Pedestal Quotes

130 quotes by 122 authors

I've always said that the experience of meeting an artist that you are in awe of and that you hope to create with one day… — Sandra Bullock
I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a little bit of… — Jim Carrey
If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player… — Benjamin Carson
Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain,… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
I tended to place my wife under a pedestal. — Woody Allen
The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a… — Misty May-Treanor
The greatest honor that can be paid to the work of art, on its pedestal of ritual display, is to describe it with sensory completeness.… — Camille Paglia
Shoes are just a pedestal. What interests me is the power of the woman who wears them. — Christian Louboutin
Itâ€™s amazing how lonely you can feel and like nobody understandsâ€¦The moment you are vulnerable, someone always reaches outâ€¦.They go through the same things. I… — Rihanna
After Momma gave birth to twelve of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her. — Dolly Parton
Being an actor is looked at like a prolonged game of dress-up. America puts movie stars on pedestals. In college, it's the flip side. I… — Julia Stiles
I feel like role models today are not meant to be put on a pedestal. But more like angels with broken wings. — Tupac Shakur
I don't like putting people on a pedestal, I think ideas are more exciting — Adrian Grenier
Hollywood people want to build you up and make you famous only to knock you off you're the pedestal they built for you. — Morgan Brittany
It's one thing I like about America - they respect the sportsman. They put them up on a pedestal. They don't try to knock them… — David Beckham
Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, here, my poor man, but be grateful that the… — Swami Vivekananda
In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about (Stan) Musial, (Ted) Williams and (Jackie) Robinson. I had… — Hank Aaron
The main function of the museum has been to serve as a pedestal upon which a clique of socialites pose as patrons of the arts — Albert C. Barnes
For the first year of marriage I had basically a bad attitude. I tended to place my wife underneath a pedestal. — Woody Allen

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