A Quote by Jonathan Raban

Lincoln, steeped in the Bible and Shakespeare, set an impossibly high bar for presidential prose.

Jonathan Raban

Quote Topics

Bar Bible High Lincoln Presidential Prose Set Shakespeare

Quote Author

Jonathan Raban
British - Novelist
Born: June 14, 1942

The fantasy of doing a task perfectly is common with procrastinators; they set the bar for success very high. Then they are afraid to approach it. As the deadline approaches, they must set the bar lower.

John Perry

In a new poll of Democratic voters, presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee came in with zero percent support. Or in other words: We're all tied with presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee.

Jimmy Fallon

Much of what we called "depression" was really dissatisfaction, a result of setting a bar impossibly high or expecting treasures we weren't willing to work for.

Mitch Albom

Mother set impossibly high standards for us, creating tremendous pressures and undermining our ability to accomplish whatever modest aims we may have set for ourselves.

Katharine Graham

Being a Williams is not easy in this business because the bar is set very high to achieve success. Daddy set some high standards for all of us.

Hank Williams Jr.

I feel like I've set the bar fairly high, and I want to keep living up to that bar.

Aaron Rodgers

I remember the will said, 'May God thy gold refine.' That must be from the Bible." "Shakespeare," Turtle said. All quotations were either from the Bible or Shakespeare.

Ellen Raskin

Too few presidents have steeped themselves not just in Lincoln's words but his deeds, which is why Obama's acquaintance with the great man is so compelling - especially since, like President-elect Lincoln, Obama will take office at a perilous time.

Michael Beschloss

When you set out on a journey, you set the bar high but you don't know what you can achieve.

Ravi Shastri

People like to set the bar high. I like to put the bar on the ground and barely step over it. I like to keep the expectations really low.

Kevin Smith

Lastly, this threefold poetry flows from three great sources - The Bible, Homer, Shakespeare.... The Bible before the Iliad, the Iliad before Shakespeare.

Victor Hugo

Set the bar high - do the best you possibly can.

Donald Trump

You can never set the bar too high.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.

E. L. James

Dr. Buss set the bar high for the Lakers.

Jeanie Buss

People say that the Bible is a boring book...but they don't say that about Shakespeare, because the people who teach Shakespeare are zealous for Shakespeare.

Malcolm Muggeridge

A Quote by Jonathan Raban

Quote Topics

Quote Author

Related Quotes

Related Authors