Pedestal Quotes

The tomb is the pedestal of greatness. I make a distinction between God's great and the king's great.

Hollywood people want to build you up and make you famous only to knock you off you're the pedestal they built for you.

Pedestals are always lonely.

It's always better to step down from the pedestal than to be pulled off of it.

Many have lived on a pedestal who will never have a statue when dead.

If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go and that is down.

Shoes must have very high heels and platforms to put women's beauty on a pedestal.

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.

I believe you should place a woman on a pedestal: high enough so you can look up her dress.

Men put me on a pedestal, then never come to visit.

Celebrity is a pretty stunning thing. At first I was like 'They love me! Oh, I love them, too.' And suddenly, I was tap-dancing on my pedestal and it was whack! Facedown in the dirt.

I asked for bread, and I got a stone in the shape of a pedestal.

If you had a large vase with a big crack down the middle of it, a Japanese art museum would put the vase on a pedestal and shine a spotlight on the crack!

When love ends, the beloved is no longer standing on a pedestal, but in a hole.

I don't think any player lives up to his potential, because people out there put you so high on a pedestal, you'll never be as good as they expect.

Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug.

May heaven protect us, cher monsieur, from being set on a pedestal by our friends!!!

Each generation takes a special pleasure in removing the household gods of its parents from their pedestals, and consigning them to the cupboard.

The normal press cycle is to put a company on a pedestal and then knock it down. It's much more interesting that way.

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.

To be famous is to stand on a pedestal and give the world permission to tell you all your flaws.

Possibly the only thing we Notekillers place on a higher pedestal than music is laughs, so, of course, we also know that the idea of the title is a kind of humorous futility.

We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals.

It's still a mystery to me, but even though my mother was like an older sister to me, I kind of put her up on a pedestal.

No woman allows her lover to descend from his pedestal. Even a god is not forgiven the slightest pettiness.

Any party that would put Sarah Palin up on a pedestal will never have my support.

Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.

A writer is hoisted up onto a pedestal only to scrutinize him more closely and conclude that it was a mistake to put him up there in the first place.

Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection.

Lesson learned: Don't ever put a guy up on a pedestal. It's too easy for him to tip over and fall off.

People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life.

Part of what I try to do in schools is take poetry off of a pedestal and make it a little more accessible and approachable.

Obviously, everyone loves someone who appreciates you and puts you on a pedestal.

In our society, in our culture, we love to build people up. We love to build the pedestal, and we love to put 'em up there on it, and then we can't wait for the day they fall off of it.

It's a disservice, really, when we put celebrated people on a pedestal and don't allow them to be human. It's a very lonely experience for the individual. It's not a sustainable way to live.

When the Chinese suspect someone of being a potential troublemaker, they always resort to one of two methods: they crush him, or they hoist him on a pedestal.

I've always at least tried to be self-deprecating when I say anything about myself. As long as you set the bar low, it will keep people from putting you on a pedestal, so they can't knock you off.

The removal of Bill Cosby from his cultural pedestal seems pretty complete.

Being a down-to-earth type of individual, I feel like I can connect with people on a different level, versus the GOD-like pedestal that people tend to put us on.

Don’t make the mistake of looking down on your partner. You’re only on that pedestal because they put you up there.

Lesson learned: Don’t ever put a guy up on a pedestal. It’s too easy for him to tip over and fall off.

Pedestals aren't safe...one wrong move and a nasty tumble is sure to follow. Humility is a great grounding tool.

If you put me on a pedestal, I will fall off because I can never achieve the perfection of your expectations.