Quotes of Raising - somelinesforyou

“ Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money. ”

- Leon Lederman

“ The quality of life is so different in France. There is the possibility of living a simple life. I would never contemplate raising my daughter in LA. I would never raise any child there. ”

- Johnny Depp

“ Monty Python was well-known for pushing and breaking comedy taboos and raising a stir… .we were also the first show to do cannibalism as a schtick. ”

- Graham Chapman

“ William Inge handles symbolism rather like an Olympic weight lifter, raising it with agonizing care, brandishing it with a tiny grunt of triumph, then dropping it with a terrible clang. ”

- Benedict Nightingale

“ Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay. ”

- Jeb Bush

“ One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is. ”

- Erma Bombeck

“ When we recognize that a better word for Fundraising is "friend raising," we open limitless doors to creativity in support of our causes. ”

- Sue Vineyard

“ I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them, and looking after them myself would get in the way of being a musician and writer. ”

- Stevie Nicks

“ Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities. ”

- Bill Richardson

“ The new rule of thumb is that 80% of a president's time must be spent in raising funds for their schools. ”

- James E. Rogers

“ Always remember there is no "ceiling" on philanthropy… In short: keep asking, keep raising sights, keep the "heat" on — because the money's there. ”

- George A. Brakeley Jr.

“ The protein of our cultural imagination. ”

- Robert Hughes

“ Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's levels of aspirations and expectations. ”

- Unknown

“ Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation. ”

- Everett C. Koop

“ Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God — the rest will be given. ”

- Harold Ross

“ I'm not a combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict by raising the issues before I or others burn their boats. ”

- Alistair Grant

“ I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: "Checkout Time is 18 years.". ”

- Erma Bombeck

“ Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead. ”

- St. John Chrysostom

“ He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit. ”

- Ernest Bramah

“ My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now. — ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard. ”

- Peter Drucker

“ It strkes me as singularly inappropriate for a school to use its students for fund-raising. It reminded me of the first time I saw a gypsy mother send her baby out to beg. ”

- William Hamilton

“ If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much. ”

- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

“ We rise by raising others — and he who stoops above the fallen, stands erect. ”

- Robert Green Ingersoll

“ No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. ”

- Barbara Ehrenreich

“ Nothing lowers the level on conversation more than raising the voice. ”

- Stanley Horowitz

“ Raising money takes dogged persistence, bullheadedness, salesmanship, year-round cultivation, board support and encouragement, a plan, an attainable goal, and lots of excitement. ”

- Brian O’Connell

“ She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them. ”

- Gabriel García Márquez

“ Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one. ”

- Maria Weston Chapman

“ Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day. ”

- Bruce Jenner
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