True, most Americans give lip service to the proposition that even the most exalted among us have their flaws, but we are eager to believe that presidents manage to rise above the limitations that beset the rest of us. – Robert Dallek
One of the great joys of launching your idea on the web is that it’s a meritocracy. The good stuff will rise to the top and find an audience, and you don’t have to impress one idiosyncratic commissioning editor. – Rob Manuel
I bake bread nearly every day; I use Jim Lahey’s no-knead method and leave it to rise overnight. – Ruth Reichl
One of the things that I’m fascinated about generally is the rise and fall of everything, from civilizations to families to companies. – Satya Nadella
Obeying instructions I should never dare to disregard, expressing, also, my own firm conviction, I rise in behalf of the State of New York to propose a nomination with which the country and the Republican party can grandly win. – Roscoe Conkling
The rise of ISIS is a result of – Obama and Clinton making a decision to pull our troops out without preparing Iraq is a colossal mistake. – Paul Manafort
I do believe that oil production globally has peaked at 85 million barrels. And I’ve been very vocal about it. And what happens? The demand continues to rise. The only way you can possibly kill demand is with price. So the price of oil, gasoline, has to go up to kill the demand. Otherwise, keep the price down, the demand rises. – T. Boone Pickens
The biggest breakthroughs in consciousness occur when things are difficult; when we have a choice to fall to the worst of ourselves or rise to the best of ourselves. – Yehuda Berg
Accepting that Arabs have the right to elect their own leaders means accepting the rise of governments that do not share America’s pro-Israel militancy. – Stephen Kinzer
There is no fact-checking on tertiary celebrities. You can say whatever you’d like, and it will just rise up again. – Wayne Knight
My primary lesson, however, was that I’m a solo writer, happiest when I’m making all the executive decisions. I’ve always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits. – Sue Grafton
We will defend ourselves, and we have full rights to do so. If the authorities try to destroy us, we have the right to rise up. Sooner or later this will happen. – Sergei Udaltsov
If we pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, Islamic jihadism is on the rise. And they continue, as we see in Lebanon, to seek to destroy the State of Israel and seek to drive America back and bring us to our knees. We must stand tall and straight. – Zach Wamp
Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens. – Thomas Sowell
A loach can’t emulate a goldfish. Because of my looks, the public support rating for us won’t rise. – Yoshihiko Noda
The Air Force has it far worse than the Navy in terms of existential fears, primarily due to the rapid rise and unbelievable dissemination of drones, where seemingly now every military unit has their own miniature air wing of what would have recently passed as toys. – Thomas P.M. Barnett
Not drunk is he who from the floor – Can rise alone and still drink more; But drunk is They, who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise. – Thomas Love Peacock
To be brutally frank, I mean Christianity is dying in Europe, and Islam is on the rise. – Stephen Bannon
It’s hard to see how the Copyright Office can rise to the many challenges of the 21st-century work that you do without dramatically more independence and dramatically more flexibility. – Ted Deutch
You work hard, and you’ll rise. But, if you’ve got any foolish notions, just knock them on the head and forget them. – Stephen Vincent Benet
Voters, whatever their political views, should rise up against politicians who want to dilute the Bill of Rights to perpetuate their tenure in office. – Ted Olson
To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise. – Vannevar Bush
