Above Quotes

Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time.

In short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop.

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.

The trouble with the artists this year is they are all obsessed with Twitter and headlines. It feels like they are all getting a bit above themselves.

A fellow has to have faith in God above and Rollie Fingers in the bullpen.

I think a challenge for myself is to see how many times I can get above 9,000. That would be a good challenge.

The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.

Then, certainly, to be a Christian is to love God above all, and our neighbour as ourselves.

You have been tried by twelve good men and true, not of your peers but as high above you as heaven is of hell, and they have said you are guilty.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

I think that America in general is piratical. Every time we accept a paycheck for doing almost nothing, allowing us to live above the poverty line, we're engaging in piracy.

The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama... Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly.

Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

And sometimes you have to go above the written law, I believe.

We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.

Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.

Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

As I said, men value their independence in a weird way, above practically everything.

I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.

In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world.

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us.

Down below the broad, roaring waves of the sea break against the deep foundation of the rock. But high above the mountain, the sea, and the peaks of rock the eternal ornamentation blooms silently from the dark depths of the universe.

The wise are above books.

If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.

The one thing I seek above all else is understanding. Sometimes I'm so frustrated and I don't get it. But I'm lucky to have a good management team and people around me who explain things and answer my questions.

You know, I left the country when Reagan got in; I went to France. And when George Bush Jr. got in, my instincts told me it was time to go - I'd felt that we had grown above that, you know?

So I ask the nuclear powers to abandon the out-of-date thinking of the Cold War period and take a fresh look. Above all, I appeal to them to bear in mind the long-term threat that nuclear weapons pose to humankind and to begin action towards their elimination.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.