Hugo Claus

Go now, verses, on your light feet, you have not trodden hard on the old earth where the graves laugh when they see their guests, the one corpse stacked on top of the other. Go now and stagger to her whom I do not know.

Belgian Novelist

Matt Roper

I've spent so much of my adult life in relationships that it's actually quite pleasant to be alone at last. I turned thirty-six the other day, which staggers me when I think about it.

British Comedian

Phyllis Logan

I think everyone knows someone who's battling with dementia or caring for a relative affected by it. I've been staggered by how commonplace it is.

Scottish Actress

Eric Stoltz

I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theater, and the fact that I'm able to make a living at it staggers me.

American Actor

Barney Frank

In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.

American Politician

Andrea McLean

I very rarely use a credit card, but I do if I know I have big bills coming and I need to stagger payment.

Scottish Celebrity

Alexander Armstrong

I'm staggered when I look back at how, when I got to Cambridge, I didn't know anything of the world.

English Actor

David Antin

I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember.

American Poet

Fritz Scholder

We need art more than ever as we stagger toward the Millennium.

American Artist

Kevin Whately

It always staggers me when series don't use their sidekicks.

Used when someone's ability to walk straight is impaired, often by alcohol or exhaustion.

Physical Condition

Suggests a struggle to stay upright or move forward, not just clumsiness.

Difficult Recovery

Indicates a strong emotional reaction, like disbelief or shock, not just mild surprise.

Emotional Impact

Often used metaphorically to describe being taken aback by something unexpected.

Metaphorical Use

Refers to deliberately arranging things at intervals to prevent crowding or confusion.

Planning Strategy

Used as a strategy to manage workload, resources, or attendance effectively.

Management Technique

Aiming for efficiency by avoiding overlap or by creating a more balanced distribution.

Efficiency Method

Highlights the lack of control in the movement; it's not done on purpose.

Uncontrolled Motion

Implies difficulty in maintaining balance or a smooth path, often due to an obstacle or challenge.

Sign of Difficulty

 and they had a long phone call. At the end of the call, the journalist threw in a question that seemed like a sort of softball. He said to him, "Your kids must love the iPad." There's an obvious answer to this, but what Jobs said really staggered the journalist. He was very surprised, because he said, "They haven't used it.

Why our screens make us...

 and that's what they've promised their populations they're going to deliver. So a couple of years ago, I thought I would take some time out and speak to that gigantic database and ask it, why do some people prefer one country more than another? And the answer that the database gave me completely staggered me.

Which country does the...

 And sometimes you can see it even closer than that, because the heads on ships -- that's toilets, for any land lovers that are listening -- are flushed with unfiltered seawater that often has bioluminescent plankton in it. So, if you stagger into the head late at night and you're so toilet-hugging sick

Edith Widder: Glowing...

 which muscles should you tense and by how much so that you don't get blown off? I'll be staggered if you can give the answers to those questions. But if you can ride a bike, you do have the answers, you're just not consciously aware of them.

Can we edit memories? PIPE...

 and I was there for years. And so there won't be another epic journey in the ocean. But the point is, and the point was, that every day of our lives is epic. And I'll tell you, when I walked up onto that beach, staggered up onto that beach

Never, ever give up PIPE...

 that I was truly staggered in this next slide don't gasp yes I know it's exciting isn't it there was a little hole in the ground two and a half meters wide two meters deep and that is highly unusual that cluster of trees I saw was

Part Ape, Part Human:...

 as if I had asked them to pass the salt. I was just staggered by it. So we scanned their brains, looking at a photograph of their sweetheart and looking at a neutral photograph, with a distraction task in between.

Why we love, why we...

 and the awareness that it brings of our precarity. So we do several things. If men knew how often women were filled with white hot rage when we cried, they would be staggered. We use minimizing language.

The power of women's...

 moving one at a time norms goal is to minimize noise and remain undetected to their potential target the strategy here's the less presence less footsteps least amount of noise so we stagger each other

Hunting Grouse PIPE The...

 and still get a lot of productivity, basically, having the lines almost running continuously that way? Exactly. So this is a staggered version of this idea,

Stagger