out to shut people down, but we?re not going to tolerate problems. I guess you could say that the city is less willing to overlook bars than it was in the past.

We'll be cleaning and straightening up in the back. We also plan a ramp that will be handicapped accessible and an elevator ? maybe even a deck one day. People could overlook the river and the Becky Thatcher from the deck.

like a lot of research tends to overlook children in some areas.

One of the things we don't need to overlook is they won the conference championship last year. That (performance against Midland College) doesn't necessarily need to be that big of a surprise.

One thing we have continued to overlook as an industry is what's happening with the pilot population.

Now we just have to trust that the (selection) committee will not throw our whole season down the tubes. Hopefully, they will overlook this and look at our resume from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

Potentially, we can go very far. But we can't look too far ahead because in our section, anybody can beat anybody and if you want to make the playoffs, you cannot overlook anybody.

Personally, no, and I would say no for the rest of the team. There's no way we can. It's a one-and-done deal, and there's no way you can overlook a team.

I guess I hope the police department will overlook it. I think they know as well as I do that the public's safer if they spend the night in the shelter rather than under a bridge.

I am feeling good, trying to stay positive. I'm just taking it one match at a time. I'm trying to wrestle smart and not overlook anybody.

I believe, without expressing a preference, that it would be very difficult to overlook the elements of a cluster that are already in place in Boca, or will be in place shortly.

I can't devote or focus on one issue for very long because there's always something else. That's the most stressful thing. The other big fear is that I'm going to overlook some deadline or responsibility.

Growing up there made me anything and everything I am today. The kids who come to the ranch, you could see the hatred in their eyes. And to see them become good people and really love life and realize bad things are going to happen but you can overlook them -- I wouldn't trade that for the world.

There is a general rule of necessity with any government board. If they need to act and can't act, the conflict can be overlooked. If they are paralyzed from acting, they may have to overlook the conflict of interest.

We talked about there being no way we could overlook this game. Obviously, we have a top 10 team in George Washington coming up, and it would have been easy for them to come out and not play hard, but they came out focused and played even harder in the second half.

We take each game as it comes. You don't want to overlook anybody, because it's real easy to get cocky and we don't want to do that. Every game that we play is important. We definitely have some tough games ahead of us. We just want to get ready for playoffs.

Today as never before it is important that human beings should not overlook the danger of the evil lurking withing them. It is unfortunately only too real, which is why psychology must insist on the reality of evil and must reject any definition that regards it as insignificant or actually non-existent.

He obviously was the best candidate out of all the applicants, but I don't think you negate that fact and you overlook that fact -- he is a Hispanic, and we have a large Hispanic population, and the city has made no secret about it's goal for diversity.

Kevin Wood has come close to scoring several times for us this season. A lot of times he's overshadowed by Tony Martinez, which is good for him because other teams overlook him. He showed his skills today, especially in the second half.

I think the markets will overlook the weak economic reports. Everyone knows numbers in February and March were terrible due to the snow storms and oil prices.

I was concerned because at shoot-around this morning I heard a couple of guys mention some stuff about Miami. I was concerned we might overlook Atlanta. But we came out and played like a well-oiled machine in the first half.

It gave me the kick that I needed. I tell you what. I don't overlook anybody anymore. Whenever coach tells us to do 25 stand-ups, I do 30.

It gives us something to emphasize on the second half of the season, especially defensive rebounding. We turn around and play Nauvoo and we'll have to rebound well against them too. And we can't overlook Pleasant Hill.

I think we are still in a consolidation period, ... and I think we can't afford to overlook the impact of the economic news on the market. You had a retail sales number this morning that was in line but nothing spectacular and a rise in jobless claims.

I was worried coming into this game because I heard at shoot-around some guys mention Miami. I was concerned that they'd overlook Atlanta.

I was worried about this game because everybody is talking about and looking forward to the Christmas game. This is an easy one to overlook and let slip, but we came out and took care of business.

