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.