Quotes by Pedestal I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp...Then I'd find another one. Al Pacino pedestalusedway The main function of the museum has been to serve as a pedestal upon which a clique of socialites pose as patrons of the arts Albert C. Barnes pedestalmuseumsart May heaven protect us, cher monsieur, from being set on a pedestal by our friends!!! Albert Camus pedestalfriendshipheaven I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so. Althea Gibson pedestalsuccessfulwant He who is continually changing his point of view sees more, and more clearly, than one who, statue-like, forever stands upon the same pedestal; however lofty and well-placed that pedestal may be. Arthur Helps pedestalviewsforever I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always stayed away from that. Barry Sanders pedestalsupposed-to-be I'm not the kind of guy who wants to be on a pedestal. Billy Joel pedestalslippersguy The normal press cycle is to put a company on a pedestal and then knock it down. It's much more interesting that way. Biz Stone pedestalwayinteresting I know that Instagram belongs to Facebook, so I cannot really stand on a political pedestal and say, "I'm against Facebook!" But I haven't wanted to be on Facebook from the beginning. Camille Henrot pedestalinstagrampolitical I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I don't want to be anything other than what we are. I want to just be a woman. Charlize Theron pedestalwant To be famous is to stand on a pedestal and give the world permission to tell you all your flaws. Chris Colfer pedestalgivingworld Shoes are just a pedestal. What interests me is the power of the woman who wears them. Christian Louboutin pedestallife-changingshoes Women are not ladies. The term connotates females who are simultaneously put on a pedestal and patronized. Cynthia Heimel pedestalfemaleterm All hope abandon, ye who enter here! Dante Alighieri divine-comedyinfernopedestal We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals. Dean Devlin pedestalpeople And I'd like to leave quite a few friends behind and I hope I will. Other than that, I don't want nobody putting me on a pedestal when I leave here. I'm just one of the people ... just me. Doc Watson pedestalwantpeople What is an "I", and why are such things found (at least so far) only in association with, as poet Russell Edson once wonderfully phrased it, "teetering bulbs of dread and dream" - that is, only in association with certain kinds of gooey lumps encased in hard protective shells mounted atop mobile pedestals that roam the world on pairs of slightly fuzzy, jointed stilts? Douglas Hofstadter shellspedestaldream If people don't know their pastor, it's easy to put the pastor on a pedestal and depersonalize him or her. It's also easy for pastors, who don't know their congregations, simply to classify congregants as saved or unsaved, involved or not involved, tithers or non-tithers. Eugene H. Peterson pedestaleasypeople Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands. Frances Wright pedestalpaidvirtue Here lies a toppled god. His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. Frank Herbert pedestallyingfall12345»
