Best Pedestal Quotes

130 Pedestal quotes by 119 unique authors

I like to literally put women on a pedestal — Vivienne Westwood
Woman must be put back in her place. Man’s great error was to put woman on a pedestal, when she is far more at ease… — Boyd Rice
Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands. — Frances Wright
I can look back at it now as definitely like an initiation into adulthood. Almost overnight in the NFL, I was put on a pedestal… — Ricky Williams
Celebrity is a pretty stunning thing. At first I was like 'They love me! Oh, I love them, too.' And suddenly, I was tap-dancing on… — Sharon Stone
May heaven protect us, cher monsieur, from being set on a pedestal by our friends!!! — Albert Camus
Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him… — Etienne de La Boetie
Men have singled out women of outstanding merit and put them on a pedestal to avoid recognizing the capabilities of all women. — Unknown Author
You get built up and put on a pedestal and then people want to bring you down. It can be hurtful. Some people try to… — Avril Lavigne
I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the… — Edward Tufte
A man who builds his own pedestal had better use strong cement. — Anna Quindlen
Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual. — Indra Devi
When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions. — Louise Colet
There is never any real danger in allowing a pedestal for a hero. He never has time to sit on it. One sees him always… — Gerald Stanley Lee
When a man says he must develop a holy life alone with God, he is of no more use to his fellow men: he puts… — Oswald Chambers
Music has always carried me through times of loneliness. So when I make music, I like it to make people who listen to it feel… — John Frusciante
I asked for bread, and I got a stone in the shape of a pedestal. — Louisa May Alcott
The main objects of all science, the freedom and happiness of man. . . . [are] the sole objects of all legitimate government. A plaque… — Thomas Jefferson
History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the pedestal. Columns, arches,… — Washington Irving
If you're put on a pedestal, you're supposed to behave yourself like a pedestal type of person. Pedestals actually have a limited circumference. Not much… — Margaret Atwood
I'm not set on a pedestal where I think I'm too high and mighty. — Naomi Campbell
You have set up in New York Harbor a monstrous idol which you call Liberty. The only thing that remains to complete that monument is… — George Bernard Shaw
The natural alone is permanent. Fantastic idols may be worshipped for a while; but at length they are overturned by the continual and silent progress… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Even the West has known the architecture of empty space, whose object, for thousands of years, has been less to construct divine houses, than to… — Andre Malraux
A pedestal is the most insidious prison ever devised. — Neal Shusterman

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