Height Quotes

Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.

Even now when I am answering a question I am at the height of my own meditation.

I am comfortable at the height where destiny has put me.

Tom and I didn't have a problem with the height differential but Paramount did, so we tried to hide it.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.

No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.

Strangely, Dante's Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries.

My father had kicked me out of his house at the height of an argument over an opinion difference. He had become so enraged. He told me never to come back, and that was all the severance it took.

But even at the height of these scandals, even at the time when our finances were at their worst, the NAACP branches - the grassroots - kept plugging away. They kept doing what they do, and they do it well.

Well I knew JD could go out there and knock the guy out because in training I told JD all the time that he has height, reach and size and he has the power. JD has such a right hand, his right hand is like wow, oh man it is bad.

Censorship is the height of vanity.

I certainly did feel inferior. Because of class. Because of strength. Because of height. I guess if I'd been able to hit somebody in the nose, I wouldn't have been a comic.

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.

To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!

The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein... scope for a peculiar but genuine artistic function.

Filming 'Eclipse' - Eclipse was my favorite book so I was really excited to start filming the movie. I just love that it's the height of the love triangle. 'Twilight' develops Edward and Bella's relationship, 'New Moon' develops Jacob and Bella's and in 'Eclipse,' the three of them are physically together.

When you drive, you are doing several things at once. You are using your eyes, ears, hands, your mind. If you have meditated for many years and have reached a lofty height in your meditation, as I have, you can meditate while running and cycling and painting.

To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance.

If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.

I was told I would never make it because I'm too short. Well, I'm still too short. It doesn't matter what your height is, it's what's in your heart.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

In modeling, my height was a big challenge to overcome, because I was pretty much the shortest girl on the runway whenever I was doing the catwalk. The clothes didn't fit and the shoes didn't fit. It was an issue, but luckily, it didn't prevent me from working.

What I find most disturbing about Valentine's Day is, look, I get that you have to have a holiday of love, but in the height of flu season, it makes no sense.

I think a moment of critical energy has suddenly emerged. But moments like this come and go unless we seize them at their height.

I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was of an extremely sanguine temperament.

My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest.

Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity.