Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is. – Joseph Wood Krutch
For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God. – John Calvin
Back in the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, you had clear-cut heroes, clear-cut supervillains. Today, you have more of a blend, more of a gray area between the two. You have the rise of the sympathetic villain and the rise of the antihero. – Jim Lee
To me, a wise and humane policy is occasionally to let inflation rise even when inflation is running above target. – Janet Yellen
I’ve read the poker books, but at this point, everybody who’s playing has read the poker books. I feel like I’m knowledgeable enough to understand what’s going on in the game, and I understand why I suck. And I’m not sure if I’ll ever rise beyond that to the level where I don’t suck. – Ira Glass
The United States and Russia probably do not have common aims and dreams, but they have common worries: Both Washington and Moscow are concerned about the rise of China and are threatened by the rise of radical Islam. – Ivan Krastev
On the one hand, there are individual actions such as throwing, pushing, touching, rubbing. It is these individual actions that give rise most of the time to abstraction from objects. – Jean Piaget
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform. – Chanakya
Anytime where you’re challenged, physically or mentally, you rise to the occasion in different ways. – Josh Peck
Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it. – The Bible Ezra 10:4
Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies. – Alexander Pope
Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes. – Bethany McLean
There is just something about being out in open country, about seeing the sun rise over a pond, that’s really beautiful. – Carson Wentz
History suggests the 2010s will give rise to a super-unicorn or two that reflect the key tech wave of the decade, the mobile web. – Aileen Lee
In a sense the quest for the emancipation of black people in the U.S. has always been a quest for economic liberation which means to a certain extent that the rise of black middle class would be inevitable. – Angela Davis
With super PACs, we’ve seen voter turnout go up; interest in elections rise; and the number of competitive races increase. The campaigns of 2010 and 2012 have been more issue-oriented than their predecessors, not less. – Bradley A. Smith
Lest conservatives be too proud, it’s worth recalling that conservatism’s rise was decisively enabled by liberalism’s weakness. – Bill Kristol
It’s clear that the medium and long-run fiscal challenges facing the country have to do with the rise of entitlement spending, they have to do with the longer run imbalances that we’ve created in the structure of the system. – Austan Goolsbee
There are a handful of talented individuals that are always going to do a better job. If you look at the amount of TV shows or movies, there’s only a handful that rise to the top. – Chad Hurley
May not the complaint, that common people are above their station, often take its rise in the fact of uncommon people being below theirs? – Charles Dickens
Economic systems rise and fall just like empires. That’s the kind of perspective we need to take if we hope to prosper for centuries rather than for the next quarter. – Annalee Newitz
I’ve learned that even the word ‘jubilee’ used in connection with the Reformation can give rise to discussions. – Angela Merkel
The one thing with writing stories about the rise of fascism is that if you wait long enough, you’ll almost certainly be proved right. Fascism is like a hydra – you can cut off its head in the Germany of the ’30s and ’40s, but it’ll still turn up on your back doorstep in a slightly altered guise. – Alan Moore
Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina. – Bob Ney
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius. – Charles Horton Cooley
Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise! – Alexander Pope
