“the higher you put someone on a pedestal the further they have to fall.” — Katerina Diamond Copy Share Image
Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Why do people put you down for doing something and then they go and do the same thing and its OK! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“They placed me on a pedestal from the day I was born! What choice did I have but to be perfect!” — Mary E. Pearson Copy Share Image
I feel like role models today are not meant to be put on a pedestal. But more like angels with broken wings. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
They that crouch to those who are above them, always trample on those who are below them. — George Earle Buckle Copy Share Image
People want to dethrone you from the pedestal that you're on when you have a platform, when you have a voice. — Bubba Wallace Copy Share Image
The main function of the museum has been to serve as a pedestal upon which a clique of socialites pose as patrons… — Albert C. Barnes Copy Share Image
After momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
We like to put people on a pedestal, give them one character trait, and if they step outside of that shrinelike area… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Even Cory Sandhagen is saying he's trying to take me down, and of course I'm going to get up. We know if… — Merab Dvalishvili Copy Share Image
It's one thing I like about America - they respect the sportsman. They put them up on a pedestal. They don't try… — David Beckham Copy Share Image
You talk big, claiming your down but when I come thru your never around. You act tough, and mighty but when your… — Cherise J Copy Share Image
He who is continually changing his point of view sees more, and more clearly, than one who, statue-like, forever stands upon the… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation. — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
“[We] eventually joked about the pedestal he put me on during our first years together, and I know my falling off it… — Molly Roden Winter Copy Share Image
In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about (Stan) Musial, (Ted) Williams and (Jackie)… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I am and always will be a sinner. But that's the beautiful thing about Jesus. I'll always try to be a better… — Billy Ray Cyrus Copy Share Image
Music has always carried me through times of loneliness. So when I make music, I like it to make people who listen… — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
I'm not a righteous man. People put me up on a pedestal that I don't belong in my personal life. And they… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Woman must be put back in her place. Man’s great error was to put woman on a pedestal, when she is far… — Boyd Rice Copy Share Image
Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, here, my poor man, but be… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“In learning a language, when from mere words we reach the laws of words, we have gained a great deal. But if… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“Inside you is a thing worth putting on a pedestal--worth putting out there for all the world to see. That piece of… — Charles Martin 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
“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
There is a progression of understanding vis-a-vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance -- physical, emotional, intellectual and… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
As far as piano players are concerned, Oscar Peterson is my very favorite. I also like McCoy Tyner. I think that the… — Nina Simone 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
... 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