Microcosm Quotes

When I think of the delicate balance of tremendous promise and urgent peril in today's world, I think particularly of the nations of Latin America... Because yours is a region that truly hangs in that delicate balance. It is in many ways a microcosm of the world in which we live, and it is therefore a place in which all that the United Nations stands for is put to test. - Kofi Annan

What our mission is, without getting too hyperbolic, is to go into the Annapolis and Frederick races and use them as a microcosm as to what will happen next year. We're making sure everybody knows all the races are important to us. - Josh White

What happened to us in September, 2001, is a microcosmic but painful and powerful example of the fact we live in an inter-dependent world that is not yet an integrated global community. - Bill Clinton

What happened on the 18th is merely a microcosm of the problem of racism that exists here on campus and within society at large. - Stacy King

Weyauwega is a microcosm of how to handle a disaster. This was an example of an emergency situation that would have been a disaster save for the fact we moved quickly and, I believe, correctly. - Tommy Thompson

We're having an up-and-down year. We have a young team and this game was a microcosm of our season. We did play well enough to win, so that's a good sign of a maturing team. Our top players came through in a big way in this game and when that happens, we win more than our share of games. - Gordon Morrow

We're down five with the ball, call a play and then don't execute it. That's a microcosm of our season. - Duggar Baucom

We're a microcosm of everything that''s happening everywhere else... We're actually winning awards for what we're doing. We're dealing with it. We're keeping our heads a little bit above the water in spite of it all. - Linda Brown

Well, today, the diocese is more than ever a microcosm. - Rowan D. Williams

We weren't able to do that as much as we wanted, because the score was 17-0 so soon in the second half. But we had a few times where we moved the ball well, and then we were stopped. That's been the microcosm of our season. - Todd Sconce