(1501 quotes found)
“In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
“When you’re trying to raise an investment for your venture, every ‘no’ gets you closer to a ‘yes’ only if you know why you’ve been rejected.”
Maya Elhalal
“I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.”
Colin Powell
“Rise up, lads, the evening is coming. The evening star is just raising his long-awaited light in heaven.”
Catullus
“Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags. That makes me suspicious.”
Wangari Maathai
“I will now teach my son Increase (and others of my children) the way of raising a lesson out of every verse in his reading of the Bible; and of turning it into a Prayer; and engage him (and them) unto a daily Course in reading the Bible in such a way”
Cotton Mather
“Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly.”
Cecil Beaton
“Last year we raised $37,000.”
Pam Dunn
“There are many selfish people who are extremely original, then they take those pure ideas and use them to raise themselves up, that is an insincere move.”
Daniel Smith
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