Rise Quotes

I have always been able to rise above the expectations.
Kay Bailey Hutchison

I think the rise of China is one of the great events of all economic and human history, and I think this will be overwhelmingly a positive thing for the region and the world.
Paul Keating

Great, Positive, History

The Gulf War is responsible for the huge and horrifying rise in Islamic terrorism.
Pierre Salinger

War, Terrorism, Islamic

I have faith the men and women of the Coast Guard will immediately rise to the challenge and see the people hit by Katrina through until the storm has truly calmed.
Dave Reichert

Faith, Women, Men

You know when there's someone new on the rise and there's too much hype? I didn't want that to be me.
Shannyn Sossamon

Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or at least hope, that co-operation for the common good might gradually replace the competitiveness of capitalism.
Dora Russell

Good, Hope, Might

That free will was demonstrated in the placing of temptation before man with the command not to eat of the fruit of the tree which would give him a knowledge of good and evil, with the disturbing moral conflict to which that awareness would give rise.
Kenneth Scott Latourette

Good, Knowledge, Evil

But the power of science lies in open publication, which, with the rise of the Internet, is no longer constrained by the price of paper.
Michael Shermer

Power, Science, Lies

If we pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, Islamic jihadism is on the rise. And they continue, as we see in Lebanon, to seek to destroy the State of Israel and seek to drive America back and bring us to our knees. We must stand tall and straight.
Zach Wamp

Tomorrow, America, Stand

America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that once we make up our minds to really do something, nothing can stand in our way.
Carrie P. Meek

History, Nothing, May

The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times.
John Lothrop Motley

Times, Modern, Events

The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power.
Whittaker Chambers

Power, War, Revolution

The rise of China as a new power is another great challenge for the US. Our failure to properly handle Germany and Japan earlier in the 20th century cost us and the world dearly. We must not make this same mistake with China.
Steve Forbes

Great, Power, Failure

The war being fought in Afghanistan and Iraq is bringing about a fundamental change to the environment that has given rise and power to the extremists who export terrorism.
Craig L. Thomas

Change, Power, War

When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
Daniel Bell

Religion, Experience, Religious

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.
Andrew Young

Pride, Glory, Sink

Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things.
Adnan Pachachi

Political, Able, Everybody

A loach can't emulate a goldfish. Because of my looks, the public support rating for us won't rise.
Yoshihiko Noda

Support, Public, Won

Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but don't rise to the level of nuclear.
Nelson DeMille

Level, Scary, Nuclear

I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Mary Wortley Montagu

Greatest, Impossible, Share

If it hadn't been for the rise of the working woman's wardrobe, I never would have found the time to sneak a kid in.
Betsey Johnson

Time, Woman, Working

In my opinion, the most significant works of the twentieth century are those that rise beyond the conceptual tyranny of genre; they are, at the same time, poetry, criticism, narrative, drama, etc.
Juan Goytisolo

Time, Poetry, Same

The Temple of Diana is in the vicinity of the fountain, which has given rise to the conjecture that it originally constituted a portion of the ancient baths.
Marguerite Gardiner

Ancient, Temple, Fountain

I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.
Vernor Vinge

Life, Change, Human

The two parties are still more polarized than ever before and the rise of partisan media is an important reason for it.
John Avlon

Important, Two, Before

Atlantis will rise again.
Charles Olson

I rise today in strong support of the Children's Safety and Violent Crime Reduction Act, because it is a commonsense way to protect our schoolchildren from pedophiles.
Ric Keller

Today, Strong, Children

I don't like improv at all. It terrifies me. I like to know exactly what I'm going to say. Being surprised does make me a better actor. Anytime I'm afraid of something that makes me rise to the occasion, it scares me, but it's what makes great actors - being in the moment.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Great, Moment, Afraid

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.
Sue Grafton

Decisions, Making, Fall

I refuse to be one of those artists who, 10 years from now, they're bitter about the rise and the fall of their career. I understand that somewhere there's a peak and a crest for me, and I'm going to enjoy all levels. I'm going to enjoy this ride that I'm on, and when it slows down, that's when it will be time for another phase of my life.
Luke Bryan

Life, Time, Career

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