Quotes of: High-ground Keyword

Moral grounds are always the last refuge of people who have no sense of beauty.

Oscar Wilde

It's true as a woman, particularly: the older you get, the parts get thinner on the ground and not quite as interesting, that's for sure.

Phyllis Logan

A cricket ground is a flat piece of earth with some buildings around it.

Richie Benaud

Except for a few small presses, most publishers are north of Ground Zero.

Richard Curtis

James Cameron's films have always been distinguished by ground-breaking technical excellence.

Roger Ebert

We need someone in Washington who knows how to build jobs from the ground up.

Stephen Pagliuca

I prefer to break new ground, but it gets harder and harder with the territory that's already been walked on.

Scott Weiland

I don't have the ability to find a middle ground with my audiences, and I know this too well.

Kim Ki-duk

I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know?

Kelly Lynch

When I was a kid, I went from ground zero to Pluto. The first place I played was the Houston Astrodome.

Leif Garrett

Successful enterprises are built from the ground up. You can't assemble them with a bunch of acquisitions.

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.

Alan Lightman

Going home and spending time with your family and your real friends keeps you grounded.

Jennifer Ellison

I guess the worst moment I ever had in business was the fear that Southwest Airlines wouldn't get off the ground.

Herb Kelleher

When someone asks about a career in fashion, I say start at the bottom. If you want to start a business, you have to know it from the ground up.

Tamara Mellon

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

Eric Hoffer

When documents were analog, they were protected by government laws against unreasonable search and seizure. When they live in the cloud... the ground is shifting.

John Battelle

I wasn't one to go out and buy a new car and stereo system and expensive clothes. My mom helped keep me grounded.

Christina Applegate

I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.

Quincy Jones

On the one hand, I've had such a normal upbringing with my mum, who has kept me grounded, but on the other, the wild experiences through my dad.

Julian Lennon

Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the past is a resurrection; the past then lives in your words and you are free.

Jessamyn West