Top 326 Taller Quotes & Sayings

I'd like to be two inches taller, but it just ain't happening.

I wouldn't mind being a bit taller.

Last year, the journalist Malcolm Gladwell conducted a survey of chief executive officers of Fortune 500 companies for his book Blink. He discovered that while in the US population 14.5 per cent of all men are 6ft (1.83m) or taller, among CEOs of Fortune 500 companies the proportion is 58 per cent. And while 3.9 per cent of American adults are 6ft 2in or taller, almost a third of the CEOs were that tall.

TV makes you look taller and fatter.

When I'm in heels, I look much taller.

I was always taller than every other boy my age. So, whenever there was one boy who was taller than me I was like, 'Yes. He's the one.' Even if he definitely wasn't.

I was always taller than everybody else.

I have named you queen. There are taller than you, taller. There are purer than you, purer. There are lovelier than you, lovelier. But you are the queen. When you go through the streets No one recognizes you. No one sees your crystal crown, no one looks At the carpet of red gold That you tread as you pass, The nonexistent carpet. And when you appear All the rivers sound In my body, bells Shake the sky, And a hymn fills the world. Only you and I, Only you and I, my love, Listen to it.

I was a full foot taller than any child my age.

On dancing on pointe: Why don't they just get taller girls?

I wish I was taller or curvier, but I'm happy with the way I look.

many people must be ruled to thrive. In their selfishness and greed, they see free people as their oppressors. They wish to have a leader who will cut the taller plants so the sun will reach them. They think no plant should be allowed to grow taller than the shortest, and in that way give light to all. They would rather be provided a guiding light, regardless of the fuel, than light a candle themselves.

I guess people think the taller you are the more dominant you have to be.

When I did 'Spamalot,' the joke was that I was a foot taller than Tim Curry.

It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.

The taller you are, the bigger your serve.

Today I stood taller from walking among the trees.

Sometimes women who are taller aren't comfortable with it, but I love being tall.

I'm a whopping 5 foot 4 inches tall. I'm not going to get any taller.

The taller they are, the longer they fall.

A mountain with a wolf on it stands a little taller.

My perspective on my mother has changed immensely. She was a lot taller when I was younger.

I used to think that God's gifts were on shelves one above the other and that the taller we grew in Christian character, the more easily we should reach them. I find now that God's gifts are on shelves one beneath the other and that is not a question of growing taller, but of stooping lower and that we have to go down, always down to get His best ones.

Because of the way I am built I photograph taller than I actually am; it's an optical illusion. The way you're naturally built is not something you can fake - you either photograph taller or you don't.

The idea of windmills conjures up pleasant images - of Holland and tulips, of rural America with windmill blades slowly turning, pumping water at the farm well ... But the windmills we are talking about today are not your grandmother's windmills. Each one is typically 100 yards tall, two stories taller than the Stature of Liberty, taller than a football field is long.

Taller people get very competitive. When I meet someone who's close to me or taller, I'm straight up; I don't wanna be smaller than them.

I'm a quarter of an inch taller than Jonathan at 6-foot-4 1/2.

I am 5'6' and desperately wish I was taller.

The deeper thought is, the taller it becomes.

Let us stand a little taller, if you don't, you will never strengthen yourself

A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.

I wouldn't mind being taller or stronger.

I wish I were taller and thinner but the hair you can do something about.

Our shadows are taller than ourselves.

I'm probably taller than 90% of the men I meet.

I want my models to be bigger, stronger and taller than common mortals.

Nobody's taller than the last man standing

Most males do not mature, they simply grow taller.

I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought.

We built tall buildings, but we have not become any taller.

A man never stands taller than when he stoops to help a child.

I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.

[People saying to me] "You look taller on TV." I get that all the time.

Men in high heels? That's a prosthesis. But I sympathise. Women have these giant heels. They get taller and taller. The men need help. But a man in heels is ridiculous.

I'm taller than Manute. I don't know if he's shrunk, or I've grown or whatnot, but we measured up side to side, and I'm taller. I don't think Manute's 7-7. I don't think he's barely 7-6.

I had spinal surgery to correct scoliosis when I was 16 years old. The only thing that scared me about the procedure was that it would make me two inches taller. At the time, I had a crush on a boy who was about my height - and I was worried that if I were taller than him, it would never happen!

No nation is ever taller than when on its knees.

One fan reaction I keep getting is 'we thought you were taller.'

The minute you step onstage, you get eight feet taller.

I have named you queen. There are taller than you, taller. There are purer than you, purer. There are lovelier than you, lovelier. But you are the queen.

I would like a taller guy so I can wear high heels.

In most presidential elections, the taller candidate wins.

Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees.

I'm not bald. I'm just taller than my hair.

He may be taller, but I'm going to show that I'm bigger than him.

All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it's a sign of security.

One is taller. The other is shorter.

Concealers are like undergarments. They make you feel taller and thinner.

I wish I was a little bit taller.

I would like to be taller, thinner and more rakish looking.