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The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. — William Lloyd Garrison

The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal. — Criss Jami

He placed me on a pedestal, and wondered why his Queen was only a mere doll in the looking glass. — Jennifer Megan Varnadore

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

The pedestal upon which women have been placed has all too often, upon closer inspection, been revealed as a cage. — Irin Carmon

A man who builds his own pedestal had better use strong cement. — Anna Quindlen

The pedestal is immobilizing and subtly insulting whether or not some women yet realize it. We must move up from the pedestal. — Wilma Scott Heide

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

When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions. — Louise Colet

After momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her. — Dolly Parton

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. — Katherine Jenkins

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

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

His message was to follow the Course, don't put it on a pedestal, and don't deify it or make it a holy text. — Carol Howe

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a little more excelled. — Misty May-Treanor

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

The French and their food. They put each meal on a pedestal. — Giada De Laurentiis

If you place belief on a pedestal, it will become your prison. — Ken Dickson

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

When you let people put you up on a pedestal, you step one step in any direction, and you're going to go down. — James Dobson

When you are not on your pedestal you are not interesting. — Oscar Wilde

Men have singled out women of outstanding merit and put them on a pedestal to avoid recognizing the capabilities of all women. — Huda Sha'arawi

Here she comes, running, out of prison and off the pedestal: chains off, crown off, halo off, just a live woman. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman

I don't like putting people on a pedestal, I think ideas are more exciting — Adrian Grenier

Many have lived on a pedestal who will never have a statue when dead. — Pierre-Jean De Beranger

Friends. They really know how to knock you off your pedestal, don't they? — Robert McCammon

Today they're praising you sky high, place you on a pedestal and tomorrow they don't want to know you. — Mark McGrath

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

Rather in a gutter than on a pedestal. — Emil M. Cioran

There's a big middle ground between pedestal and porn. — Melanie Harlow

Outside in the sun the Holy Mother stood on her pedestal in the garden, sorry but unsympathetic. The usual position of mothers. — Barbara Kingsolver

Women are not ladies. The term connotates females who are simultaneously put on a pedestal and patronized. — Cynthia Heimel

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

The moment you put someone on a pedestal they will look down upon you. The trick is respecting each other equally. — Teresa Mummert

I think ... I'm perceived as an everyperson. There is no pedestal. I'm no different from anybody else. — Sarah McLachlan

A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target. — Richelle E. Goodrich

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. — Simone De Beauvoir

I tended to place my wife under a pedestal. — Woody Allen

If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes. — Guy Kawasaki

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

The kids put you on a pedestal. I didn't like it. — Tommy Rettig

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

Benedict, but they say he doesn't set himself up on a pedestal. — Ken Follett

While people who are enlightened are worthy of respect, to put them on a pedestal is a mistake. To undervalue them is also a mistake. — Frederick Lenz

Shoes are just a pedestal. What interests me is the power of the woman who wears them. — Christian Louboutin

Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual. — Indra Devi

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

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

I'm not set on a pedestal where I think I'm too high and mighty. — Naomi Campbell

The removal of Bill Cosby from his cultural pedestal seems pretty complete. — Melissa Harris-Perry

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

Someone who has come through heartache and maintains wit and charm is far more interesting than someone who has been kept on a pedestal all her life. — Jess Michaels

The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I like to literally put women on a pedestal — Vivienne Westwood

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

Let life kick you off your pedestal time and time again, until you lose all interest in being on pedestals. — Jeff Foster

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

He thinks too highly of me, places me on a pedestal i've never deserved. — Tahereh Mafi

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

Religion is the mortar that binds society together; the granite pedestal of liberty; the strong backbone of the social system. — Thomas Guthrie

The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal. — Novalis

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

The favorites of fortune or of fame topple from their pedestals before our eyes without diverting us from ambition. — Luc De Clapiers

I'm the girl who fell off the pedestal. But no one told me the pedestal was made of cardboard. — Amy Kinzer

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

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

A pedestal is the most insidious prison ever devised. — Neal Shusterman

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. — Eric Davis

Rock'n'roll to me is a rebellion against the sterile pedestal culture of movies. — Juliette Lewis

I asked for bread, and I got a stone in the shape of a pedestal. — Louisa May Alcott

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space. — Gloria Steinem

Pedestals are always lonely. — Myrtle Reed

The moment you place someone on a pedestal they will look down upon you. — Charlie Shaw

Have you ever considered how lonely it is to be the girl on a pedestal? — Neal Shusterman

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

Love is when someone puts you on a pedestal and yet when you fall, they're there to catch you anyway.' - Tara Daniels — Jill Shalvis

For the first year of marriage I had basically a bad attitude. I tended to place my wife underneath a pedestal. — Woody Allen

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. — Steven Spielberg

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. — Sarah Kay

My aim is a simple one. It is to smash the pedestal of boring upon which modern novelists and their books stand. — Joshua Humphreys

Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands. — Frances Wright

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

They placed me on a pedestal from the day I was born! What choice did I have but to be perfect! — Mary E. Pearson

Never place someone so high on a pedestal that if they should fall ... you get crushed. — Mark W. Boyer

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

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

So I take my lover, my king, and I put him in a pedestal and I cut him down. A man, like the ones who ruined the world. — Alaya Dawn Johnson

Stormy Llewellyn didn't want a pedestal. She wanted only someone who would look her straight in the eyes and always tell her the truth. — Dean Koontz

Spoons and skimmers you can be undistinguishably together; but vases and statues require each a pedestal for itself. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Being famous is like putting yourself on a pedestal for the entire world to see, and not caring about what judgements are made of you. — Chris Colfer

Jeff Bridges is one of those icons that I put on a very high pedestal, so just to get to chill with him off-camera on cold, rainy days was surreal. — Kit Harington

Yoga teachers must be willing to step down from this imagined pedestal and utter the words "I don't know" on a regular basis. — Gudjon Bergmann

I feel like role models today are not meant to be put on a pedestal. But more like angels with broken wings. — Tupac Shakur

We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room. — Bella Abzug

I put you on the pedestal - made you a saint - dare I blaspheme? ... — John Geddes

When people get placed upon a pedestal - when they start chasing after that person on the pedestal - they become mannequin-like. — Ichiro Suzuki

I'm not the kind of guy who wants to be on a pedestal. — Billy Joel

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