Raise Quotes

1752 Raise quotes by 1375 unique authors

To look at the paper is to raise a seashell to one's ear and to be overwhelmed by the roar of humanity. — Alain de Botton
I cry to you, my Lord, my rock! Do not be deaf to me, for if you are silent, I shall go down to the… — Nicholas Sparks
What do you look at while you’re making up your mind? Ours is not a reflective culture, we do no raise our eyes up to… — Thomas Harris
Indeed, "Hera said. ―Porphyrion, the strongest of his kind. Gaea needed a great deal of power to raise him again —my power. For weeks I‘ve… — Rick Riordan
Except that my father got a raise, and my mother didn't because she doesn't get paid for housework, and my sister stopped reading those self-esteem… — Stephen Chbosky
i get a little romantic about the old Empire State. Just looking at it makes me want to play some Frank Sinatra tunes and sway… — Maureen Johnson
Science, the largest religion of the twentieth century, had become tarnished by images of exploding space shuttles, crack babies, and a generation of complacent Americans… — Jim Butcher
When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise a… — Fulton J. Sheen
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in… — Adam Smith
we raise them for us; that means we owe them some respect. nature is creul but we dont have to be. i wouldnt want to… — Temple Grandin
Tell me." Edward had to raise his voice a little. "Do you live by the principle that what people don't know can't hurt them?" "No,"… — Ginn Hale
What have we been doing all these centuries but trying to call God back to the mountain, or, failing that, raise a peep out of… — Annie Dillard
Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. — Unknown Author
I can kill with a single word. I can hurl a ball of fire into the midst of my enemies. I rule a squadron of… — Margaret Weis
No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with power… — Arthur C. Clarke
Love can do all but raise the Dead I doubt if even that From such a giant were withheld Were flesh equivalent But love is… — Emily Dickinson
He was a clot looking for a place to happen, a splinter of bone hunting a soft organ to puncture, a lonely lunatic cell looking… — Stephen King
However modest one may be in one's demand for intellectual cleanliness, one cannot help feeling, when coming into contact with the New Testament, a kind… — Friedrich Nietzsche
men are attracted to beauty because it indicates health and youth—no point mating with a sickly woman who won’t be around to raise the children. — Becca Fitzpatrick
The craving for equality can express itself either as a desire to pull everyone down to our own level (by belittling them, excluding them, tripping… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The men loved jokes, though they had heard each one before. Jack's manner was persuasive; few of them had seen the old stories so well… — Sebastian Faulks
Raise your quality standards as high as you can live with, avoid wasting your time on routine problems, and always try to work as closely… — Edsger Dijkstra
Oh, Fortuna, blind, heedless goddess, I am strapped to your wheel,' Ignatius belched, 'Do not crush me beneath your spokes. Raise me on high, divinity. — John Kennedy Toole
He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at your best? — David Nicholls
I cannot admit this out loud. In the first place, we are expected to be supermoms these days, instead of admitting that we have flaws.… — Jodi Picoult

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