I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's… — Edward Tufte Copy Share Image
The moment you put someone on a pedestal they will look down upon you. The trick is respecting each other equally. — Teresa Mummert Copy Share Image
Any party that would put Sarah Palin up on a pedestal will never have my support. — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
“To understand this new frontier, I will have to try to master one of the most difficult and counterintuitive theories ever recorded… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
The media tends to put the artists with the hottest single on a pedestal. And as soon as that single goes away,… — Too Short Copy Share Image
Waterlilies always come in Buddhist sculpture. The Buddhas all stand on lotus pedestals, because the lotus is grown from the mud. The… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
An intelligent man said that the world felt Napoleon as a weight, and that when he died it would give a great… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
He has built a pedestal for her so tall that she is afraid to be lifted atop it, because to fall would… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal Copy Share Image
It's still a mystery to me, but even though my mother was like an older sister to me, I kind of put… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
The natural alone is permanent. Fantastic idols may be worshipped for a while; but at length they are overturned by the continual… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Celebrity is a pretty stunning thing. At first I was like 'They love me! Oh, I love them, too.' And suddenly, I… — Sharon Stone Copy Share Image
Women have traditionally been either put on pedestals or damned as the source of all sexual temptation and sin. These are two… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Men have singled out women of outstanding merit and put them on a pedestal to avoid recognizing the capabilities of all women. — Huda Sha'arawi Copy Share Image
