#raises

The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#anxiety #beneath #constantly #english #englishman

I traveled the state of Florida for two years campaigning. I have never met a job creator who told me that they were waiting for the next tax increase before they started growing their business. I've never met a single job creator who's ever said to me I can't wait until government raises taxes again so I can go out and create a job. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#before #business #campaigning #create #creator

The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd. ↗

— Lowell Thomas

#above #crowd #cut #distinction #head

The men who made the war were profuse in their praises of the man who kicked the P.M. out of his office and now degrades by his disloyal, dishonest and lying presence the greatest office in the State. ↗

— John Burns

#dishonest #disloyal #greatest #his #kicked

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers. ↗

— Will Durant

#answers #being #bothered #day #get

The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such. ↗

— Og Mandino

#art #benefactor #better #crown #does

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#agreeable #because #before #curiosity #everything

That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend. ↗

— Minna Antrim

#another #capable #could #expense #friend

When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies. ↗

— Everett Dirksen

#both #house #iq #member #moves

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#earth #praises #shines #tears #through