Top 533 Raises Quotes & Sayings

Imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth.

Whoever raises a righteous child, it is as if he did not die.

The bar raises as you go.

The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

My acting range has always been something between the two extremes of 'raises left eyebrow' and 'raises right eyebrow.'

Cuties' is universal, and it raises concerns that involve all world societies.

The first cup moistens my lips and throat; The second cup breaks my loneliness; The third cup searches my barren entrail but to find therein some thousand volumes of odd ideographs; The fourth cup raises a slight perspiration-all the wrongs of life pass out through my pores; At the fifth cup I am purified; The sixth cup calls me to the realms of the immortals. The seventh cup-ah, but I could take no more! I only feel the breath of the cool wind that raises in my sleeves. Where is Elysium? Let me ride on this sweet breeze and waft away thither.

Flattery is no more than what raises in a man's mind an idea of a preference which he has not.

I've always written about adultery because it raises the question of transgression and trouble.

A vast space naturally raises in my thoughts the idea of an Almighty Being.

It's not really about asking for the raise but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along. And that, I think, might be one of the additional superpowers that, quite frankly, women who don't ask for raises have. Because that's good karma. It'll come back. Because somebody's going to know: 'That's the kind of person that I want to trust. That's the kind of person that I want to really give more responsibility to.'

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

Our culture raises us to seek success but we are not taught how to live with it.

The worst thing that we could do is raises taxes. It would only hurt the economy.

My downfall raises me to infinite heights.

Every wolf's and lion's howl Raises from Hell a human soul.

Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest elevation by way of a joke.

...the questions a photographer raises may be more profound than the answers the medium permits.

God raises the level of the impossible.

An enlightened person raises the level of the consciousness of the entire community.

Pneumococcus is a fairly common cause of pneumonia and [raises the] risk of death in older adults.

The basic question that the 'new science' raises for our balance sheet is the issue of what scientific questions have not been asked for 500 years, which scientific risks have not been pursued. It raises the question of who has decided what scientific risks were worth taking, and what have been the consequences in terms of the power structures of the world.

If you're reading an exciting book, it raises an expectation but it also raises a fear that the author is not going to deliver, that the expectation is not going to be met, you're going to be disappointed by a wrong turn. But when the thing is completed, the exhilaration and gratitude are deeply intense. You've gotten to read a great thing at its moment of emergence.

Every great artist raises art to a science, and every great scientist raises science to an art, hence we have Michelangelo's David and Einstein's Theory of Relativity.

I'm part of a team that raises millions of dollars and raises awareness of HIV and AIDS all over the world.

A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule.

If it is a small rate raises, [there will be] no impact.

The March sunne raises but dissolves not.

I am interested in tax policy that raises money because I don't like being in debt.

A good piece of art raises questions.

Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.

When you get to do something based on a true story, it always raises the level of excitement.

Ireland is a little country which raises all the great questions.

The man who raises a fist has run out of ideas.

When you're working with really good actors, it raises your own game and you get better.

The Mafia is a question every time an Italian raises his head.

Hiking taxes on businesses hurts workers and raises costs for consumers.

Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture.

When the hypocrisy of life appears we often fail to recognise it or the question it raises

The unfortunate thing about money is that it always raises suspicion even amongst brothers.

Research shows the presence of women raises the standards of ethical behavior and lowers corruption.

For girls it raises your testosterone, so I try to have as much sex as possible before I fight.

Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.

When Donald Trump raises money for the party, raises money, a lot of that money goes to the party, and that's fine. If you're doing a door-knocking program, for example, in Wisconsin, it also helps Ron Johnson who's running for senate. It helps the congressional candidates.

Because God says that he raises up and places all people in places of authority, it is God who raises up a king. It is God that sets one down.

Every solution of a problem raises new unsolved problems.

Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.

When a bowler bowls with the crowd support behind him, it naturally raises one's morale.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that raises the dough.

Every scientific fulfillment raises new questions; it asks to be surpassed and outdated.

[On Alfred Hitchcock:] Hitch is a gentleman farmer who raises goose flesh.

It benefits all artists to help one another - it raises the whole profession.

Unrequited love is not an affront to man but raises him.

I always say that a successful parent is one who raises a child so that they can pay for their own psychoanalysis.

Everything that you do or say that raises the self-esteem of another raises yours as well.

Hope raises no dust.

Certainly, we are hurt by the high fuel prices because it raises our cost.

Infidelity raises profound questions about intimacy.

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