Level Quotes

3956 Level quotes by 2837 unique authors

Levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves. — Samuel Johnson
I meet people in my daily life, people who seem to experience some change and some growth on a personal level, and that gives me… — Tracy Chapman
I love the idea that we put in jokes the kids don't get. And that later, when they grow up and read a few books… — Matt Groening
Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls. — Euripides
Keeping up with the Joneses was a full-time job with my mother and father. It was not until many years later when I lived alone… — Quentin Crisp
If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice. Failing this duty,… — Joseph Brodsky
I worry that humanity has been "advanced" to its present level of incompetency because evolution works on the Peter Principle. — Jane Wagner
Upscale people are fixated with food simply because they are now able to eat so much of it without getting fat, and the reason they… — Barbara Ehrenreich
I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines. — Jane Haddam
By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, I feel really… — Wayne Gretzky
It is in the nature of the New Yorker to be as topical as possible, on a level that is often small in scale and… — Brendan Gill
Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all. Almsgiving leaves a man just where he was before. Aid restores… — Evita Peron
How ironical that it is by means of speech that man can degrade himself below the level of dumb creation -- for a chatterbox is… — Soren Kierkegaard
Why the need, rising in some very nearly to the level of compulsion, to verify experience by way of language?-to scrupulously record and preserve the… — Joyce Carol Oates
Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink. — Paul Theroux
I had seen cancer at a more cellular level as a researcher. The first time I entered the cancer ward, my first instinct was to… — Siddhartha Mukherjee
I injured myself quite badly when I was seventeen. I broke my ankle, and it didn't heal in such a way that I could keep… — Kristin Lehman
Of course there are big differences in length and character and vocabulary, but each level has its particular pleasures when it comes to the words… — Margaret Mahy
Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy… — Mark McKinnon
I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive… — Sienna Miller
Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work… — Walter Murch
The increased abstraction in mathematics that took place during the early part of this century was paralleled by a similar trend in the arts. In… — Keith Devlin
If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to… — David Ortiz
That's what we want to do here at Johnson Space Center. I think what we have always brought to NASA and brought to the country… — Ellen Ochoa
In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically,… — Frank Ocean

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