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Nadir Quotes

Los Angeles is often described as the nadir of vapidity, a smog-choked space cradle.

Los Angeles is often described as the nadir of vapidity, a smog-choked space cradle.

Diablo Cody
Space, Nadir, Smog

Man, if he compare himself with all that he can see, is at the zenith of power; but if he compare himself with all that he can conceive, he is at the nadir of weakness.

Charles Caleb Colton
Men, Weakness, Nadir
Charles Caleb COLTON (1849). “L.P.”, p.421

1994 was the nadir for heavy metal, although the rest of the '90s weren't much of a picnic either.

Martin Popoff
Nadir, Picnics, Heavy Metal
Source: archive.alternativenation.net

Despair is good. Despair can be the nadir of one life and the starting point of an ascent into another, better one.

Dean Koontz
Despair, Nadir, Ascent
Dean Koontz (2007). “Velocity: A Novel”, p.417, Bantam

Liberty is only valued when it is threatened, therefore it is the threat that highlights the value. We should be grateful to the Nadir, since they heighten the value of our liberty.

David Gemmell
Grateful, Liberty, Nadir
"Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde". Book by David Gemmell, Ch. 9, May 1, 1988.

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