Ladder Quotes

362 Ladder quotes by 297 unique authors

Stupid deer," I said, embarrassed about being startled. "We need a ladder." "I think they're easier to shoot with a rifle." "I'm not talking about… — Obert Skye
But 'tis common proof, that lowliness is young ambition's ladder, whereto the climber-upward turns his face; but when he once attains the upmost round, he… — William Shakespeare
He had so many ways of climbing into the tree house in his head, escaping the madness below, and pulling the ladder up behind him... — Abraham Verghese
The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people of the book."… — Malcolm Gladwell
Amy: This time can we... lose the bunk beds? The Doctor: No Bunk beds are cool, a bed with a ladder, you can't beat that! — Neil Gaiman
There is perhaps nothing worse than reaching the top of the ladder and discovering that you’re on the wrong wall. — Joseph Campbell
Here's some more stuff we're going to need." 1 pair coveralls 1 extension ladder (30 foot) 1 glass cutter 1 artist's portfolio (large) 1 water… — Gordon Korman
Jeb climbed the ladder Fang had just lowered and I indulged in a moments fantasy about someone slamming the trapdoor on his head.”-max — James Patterson
Will's face turned grave. "Be careful with it, though. It's six hundred years old and the only copy of its kind. Losing or damaging it… — Cassandra Clare
Wait, Saturday night?" The ladder-backed chair creaked and I looked up as he leaned forward to eye me in growing suspicion. "I thought you stayed… — Rachel Vincent
Without a mission statement, you may get to the top of the ladder and then realize it was leaning against the wrong building! — Dave Ramsey
Merripen, despite his fear of heights, had often climbed a ladder to wash the second floor window for her. He had wanted her view of… — Lisa Kleypas
Seduced her? Every time I turned round she was up a library ladder. In the end I gave in. That reminds me—I spotted something between… — Tom Stoppard
It's different," you said. "You've made, Min, everything different for me. Everything's like coffee you made me try, better than I ever - or the… — Daniel Handler
If God built me a ladder to heaven, I would climb it and elbow drop the world — Mick Foley
Haldir had gone on and was now climbing to the high flet. As Frodo prepared to follow him, he laid his hand upon the tree… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. — Unknown Author
I have always unswervingly held, that God, in our civilizing world, manifests Himself not in the miracles of biblical age, but in progress. It is… — David Mitchell
She tries to turn too soon, and the ladder smacks into Fernando's shoulder. "Oh! Sorry, Nando." The jolt knocks his glasses askew. He smiles at… — Veronica Roth
Individually the disciple and friend of Jesus who has learned to work shoulder to shoulder with his or her Lord stands in this world as… — Dallas Willard
All that matters in life," the grey man went on, "is to climb the ladder of success, amount to something, own things. When a person… — Michael Ende
For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder,a snake — Salman Rushdie
Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart. Never. Ever. 'You can come down the evolutionary ladder,' Chon has observed to Ben… — Don Winslow
After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this: A man walking fast… — Robin Sloan
I've tried to move [the sidhe-seers] during times of peace and quiet and had the luck of a broken mirror nailed beneath an upside-down horseshoe… — Karen Marie Moning

Who Wrote These Ladder Quotes

297 authors contributed a total of 362 Ladder Quotes, led by these top contributors: