Elevated Quotes

155 quotes by 146 authors

We are like dwarfs [the moderns] sitting on the shoulders of giants [the ancients]. Our glance can thus take in more things and reach farther… — Bernard of Chartres
Carlton does not pitch to the hitter, he pitches through him. The batter hardly exists for Steve. He's playing an elevated game of catch. — Tim McCarver
Stephen Harper is probably the most dangerous human being ever elevated to power in Canada. — Farley Mowat
One thing is certain: the call of Christ is always a promotion. Were Christ to call a king from his throne to preach the gospel… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I like that 'once upon a time' quality, where the telling of a tale has an elevated sense of story. There's a whimsical quality to… — Erin Morgenstern
A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself. — Charles Dickens
A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art. — Mark Strand
I'm aware that success can overwhelm you. The perception of you can be elevated to such a status that it's not you any more. — Chris Ofili
The few bright meteors in man's intellectual horizon could well be matched by women, were she allowed to occupy the same elevated position. — Ernestine Rose
If a Democrat took Republicans on rudely, they wouldn't be elevated in the Democratic Party. There's a different standard. We're supposed to be polite to… — Dannel Malloy
The highest summits and those elevated above the level of other things are mostly blasted by envy as by a thunderbolt. — Lucretius
I love the first two X-Men movies because I thought that Bryan Singer did such a great job. He elevated that whole genre. He's a… — Famke Janssen
You would have thought that our first priority would be to ask what the ecologists are finding out, because we have to live within the… — David Suzuki
There is a certain class of people who prefer to say that their fathers came down in the world through their own follies than to… — William Winwood Reade
Of all the old festivals, however, that of Christmas awakens the strongest and most heartfelt associations. There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling… — Washington Irving
Why should I expect to be exempt from censure; the unfailing lot of an elevated station? My Heart tells me it has been my unremitted… — George Washington
When we are mindful of every nuance of our natural world, we finally get the picture: that we are only given one dazzling moment of… — Elizabeth Gilbert
When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices. The mighty climb down. The humble are elevated. — Hugh Sidey
When in such sadness I earnestly elevated my spirit into God and locked my whole heart and mind along with all my thoughts and will… — Jakob Bohme
When a Krishna Conscious person is elevated to a responsible position, he never becomes puffed up. Just like a tree when over-laden with fruits becomes… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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