Other wrestling fans that think it's a fluke and other kids should have won it. That pushes me, that people doubt my ability. Nobody here, nobody in Bloomington, but other wrestling critics kind of overlook me.

Terry has played very well all season for us. He's playing like a senior should. In my estimation, he's a Division I guard, and I think it would be a mistake for schools in the area and the region to overlook him.

My wife and I both have a little bit of guilt. Quite a few of my friends assume we're going to Italy, so it's a continual thing to explain we're not. When your son or daughter is in the Olympics, the excitement makes you overlook things such as the crowds, the security, the expense, the waiting in lines We're going to be staying here cheering Kelly on. Whether we're here or there, we're 100 percent behind her.

I won't say there isn't a place for those kinds of funds, but I think the price risk, and the fact that they tend to be concentrated in certain sectors, can be something investors overlook when they see really great one-year numbers. People need to understand what they really do and the chances they're taking.

I think he's tough-minded and competitive. A lot of coaches overlook that when they're evaluating players. He's also unselfish.

I think he is just trying to make everybody happy, trying to cover it up, trying to overlook us.

Just because I won last year doesn't mean anything. You can't overlook anybody at this level because everyone is trying to do what they can to win. That's the only pressure I feel. The only thing that matters at this point of the season is to go out and beat the guy across from you and move on to the next match. I really want to place at states this year, and that's the only way I can do it.

That was a start. But you can't overlook what Joe did for four innings.

That would be huge, but we can't overlook Liberty. We can't think about Radford. We can't think too far ahead.

We just want to take each game one at a time. We don't want to look too far ahead and we don't want to overlook anybody.

We haven't talked about it. We can't overlook anybody, but we're looking forward to a long stretch.

We played emotionally, we played aggressively and we played intelligently. We've got some things to build on. The coaches put in our head from the first day that we were not going to overlook Duke. We were going to prepare hard and that's what we did. We were victorious today.

We really talked about it this week because it is a big thing going undefeated in conference play. It hadn't been done for 27 years in our school's history, so we wanted to come out here with a good attitude and not overlook Delphi.

We have to overlook the friendship part of it. With our size, we just have to play basketball.

We have to keep a good frame of mind and not overlook La Villa. Anytime you do that, youre going to get beat. You never want to overlook anybody.

We've done a good job taking it one game at a time. My mentality has worn off on the kids. If you overlook anybody it will hurt you.

We'll respect what Ms. or Mrs. Robinson said. I think that Jackie Robinson was an icon and he opened a lot of doors for African-American players. But having said that, we cannot overlook all the work that Roberto Clemente has done for Puerto Rico and Latin America. I'm 100% behind having No. 21 retired.

We came up short today. We battled as hard as we could but it wasn't enough. We can't overlook their pitchers. We've seen them now and know what to expect for tomorrow.

We opened the West Regional with NNU three years ago and lost after beating them twice during the regular season. You can't overlook anyone and you can't expect anything.

We're at the point where we can't overlook anybody. We need to take care of business this weekend.

We don't have to talk about last year. The girls have it in the back of their minds what happened. Just as it was then, our goal is to win a state championship, but we're not going to overlook anybody and we're going to take it one game at a time.

What if the invasion forces will not leave our lands? What if the U.S. forces and others stay in our beloved lands? What if their companies and embassy headquarters will continue to exist with the American flags hoisted on them? Will you be silent? Will you overlook this?

We understand that we can't overlook anybody. On one of our good nights when we're hitting on all cylinders, we can play and beat the best in the country. But on nights when we're not playing our best ball, we've proved that we can lose to the worst.

We knew we had to get this game going into the big one on Friday. In this conference we can't overlook anybody.

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We can't overlook anyone. Redmond is 2-6 in league, but they've played a lot of close games, including being up 14 on us in the first quarter. We've won three league games by three or fewer points. We know anyone can beat anyone in the conference.

