Overcompensates Quotes & Sayings

Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously overcompensates a secret doubt. — Aldous Huxley

When a nice girl overcompensates,
her behavior says, What I have to offer isn't enough,
and who I am isn't enough. — Sherry Argov

Since Sven Goran Eriksson took over, England have been fantastic. — Franz Beckenbauer

It took me a long time to get used to the reality that my grandmother had passed away. Wherever I was, in the house, in the garden, out on the fields, her face always appeared so clearly to me. — Quang Nhuong Huynh

One thing I learned about riding is to look for trouble before it happens. — Joe Davis

One always overcompensates for disabilities. I'm thinking of having my entire body surgically removed. — Douglas Adams

She pointed above the little king's crib where a cutout piece of parchment hung from the ceiling. Froi's eyes followed her finger across the ceiling to the wall, where the light from the moon made a shape of a rabbit. — Melina Marchetta

Boundaries come after grace, because compassion minds the fragile places but boundaries keep them from compromising the rest. Brokenness may have legitimate origins, but left unchecked, a wound becomes infected and poisons the whole body (and subsequently, everyone around). Wounds must be attended to heal. With an unhealthy limb, the rest of the body overcompensates through manipulation, aggression, or blaming. Boundaries here are kind. Better to apply direct pressure to the wound than pretend it is well; this may get worse before better, but it is way of healing. — Jen Hatmaker

The Count commenced to cough into his napkin, as he had determined long ago that this was the most effective means of removing wine from his windpipe. — Amor Towles

[T]he strike is inherently dangerous to the rich, and to the corporations who have brought this country to her knees, because it is the only defense the ordinary citizen has. — Keith Olbermann

Thank the Lord for a mother who was a general as well as a Latter-day Saint; who realized that it was a remarkable and splendid thing to encourage a boy to do something besides perhaps milking cows if he was on a farm, if he had ambitions along athletic lines. — Heber J. Grant

Who remained as fixed in the arm-chair as if she had been melted into it when in a liquid state, and could not now be unstuck ... — Thomas Hardy

system that overcompensates is necessarily in overshooting mode, — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I think often times on Joss Whedon's shows he can make you hate a character for a period and then love the character. He does it effortlessly. — J. August Richards

All you have to do is send a message or somehow establish communication between the mind and body of the sick person. The mind should be in peace, so that the body can do the job. That's all the cure is. The body cures itself. Medicine allows it to get into that space where healing can take place. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi

She would want me to forget all about him. But how could eyes not notice the light? How could lungs not acknowledge the air? There are just some things you can't ignore. — Kiera Cass