Raises Quotes
1587 Raises quotes by 1234 unique authors
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Creating fear and loathing of gay and lesbian Americans has proven, year after year, to be the most effective say for Dobson and the other…
— Mel White
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[T]he main evil of the present democratic institutions of the united states does not raise, as is often asserted in Europe, from their weakness, but…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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They asked if our own nation wasn't using massive doses of violence to solve its problems, to bring about the changes it wanted. Their questions…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Whoever raises a righteous child, it is as if he did not die.
— Rashi
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Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre. We do that…
— Terrence McNally
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. . . Our Lord humbles in order to raise up, and allows the suffering of interior and exterior afflictions in order to bring about…
— Vincent de Paul
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[I]n order to raise a soul to the highest perfection, He allows it to pass through dryness, brambles, and combats, causing it thereby to honor…
— Vincent de Paul
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Marriage helps young couples to raise themselves towards God. The bond of marriage unites two souls so firmly that though they are physically two separate…
— Dada Vaswani
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The question you raise, 'How can such a formulation lead to computations?' doesn't bother me in the least! Throughout my whole life as a mathematician,…
— Alexander Grothendieck
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Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.
— Abraham Cowley
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Abstract work, if one wishes to do it well, must be allowed to destroy one's humanity; one raises a monument which is at the same…
— Bertrand Russell
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I always see to the dogs first and leave the cats and the occasional birds and rabbits and hamsters for later. It isn't that I…
— Blaize Clement
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This infantile sense of order tended to infect my life at large. Up at 5:30 a.m., coffee, oatmeal, perhaps sausage (homemade), and fresh eggs giving…
— Jim Harrison
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This is the day of wonders. The land is covered with trees like a head with hair and behind the ship the sun rises tipping…
— Alice Munro
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
— Seneca the Younger
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New Zealanders who leave for Australia raise the IQ of both countries
— Robert Muldoon
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A sense of a wider meaning to one's existence is what raises a man beyond mere getting and spending. If he lacks this sense, he…
— Carl Jung
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I don't want my kids safe and comfortable. I want them BRAVE. ... I don't want to be the reason my kids choose safety over…
— Jen Hatmaker
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You know if I had nickel for every time Bush has mentioned 9/11, I could raise enough reward money to go after Bin Laden.
— Jon Stewart
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The aristocracy are not the farmers who work the land, and raise the produce, but are the mere consumers of the rent; and when compared…
— Thomas Paine
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Dreadful experiences raise the question whether he who experiences them, is not something dreadful also.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's assertion of a general supervisory authority,…
— Elena Kagan
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Editors of conservative magazines aren't out trying to raise money. The money is there; the cash reserves are in the bank.
— David Brock
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One of the marks of our world is perhaps this reversal: we live according to a generalized image-repertoire. Consider the United Sates, where everything is…
— Roland Barthes
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Your virtue raises your glory above your crime.
— Pierre Corneille
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