Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand.
It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.
Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience.
It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age he had been dead for two years.
The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20 totaling more than 750 000 girls per year.
The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.