#above

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#down #dragged #either #individual #lift

I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#back #bitter #comes #country #founding

My game is really played above time. I don't say that like I'm saying I'm ahead of my time. I'm saying, like, if I'm on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I've thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that's the right place to go to. ↗

— LeBron James

#ahead #ball #before #court #even

I don't like recording studios - except my own, which is just a little room above the garage. ↗

— Keith Jarrett

#except #garage #i #just #like

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails. ↗

— James Joyce

#artist #behind #beyond #creation #existence

It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so. ↗

— Junius

#coward #dares #him #insolent #those

Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength. ↗

— Meir Kahane

#decency #east #gentleness #goodness #impresses

Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#awe #law #me #moral #moral law

People who go to work every day and perform the services essential to keeping our economy functioning deserve to live above the poverty level. ↗

— Marcy Kaptur

#day #deserve #economy #essential #every

If you are charged with this responsibility of enhancing interrogations, or using soldiers to enhance interrogations to find Saddam, and you're above the law for all practical purposes, you might try some unusual techniques. Now we know that, in fact, they did. ↗

— Janis Karpinski

#charged #did #enhance #enhancing #fact