Raises Quotes

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(On his late friend and role model, body builder Reg Park): Reg was a dear friend, an extraordinary mentor and a personal hero. Other than my parents, there may be no single person who had more to do with me becoming the person I am today than Reg. He was like a second father to me. It was Reg who impressed upon me how hard I would have to work if I wanted to achieve my dreams. I`ll always remember him making me do calf-raises with 1,000 pounds at 5 o`clock in the morning.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

It seems to me like nineteen amateurs with box-cutters taking over four commercial airliners and hitting seventy-five per cent of their targets, that feels like a conspiracy theory. It raises a lot of questions. A couple of years ago, it was severely unpopular to talk about any of this. It feels like from the people I talk to, and the research I`ve done and around my circles, it feels like the worm is turning. Just show us how this particular plane pulled off these maneuvers ... It is up to us to reveal the truth. It is up to us because we owe it to the families, we owe it to the victims, we owe it to everyone`s life who was drastically altered, horrifically, that day and forever. We owe it to them to uncover what happened. - On the September 11th attacks

- Charlie Sheen

(on what inspires him as an actor) I like to go to new places. To specify, it is to say that I like not knowing. I like knowing when I get there. I know when it starts coming around and it raises the hair or it doesn`t. I was trained in the theater. So it was instilled in me as a young performer to take chances and not to worry about all that, because failure is a part of growth. If you`re gonna fail, fail big and take chances. So I`ve done that, or I`ve tried to do that.

- Denzel Washington

I love working with children and this young boy, Thomas Sangster, is quite a remarkable young actor. He raises your game, you know. He certainly raised mine.

- Liam Neeson

The bar raises as you go.

- William H. Macy

Taxes are like abortion, and not just because both are grotesque procedures supported by Democrats. You`re for them or against them. Taxes go up or down; government raises taxes or lowers them. But Democrats will not let the words "abortion" or "tax hikes" pass their lips.

- Ann Coulter

(In 2005, retracting her statement about not getting out of bed for less than $10,000 a day.) I can`t stand the way this follows me around. I said it a long time ago, and I hope today I am a different person. Now I get out of bed for a much better reason. I`m part of a team that raises millions of dollars and raises awareness of HIV and AIDS all over the world.

- Linda Evangelista

(on why "Buffy" never won Emmy Awards:) "It`s because it`s called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997). I mean, we`ve even joked about how we should do an episode where Sarah (Michelle Gellar) is a doctor, I`m a lawyer ... get every angle they vote for just to give them a big one of those (raises his middle finger)."

- Nicholas Brendon

I think the Bravo test is really important for a number of reasons. It`s kind of symbolic. It raises a lot of the issues that are related to the whole controversy over nuclear testing.

- Martha Smith

Arnold Schwarzenegger`s gubernatorial campaign raises a series of fascinating questions, the most perplexing of all being why an international star of his stature would ever want to run in the first place.

- Michael Medved

It is a movie which raises questions of implications. This documentary was the first to put all of the pieces together and solve the puzzle. It is a call to action for everyone who views it.

- Susie Porter

He raises the I.Q. of your basketball team - he helps us tremendously,

- Lamar Odom

He raises the I.Q. of your basketball team ? he helps us tremendously,

- Lamar Odom

It was nice. Hopefully it raises some money - and what better cause? Our moms have been a big part of all of our careers, and I don`t think any of us would be playing without their help.

- Sean Avery

All elections revolve around and are often resolved by who raises the most money. That`s unfair. I`d like to see that process changed, but it seems once you win and get to Congress, that doesn`t happen.

- John Murray

This is a very saddening and distressing situation. It raises a lot of questions, and we are coordinating with law enforcement to get those answered.

- Liz Barker

The case raises important issues that affect the public`s right to know and the government`s ability to use the attorney-client privilege as a shield to deny access to documents that reflect its operations at the highest levels.

- Alan Johnson

He raises money both to run campaigns and to elect other Democrats nationwide. If you believe as he does that the country is headed in the wrong direction ... then one of the things you can do about it is to raise money and help elect Democrats nationwide.

- Matthew Miller

He has methodically over the years built a fund-raising organization. Now it raises a lot of money. He does that the way you would try to build any organization, which is to develop a committed base and look to expand it.

- Matthew Miller

I bet $5,000, ... Kido calls and raises $20,000. The other guy and I call the $20,000 rather quickly, hoping that it goes check-check on the river.

- Daniel Negreanu

The way they have been playing certainly raises their profile, and their colors and logos are very attractive and sharp.

- Tom Doyle

Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags. That makes me suspicious.

- Wangari Maathai

(Increased interest rates might also mean a smaller pay raise as well as a more gradual increase in the value of your investments. But slower may be surer.) In the late 1970s and early 1980s, people were getting 10 percent pay raises, ... But housing prices were going up 12 to 15 percent, and so were cars.

- David Orr

When you hear people taking three hours, it raises a lot of questions. And I think the academic staff and everybody doesn`t want to raise the issue and have somebody call them. Or have the NCAA call them again asking what is going on.

- Chris Cook

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

- Everett Dirksen

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- Bob Grant

While the use of pesticides has resulted in a wide range of benefits to control weeds, insects and other pests, including increased food production and reduction of insect-borne disease, their use also raises questions about possible effects on the environment, including water quality.

- Robert Hirsch

Nothing in the world raises prices like an excess of demand over supply.

- Howard Marks

(He says:) I don`t miss the game at all and certainly didn`t envy the England lads sitting around in a hotel all last week. Most of the time, you`re bored out of your head. I don`t watch much football but I think what Chelsea are doing is fantastic. It`s great to have a dominant team, like we had for years at Arsenal under George Graham, because it raises the standard for everyone else. ... I didn`t find the 75 per cent pay cut that attractive.

- David Seaman

The soldiers thing, I think the Italians picked it up first. I`ve done interviews with the Italians, the French, Amsterdam. ... They were very critical, saying the US wouldn`t pick it up, because it`s such a sore spot. ... It raises too many ethical questions. ... I started to laugh, because it`s true.

- Chris Wilson

It`s the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon. Which raises the fear that it may not be long before we`re paying somebody not to.

- Abdul Jalil Hassan

Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

- Adam Deadmarsh

A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration.

- Adam Griffin

He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.

- Adam Wolf

The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.

- Addie Ince

The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction.

- Aislinn Ryan

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them.

- Aislinn Ryan

Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.

- Alan Gaffney

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

- Alan Seay

The facility of obtaining food is beneficial in two ways to the owners of capital, it at the same time raises profits and increases the amount of consumable commodities.

- Alan Skrainka

The meaning of this observation is unclear, but it raises the unfortunate possibility of ambiguous triplets; that is, triplets which may code more than one amino acid. However one would certainly expect such triplets to be in a minority.

- Alex Attwood

And it raises a fundamental question: How long can we move the world in one direction while we move in another direction, and do we want to backslide into an era that we finally emerged from where we had a nuclear weapon for every tactical mission?

- Allan Denham

Enthusiasm is the yeast that raises the dough.

- Amy Bouchard

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.

- Andray Blatche

raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.

- Andy Brunner

All of us are trying to get down to, what are your core values? ... If you`ll play for any team that asks you to play, it raises the questions of where would you draw the line, if you would draw the line.

- Ann DeGroot

This area has to create brand new dollars that do not exist. This partnership raises the level of what any developer could do. ? It`s a synergistic approach. ? It would create a stimulus.

- Anthony Coscia

I guess it raises questions of what they will discuss if they do exclude the public,

- Antiphanes

We`re always concerned when the government is maintaining databases of private information and personal information that`s really none of the government`s business. When a private entity does it, it`s a different matter, but it always raises concerns about our privacy because today they may not be sharing it, tomorrow they may be sharing it with other businesses, with people who may be engaged in using it for illicit purposes.

- Antoine Massad

I just wanted to correct what, in my view, was a situation where raises weren`t given properly.

- Artur Schnabel