Awakening Quotes

I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.

Participating in the legislative process has been personally devastating and a rude awakening. We never stood a chance.

Timothy Dwight, grandson of Jonathan Edwards, leader of the 'First Great Awakening,' was president of Yale when God brought a deep, broad, sweeping move of the Holy Spirit to the campus during the 'Second Great Awakening.' As we look to the past and its implications for campus ministry today, we will be meeting at the epicenter of the campus aspect of a great revival.

'American Pie' was part of my process of self-awakening; a mystical trip into my past.

With great hope, we announce that Randy McCloy is awakening from his coma.

Investors who had been less aware of mutual fund taxes had a rude awakening in 2000, when many funds had low or negative returns but still paid out large taxable distributions. Many shareholders who, in the past, might have been dismissive about fund taxes were horrified to learn they will be paying taxes on fund investments on which they lost money last year.

People across this country are awakening to their rights and seizing on the promise of the law. But you cannot be a rights lawyer in this country without becoming a rights case yourself.

China is the sleeping giant awakening. It has the money, the know-how and the investment.

Creativity comes from awakening and directing men's higher natures, which originate in the primal depths of the uni- verse and are appointed by Heaven.

We are hoping it will be the great awakening. This is not just going on with just Delphi, but the airline industry and corporate America. We're hoping this will get the attention of the public and Capitol Hill.

When does Earl change, and how long does that take? It's a slow awakening. We have to walk that line of not having that happen too soon but not keeping him ignorant too long.

The genre is in the zenith of its explosion. It is now awakening interest in the rest of the world.

The market is in for a rude awakening.

The sleeping giant is awakening.

Spiritually, the Holy Land really stirs you up and starts awakening many things in your life.

We found that the cognitive skills of test subjects were worse upon awakening than after extended sleep deprivation. For a short period, at least, the effects of sleep inertia may be as bad or worse than being legally drunk.

There is an awakening occurring at the traditional media companies.

Passion recordings exist to glorify God, uniting students in worship and prayer for spiritual awakening in this generation. The hope is that with Passion: Everything Glorious students will continue to be encouraged by the messages of Passion 06 and use these messages to motivate change on their campuses and in their communities.

This is an awakening for me, ... I didn't even know who Peter Vallone was.

Junior college was a good, rude awakening. He matured. He had one more chance, and he made a name for himself.

He always came home late, and he often came to bed without awakening me. Every morning, automatically, when I awakened, I would reach out and touch him, and he always would be there. Now, in the mornings, I still reach out.

I hope this is the beginning of an Islamic awakening and that it will lead to Islam's triumph in other countries.

After 9/11, there was an awakening. The administration has to believe that it's possible to wait too long to deal with a problem, the contours of which could have been seen easily before. Is it safe to do that again?

Death - the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.

We are slowly awakening but are still a long way from recovering from last year's fall off. The Nasdaq has been up and that's a plus. But don't expect too much out of these offerings.