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Eclipsed Quotes

To be eclipsed is to be overshadowed by something or someone brighter, and these quotes explore that feeling across business, war memory, and fame. One line describes how youth and glamour once eclipsed a staid royal institution, while another admits being drawn to people who eclipse the speaker in some way.

Several quotes reflect on Age and how influence or relevance can fade even when someone remains genuinely accomplished.

Diana became a superstar when she became a part of the Royal Family because she brought youth and glamour and fun into a staid and dusty institution, and at times she eclipsed the Prince of Wales. It was one of...

Quotes by Penny Junor

The nation that is supreme above all others during one age, will be eclipsed by another in the next age.

Quotes by Paul P. Harris

A normal way that the American free market system has worked is that we have a process of unwinding. It's called bankruptcy. It doesn't mean, necessarily, that the industry is eclipsed or that it's gone. Often times, the phoenix rises...

Quotes by Michele Bachmann

I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.

Quotes by Maya Lin

About Quotes

I've always gravitated toward men who sort of kind of eclipsed me in some way. And I think that it's because I have this need to be better.

Quotes by Jenny Mollen

Today's news, which may be yesterday's anyway, will be eclipsed tomorrow.

Quotes by Graham Swift

When Usenet was eclipsed by websites in the late 1990s, people from that world - many of them programmers - wanted to bring the freewheeling, amazing discussions of Usenet to the web. And thus, RSS was born.

Quotes by Annalee Newitz

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

Aldous Huxley

Frequently Asked Questions

What does one quote say about industries being eclipsed by bankruptcy?
One quote explains that bankruptcy is simply a normal part of how the free market unwinds, without necessarily meaning an entire industry is eclipsed for good. It offers a more measured, less alarming view of business failure.
How does a quote about the Vietnam War use the word eclipsed?
One quote explains that deliberately avoiding news about the war stemmed from a feeling that its politics eclipsed what actually happened to veterans. It shows how larger political narratives can overshadow individual human stories.
Is there a quote about being drawn to people who eclipse you?
Yes, one quote admits a pattern of gravitating toward people who somehow eclipse the speaker, tied to a personal need to keep improving. It connects competition with self-motivation in an honest, reflective way.
Which royal figure is described as eclipsing someone else?
One quote describes how a princess brought youth and glamour into a staid institution, eclipsing the Prince of Wales at certain moments. It reflects on fame and public attention shifting unpredictably between royal figures.
Do these eclipsed quotes relate to changing with age?
Some do, since being eclipsed often connects to shifting relevance over time, a theme also explored in Age. Other quotes simply describe something so Amazing that it overshadowed everything around it.

Others describe something so Amazing that it overshadowed almost Anything that came before it.