When smashing monuments, save the pedestals-they always…

“The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when men discovered we can better shout orders from there.”

— Betty Grable

I don't particularly like showing furniture on pedestals, but for whatever reasons you always have to in museums.

— Zaha Hadid

Don't put your heroes on pedestals.

— Jackie Fuchs

The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.

— Betty Grable

If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.

— Samantha Bond

“Sometimes, I think... people we put on pedestals... they've got that much further to fall when you realize they're human.”

— Charles Sheehan-Miles

We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals.

— Dean Devlin

“The steps were flanked by a pair of low pedestals, on which were mounted two giant cats carved out of some dark, polished material.…

— Diane Setterfield

Pedestals are always lonely.

— Myrtle Reed

The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give better orders from there.

— Betty Grable

I was flying right toward him (the pig) at the speed of demigod-smashing.

— Rick Riordan

I remember my parents yelling at each other and at me from an early age, and I remember a lot of things smashing. I…

— Jason Diamond

I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan.

— Billy Corgan

There were so many Pittsburgh poets in my hallway that if, at that instant, a meteorite had come smashing through my roof, there would…

— Michael Chabon

In dialogue, there is opposition, yes, but no head-on collision. Smashing heads does not open minds.

— Deborah Tannen