Some people are like the earth's gravity, whenever you try to succeed they pull you down. — Simphiwe Ntuli Copy Share Image
“If people are trying to pull you down, it is proof that you are above them.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions. — Louise Colet Copy Share Image
“he thinks too highly of me, places me on a pedestal i've never deserved.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
It is a lot of pressure when someone puts you on a pedestal; eventually you're going to fall off. — Ariana Madix Copy Share Image
People will always try to bring you down but in the end you're the one who's gonna be way higher than they… — Lillian Copy Share Image
I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
Hollywood people want to build you up and make you famous only to knock you off you're the pedestal they built for… — Morgan Brittany 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
I moved out to Los Angeles a fan of many people, and meeting people I put on a pedestal that just disappointed… — Aaron Paul Copy Share Image
“One of the worst things that happened to her was that she was put on a pedestal which didn’t allow her to… — Andrew Morton Copy Share Image
It's a disservice, really, when we put celebrated people on a pedestal and don't allow them to be human. It's a very… — Linda D. Thompson Copy Share Image
Never let a person get to you, show them that you don't care and that your being the bigger person because they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think you can love a person too much. You put someone up on a pedestal, and all of a sudden, from… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant… — Etienne de La Boetie Copy Share Image
People tend to put entertainers on pedestals. We're human beings, just like you. You may see us smiling, and whether we have… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
He had the uncanny capacity to know exactly what your weak point is, know what will make you feel small, to make… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you hear so much and everybody is praising you, you can get lost in that. You can start thinking that… — Kevin Hart 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
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
As a general rule, when something gets elevated to apple-pie status in the hierarchy of American values, you have to suspect that… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
There will be people who will line up to put Your in your place, while others will pole vault over each other… — Eugene Nathaniel Butler Copy Share Image
Growing up, all I saw was my parents trying to be the best people they could be, and people coming to them… — Willow Smith Copy Share Image
Cows in India occupy the same position in society as women did in England before they got the vote. Woman was revered… — Stella Benson Copy Share Image
... while our men seem thoroughly abreast of the times on almost every other subject, when they strike the woman question they… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
I like to summarize what I regard as the pedestal-smashing messages of Darwin's revolution in the following statement, which might be chanted… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“For one moment, she stood stock-still, drinking in the simple beauty of the marble fountain, the base of its pedestal wreathed in… — Stephanie Laurens Copy Share Image
It hurts to see that everything on television is based on pillaring people. Nobody's sort of given the opportunity to be nice… — Robin Leach Copy Share Image
