high quotes

“Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. ”

— Lord Byron

“Out of chaos God made a world, and out of high passions comes a people. ”

— Lord Byron

“I didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.”

— Sophocles

“The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both.”

— Victor Hugo

“Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.”

— Fridtjof Nansen

“Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage. ”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

“The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool. ”

— Ovid

“Envy aims very high. ”

— Ovid

“Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.”

— Ovid

“Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers. ”

— Ovid

“When you go off in the world and make your life, and you come back to your home town, and you find your old high-school friends driving in the same circles, doing the same things, that's what Hollywood's like. It's a little block, little town. It doesn't really grow or change.”

— Robert Rodriguez

“I like to keep my budgets at a certain price when I work for someone else, and even more so now that I'm working for myself, and use new technologies to deliver films that look like they have high production levels. ”

— Robert Rodriguez

“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”

— Dr Seuss

“I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school. ”

— Christina Aguilera

“I got along better with the guys than with the girls. Only two girls came up to talk to me. Later I found out they were telling their boyfriends, 'If you talk to her, I'll kill you.' It's always rough with that high school thing.”

— Christina Aguilera

“I've been really at the highest levels of American political life. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“You can't imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life. ”

— Bob Dylan

“Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature. ”

— Thomas Stearns Eliot

“You know when you're young and you see a play in high school, and the guys all have gray in their hair and they're trying to be old men and they have no idea what that's like? It's just that stupid the other way around. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”

— Helen Keller

high quotes

“The safety of the people shall be the highest law.”

“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. ”

“The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.”

“Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. ”

“Out of chaos God made a world, and out of high passions comes a people. ”

“I didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.”

“You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.”

“Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.”

“Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.”

“The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.”

“The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both.”

“Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.”

“Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage. ”

“The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool. ”

“Envy aims very high. ”

“Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.”

“Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers. ”

“When you go off in the world and make your life, and you come back to your home town, and you find your old high-school friends driving in the same circles, doing the same things, that's what Hollywood's like. It's a little block, little town. It doesn't really grow or change.”

“I like to keep my budgets at a certain price when I work for someone else, and even more so now that I'm working for myself, and use new technologies to deliver films that look like they have high production levels. ”

“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”

“I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school. ”

“I got along better with the guys than with the girls. Only two girls came up to talk to me. Later I found out they were telling their boyfriends, 'If you talk to her, I'll kill you.' It's always rough with that high school thing.”

“I've been really at the highest levels of American political life. ”

“You can't imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life. ”

“Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature. ”

“You know when you're young and you see a play in high school, and the guys all have gray in their hair and they're trying to be old men and they have no idea what that's like? It's just that stupid the other way around. ”

“Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. ”

“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine. ”

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”