We're not known to overlook anyone. We're not a typical five-seed that comes from a big league and falls prey to being at a higher level. We understand that everyone is a good team. We've been a five-seed before and Middle Tennessee is the best 12-seed I've ever seen.

We just have to play them one at a time and can't overlook anybody. Fairdale gave us the toughest game of anybody else in the region other than Iroquois, and they're both away from us.

We always walk around with kind of a chip on our shoulders and I feel like we've been making good music for a long time, but sometimes we're a little easier to overlook and maybe this album will make it a little harder to overlook us.

We were down at the half against Western Oregon and we fought back and won that game. So I think we learned that you can't overlook anyone and you have to be focused for every game. Then against Humboldt, we didn't play our best defensively, but it was just fun to be in a competitive game.

You can never overlook a team in this conference. You can never do that.

This was just a typical Layton vs. Fremont dogfight. I wouldn't expect anything less. I really respect their program and their kids; they've always been really competitive with us. Teams have always given us their best effort because of the success that (former) coach (Van) Price has had in the past and they're continuing to do it this year. You can't overlook any team in this region. There aren't any nights off.

We cannot overlook West, South and Peninsula. We're the type of team that if we don't come out and play hard every game, we can be knocked off. We can't look forward until that last game.

We will not overlook any area during these investigations.

We want a macho high-earner - with the sensitivity of Gok Wan. We want a man with Brad Pitt's six-pack - but one who's prepared to overlook our own muffin top. No wonder most men don't know if they're coming or going.

Everyone talks about the confidence Tom Brady has in what he does and I don't doubt that. But let's not overlook the confidence that he brings to every other guy on that football team on offense or defense or the kicking game - 'let's get the ball back; let's get field position because Tom can do it.' He is certainly not a one-man gang there, but to me, the one thing a quarterback can bring is hope and certainly he not only brings you hope, but in most cases if you give him an opportunity, he will get it done.

Doug could score points quickly and I think a lot of teams seemed to overlook him. He does a great job in transition and he's sneaky on dribble-drives.

Don't overlook this league. You've got people that are playing very well that just aren't winning right now. It should be a good second half.

Escambia County's a pretty good football team. The quarterback (Calvin Hartley) is one of the Top 10 players in the state and you can't overlook a guy like that. He showed that tonight, he made the difference in the game. His team rallies around him, he makes big plays.

There's no chance we'll overlook Drake. They handled us soundly in Des Moines, and had a great chance to win the game here. We got the benefit of a call at the end of the game and made a free throw. Otherwise, that was going to overtime.

There's no way you can overlook an opponent, first of all, but second of all, we lost the previous game, so we definitely have to come out and try to win this one.

Sometimes, we overlook or forget the significance of being a parent. It's a real job. You can't have a kid and forget. Parents are shaping, grooming and molding a human. Parents who are neglectful, who lack fortitude -- we offer them the support they need. If they need help, we show them how to help and groom.

Sometimes people overlook my stats, but I'm not like the kind of guy to go out there to get a bunch of attention anyway, ... I just go out there and play. I had over 1,300 yards (combined in 2004) in 13 games and 10 touchdowns, and it is not easy in the NFL to accomplish that.

Right now, we're not in a position to overlook anybody.

Raja represents everything you look to add to your team to help you win basketball games. Raja is another piece that will radically improve our efforts on the defensive end, but you can't overlook his offensive skills.

Our eighth and ninth guys in our rotation were starters today and they played really well. It was a sloppy game, but we keep finding ways to win. We knew not to overlook Hickman County.

Speed is always a key to the game, and people overlook it a lot. I think a speed guy is just as important as a power hitter.

Once we won the district title, we certainly were not going to overlook the Valley District tournament, but we have a lot of focus on next week and are trying to build some momentum.

You're never glad to lose, but I'm glad it happened when it did. It was a reality check for us. It just proves you can't overlook anyone.