The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything down to the mere vulgar level of wages and prices, electric light and water closets, and nothing else.
David Herbert Lawrence

At the World Cup and even now at the Confederations Cup, our security provisions will ensure the greatest level of protection possible for all those participating - both inside and outside the stadiums.
Franz Beckenbauer

I think every human being has a level of melancholy in life and in general.
Sandra Bullock

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.
Evita Peron

Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.
Paul Simon

You shouldn't listen to us at all if you're looking for information. We don't take ourselves seriously on any level; we're just comedians.
Stephen Colbert

I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.
Uta Hagen

In terms of having high hopes that the level of consciousness will get higher and higher, yeah.
Anthony Kiedis

Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them.
Alain de Botton

I've gone through back surgery a couple times, and of course, my radiation treatments for six weeks got me to the point where I was not able to play at the level that I was accustomed to.
Mario Lemieux

I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past.
Mario Lemieux

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.
Joyce Brothers

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
Henry Ward Beecher

I think I've been lucky, being my frequent appearances on Court TV have brought to me another level than just the actor guy.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense.
Max Frisch

I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.
Kurt Russell

For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man.
Kurt Russell

Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
Elbert Hubbard

When you think you're good, you will play at that level. If you doubt yourself, you will play like crap.
Kurt Russell