High Quotes

Of late, attempts have been made in the USA - at a high level and in a rather cynical form - to play the "Chinese card" against the USSR. This is a shortsighted and dangerous policy.

A smooth lecture... may be pleasant; a good teacher challenges, asks, irritates and maintains high standards - all that is generally not pleasant.

The smartest billionaires I know never finished high school. I got my degree and my doctorate on the street and an advanced degree in jail.

When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'

I can't jump high, so I jump from high places.

When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis.

I was using the word awesomeness while you were still in high school, popping zits.

College is the reward for surviving high school. Most people have great fun stories from college and nightmare stories from high school.

Never look back. Move on. Aim high. Etc.

I be getting high just to balance out the lows.

I did pretty good for a guy who never finished high school and used to yodel at square dances.

I'll show you Obama's birth certificate when you show me Sarah Palin's high school diploma.

In high school I was voted the girl most likely to become a nun. That may not be impressive to you, but it was quite an accomplishment at the Hebrew Academy.

The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.

There was no Twitter when I was in high school, so I can't even imagine the pressures or the expectations of pursuing likes or living life in that kind of mentality.

Enjoy life, study hard, play hard, be kind to other people, set high standards, and don't be afraid to say "No."

You are capable of more than you ever thought.

People can live up to high standards, but they can't live up to perfection.

No, I had no problem communicating with Latin American heads of state - though now I do wish I had paid more attention to Latin when I was in high school.

Always wear high heels. Yes, they give you power. you move differently, sit differently and even speak differently.

I fly like paper, get high like planes If you catch me at the border, I got visas in my name

I didn't have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'm super shy, so it was hard to make friends.

If it wasn't for the music bein' my outlet, I'd probably be hustlin', I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to go and get a nine-to-five, I never finished high school or none of that.

I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.

You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.

As you go along your own road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance... But no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still and persevere.

I've never had high expectations of my work and I certainly am not going to let that plague my thoughts. I'm just going to continue to choose what feels right for me at the time and go with it.

In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act that apparently had something to do with stamps.

It is a deed of greater charity to give a bit of bread to the poor in the time of high prices and famine, than a whole loaf in the time of fertility and abundance.

At North Hollywood High School, I was shunned by everyone. I would sit down in the cafeteria, and students would get up from the table and walk away. They thought I was from the Mafia...

The more high technology around us, the more the need for human touch...HighTech/High Touch. The principle symbolizes the need for balance between our physical and spiritual reality.

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.

In every high school, there is a clique.

Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off.

I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born.

I did archery when I was in high school. In our gym class we had two weeks of archery and I remember taking the bow and arrow and firing it up and across the street into a car parking lot.

Show business is just like high school, except you get paid.

Too few people recognize that the high technology so celebrated today is essentially a mathematical technology.

Great teachers have high expectations for their students, but higher expectations for themselves.

There's a battle between what the cook thinks is high art and what the customer just wants to eat.

Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible.

I have never taken the high road, but I tell other people to 'cause then there's more room for me on the low road.

I finally just slept with my high school crush. But I swear; now he expects me to go to his graduation - like I know where I'm going to be in three years.

I've been singing my whole life. I'd randomly sing in the hallways at high school, and all my friends would be like, 'You should sing on 'Canadian Idol'!" It definitely gassed me!

Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.

Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?

Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.

I believe excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over.

I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful.