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Quotes About Height

The Eiffel Tower, one of the most astounding manifestations of human genius, can be digitally described as 984; 85; 3; 63; 1,000,000; 1889 - because it is nine hundred eighty-four feet high, offers the visibility as far as eighty-five miles from the top, on a clear day. The Tower has three elevators, and each elevator can carry sixty-three people. When the Eiffel Tower was built, it costed about one million dollars in 1889.
~ Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate
There is a Royal Eagle in each one of us, who wishes to soar high despite the stormy winds of adversities and colossal challenges. As a matter of fact, the stormy winds strengthen the wings of Royal Eagle, and enable him to reach the greatest heights. We must let that free spirited Eagle rise and soar high; and we can be rest assured, he'll be the conqueror.
~ Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate
I think you're shorter than you were." - Clarabelle "Yes," said Scapegrace. "Because I'm in a jar. I'm just a head." Clarabelle shrugged. "We're all just heads, when you think about it. The only difference between us is that we have arms and legs and bodies and we don't live in jars like you do. It's a nice jar, though. Where did you get it?
~ Derek Landy
You can't physically fear a doll only a foot and a half high.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
A boy who was such a threat to my mental health and happiness should not be so tall.
~ Jennifer Echols
Lincoln's height, saying she'll need to "take a ladder to get to Abraham's bosom." (In later years, Lincoln would turn their fourteen-inch height difference into a joke; they were, he'd say, "the long and the short
~ Jennifer Fleischner
Mijn zus woont hier,' zei ik tegen hem. 'Lichtbruin haar, ongeveer zo groot? Zit binnen te praten met de First Lady, denk ik?
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Actually, standing next to you makes it feel as high as Everest.
~ Jennifer Niven
At least it feels that way standing here with you." He closes his blue eyes and breathes in. When he opens them again, he says, "Actually, standing next to you makes it feel as high as Everest." I
~ Jennifer Niven
ona je tako beskrajno iznad njih - iznad svakoga na svijetu, nije li tako, Nelly?
~ Emily Bronte
Non conosciamo mai la nostra altezza Finché non siamo chiamati ad alzarci. E se siamo fedeli al nostro compito Arriva al cielo la nostra statura. L'eroismo che allora recitiamo Sarebbe quotidiano, se noi stessi Non c'incurvassimo di cubiti Per la paura di essere dei re
~ Emily Dickinson
She leaped into space, high, higher than she'd ever been in her life. She came down with a clean snap, and the crowd scattered like birds from the swing of her feet.
~ Emma Donoghue
There's nothing more dangerous than a short guy with something to prove.
~ Eoin Colfer
Mit genau einem Meter Körpergröße lag Holly nur einen Zentimeter unter dem Elfendurchschnitt, aber ein Zentimeter kann verdammt viel ausmachen, wenn er einem fehlt.
~ Eoin Colfer
It is not a race that can be won, a truth the brain-aware manic knows somewhere in his being and a truth that brings with it additional sadness even at the height of the racing, as the manic races but knows that he can't outrace existential distress.
~ Eric Maisel
Coolidge weighed only 119.5 pounds, below the class average, despite a height that was slightly more than average, 68.9 inches.
~ Amity Shlaes
Kimmy was suddenly there, shoulder to shoulder—the irritating heifer was actually taller than he was—and her voice, quiet in his ear, was surprisingly soothing.
~ Amy Lane
An old man seating down is able to see far better than a child standing on top of a tree.
~ Anathi Ntozini
I was on the point of cutting the cord that suspended me between heaven and earth... and measured with my eye the vast space that separated me from the rest of the human race... I felt myself precipitated with a velocity that was checked by the sudden unfolding of my parachute.
~ André-Jacques Garnerin
Gorillas are the largest of the great apes. A mature male may be six feet tall and weigh 400 pounds or more; his enormous arms can span eight feet.
~ Dian Fossey
The former measured six feet and an inch in his stockings, and, without a single pound of cumbrous flesh about him, weighed a hundred and eighty. The latter was an inch shorter than his rival, and ten pounds lighter; but he was much the most active of the two.
~ Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
I am actually 7 foot and and one-half inches tall. I say Seven two because it's easier. Unlike some tall skinny guys I am really 'big' weighing around 350 pounds.
~ Richard Kiel
Well, being 6' 5', pull-ups are my nemesis. I have really long arms so I have to do twice the work of someone with short arms to get the weight up there.
~ Joe Manganiello
The one noticeable similarity with almost all serial killer victims is their short height and low weight.
~ Pat Brown