Michael Palmer

You're taught from the day you start medical school that you're a god, that you can have power over life and death. So when your life starts to crumble, and the highest power you see is looking back in the mirror - and you know that power is flawed - it is very hard to get past that.

American Novelist

Max Weber

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say In spite of all! has the calling for politics.

German Economist

Terri Blackstock

One of the themes in my novels is that our crises can turn into blessings. We can feel like our world has crumbled, but ten years down the road when we look back on that time, we can see God's hand at work. I love writing that theme into my books.

American Writer

Shakira

Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won't crumble around me.

Musician

Henry Ward Beecher

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.

American Clergyman

Alexandra Roach

I think the most important thing is to have fun, and not to take things too seriously. Once you start doing that, then you'll start to crumble.

Welsh Actress

Raven Goodwin

If you truly want to succeed, you have to stay humble - humble or crumble - because it can all go away in the blink of an eye.

American Actress

Lara Trump

Would higher taxes and a crumbling economy help women succeed, either personally or professionally? I don't think so.

American Producer

Tyson Chandler

I think the world is crumbling when I have a bad game.

American Athlete

Lukas Forchhammer

Danish Musician

Used when something solid breaks into smaller pieces, often unpredictably or without much force.

Physical Breakdown

Metaphorically applies to situations or things falling apart, not just physical objects.

Metaphorical Use

Often implies a gradual or unexpected failure, highlighting a sense of disappointment.

Negative Connotation

Refers to someone becoming extremely upset or losing their ability to cope.

Emotional Breakdown

Can suggest a loss of strength or integrity, usually due to external pressures.

Undermine Strength

Often used when someone gives up on their determination or beliefs.

Losing Resolve

Crumble in food refers to a baked dessert featuring fruits and a streusel-like topping.

Sweet Treat

A crumble is considered a comforting homemade dessert, often enjoyed in cold weather.

Homemade Comfort

More informal and rustic than a pie, making it suitable for casual meals.

Casual Dessert

 So what do you do? Well, the first thing you do is you throw yourself on your friends and you have deeper conversations that you ever had before. But the second thing you do, you have to go out alone into the wilderness. You go out into that place where there's nobody there to perform, and the ego has nothing to do, and it crumbles,

The lies our culture...

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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...

 it crumbled, and then the pieces fell apart and did some damage. Now, you wouldn't want that falling on your foot or your head, because it would do that to it. That would be bad. But it won't wipe out, you know, all life on Earth, so that's fine.

Phil Plait: How to...

 he'll say I was as bad as any he had ever seen. 'Hi,' I said, and then I returned to the couch, where I sat in silence for several moments. 'Thank you for coming, Steve. Crumbling world, word, voice. Tell the clocks to stop.

A tale of mental illness...

 the city postulates a world post mankind something has happened that's a decimated the human population so these are the city after man is gone and it's just the way that buildings age and crumble and nature takes back some

See an Apocalyptic World...

 And as sunken skyscrapers add crumbled concrete to the new forest floor, the soil acidity plummets, potentially allowing new plant life to thrive. This post-human biodiversity extends into the animal kingdom, as well.

What would happen if...

 I pieced together fragmented, transitory images, consciously analyzed the clues, searched for some logic in my crumbling kaleidoscope, until I saw nothing at all. I learned that what we see is not universal truth.

Isaac Lidsky: What...

 it happens here under the crumbling ice of the nursery for fish and krill their refuge is melting and they aren't safe anymore from the penguins seals and whales the ice is also releasing a boost of

Deep Sea Diving For Food...

 forgetting that foundations that might seem unshakably strong today could easily crumble why we sleep that our comfort is fragile the dis concerns us

Fighting injustice with...

 again saliva is an important ingredient it prevents the mud from crumbling when it dries with jaws scissoring away on

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