Taller Quotations

I wrote somewhere during the Cold War that I sometimes wish the Iron Curtain were much taller than it is, so that you could see whether the development of science with no communication was parallel on the two sides. In this case it certainly wasn't.

In play, a child is always above his average age, above his daily behavior; in play, it is as though he were a head taller than himself.

It's really odd to be up close to an icon like Bruce Willis. You're used to seeing him on a screen, 50 feet tall. To think, 'Hmm, I'm taller than you are' is just weird.

A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.

I want my models to be bigger, stronger and taller than common mortals. I need superwomen and supermen.

On our American tour bus, the bunks are a bit taller so that we don't bash our heads. On the English bus, we bash our heads every morning. It's not the best thing to do first thing when you wake up.

Male authors always take care to make their heroes at least one inch taller than they are, and considerably more muscular. Just as female authors give their heroines better hair and slimmer thighs.

I catch an old 'Morse' on ITV3. I've never thought I looked particularly like my son. He's taller than me and blond. But when I see Lewis walk into a room with John Thaw, it's like my son has just come onto the screen. That's very strange indeed!

At school I was always taller than the rest of my class, and because I was an only child, I was comfortable with adults but shy and awkward with other kids. I was quiet, bookish, and in spite of my size, hopeless at sports. In short, I was different. And even in the earliest grades, I got pounded for it.

We're going to look at him. He'll be one of the taller kids in school, and he has a lot of skills. I'm looking forward to having him come in and contribute.

Ultimately they were a lot bigger and stronger than us. When the quickness is pretty much the same, but they are taller and stronger, then ultimately they were going to pound it down and (score and) rebound the way they did against us, particularly in the second half. We just couldn't overcome that. We are what we are. We are a little team.

We desperately need to bring the ecosystem back into balance. The smaller trees in that area act as ladders to take fires into the taller Sequoias.

There are some mature birds that have short beards from a lack of melanin that makes the beard weak and it will break. The best method is to wait and see the bird in full strut. If his fan (tail feathers) form an even-edged circle, then he's mature. If there are shorter feathers on the edges of the fan with taller feathers in the middle, then it's a jake.

Lee is a physical team. They have four players 6-4 or taller and they push you off your blocks and keep you from setting up your shots. You have to shoot well against them, because they play well defensively and you won't get many shots.

Scott went to the bucket hard all night against the taller Wolves.

Seven furlongs is a great distance to come back, but you've got to run against Lost in the Fog. On the other hand, the mile-and-a-quarter Travers, I don't think the competition is as good as Lost in the Fog, but that mile and a quarter - he hasn't run in four months. He's an amazing horse. He's developed; he's gotten taller and longer. He's got a lot of ability. Hopefully, if he can duplicate his Wood Memorial (G1), you'll see what kind of horse he is.

She sees herself in a very clear way, which is atypical for an 18-year-old girl. She sees herself for what she is and who she is. If she scores 31 points, she thinks she should have because she's 3 inches taller and 40 pounds heavier than anyone guarding her. If she gets 20 rebounds, she thinks she should have because we missed a bunch of shots. She's very matter-of-fact about the whole thing.

She had to do a lot for us. Most of the time she was guarding a player on the defensive end who was three or four inches taller than her. Her endurance was nothing but incredible. There weren't many games when she sat out for very long. She played a lot of minutes for us.

Missed opportunities. We had so many easy shots. We were taller than them. We out-rebounded them. We just couldn't make the easy shots. It's frustrating.

On love rival Isabelle Adjani - 'I'm eight years younger, 3 inches taller and I've got boobs!

My height is an advantage, if I want to use it. Short guys have short hands and short feet and they come up quick. Taller guys, they use their advantage. Everyone tries to use their advantages. He's going to have trouble with me. I'm going to win the fight.

Only Napoleon did more than me. But I'm taller than him.

But we won't be putting all our eggs in the one basket as the Tigers are much taller than us right across every position.

I'm always a little worried when we play teams that are taller than us.

He was all arms and legs. One thing we all saw in him and admired was his desire, and it proved out. He broke in well as a freshman, and that's not always easy to do when you're two feet taller than everyone else.

We're one of the smallest teams in the country. And going against a taller team poses quite a challenge.

We supported East River Science Park. We supported the United Nations tower. We're not an anti-development board. But we do want planning input. We don't look kindly on commercial, nor on buildings taller than the U.N. Secretariat.

He's a little taller (in his batting stance), a little more aggressive to the ball. He's not collapsing on his backside. His swing's more level.

He walked on the field and was 6 inches taller than anyone there. My eyes lit up.

Jake has grown a lot this year. He's getting taller and starting to fill out, so it's been a challenge to determine what weight class we're going to put him at.

I think what you saw today was two great high school teams. That's what high school volleyball was all about right there. We are a lot taller and I think we hit the ball a little harder.

I think it was a situation on this night that (Tech) missed a lot of shots. We were obviously taller and longer, so we could get those rebounds.

I will have to make sure that I don't go for too much, too early, but instead wait for the right opportunity. It should be a fun game to play as we both like to use angles, but I am rather taller than him so I will probably be hitting the ball harder.

It is an intimidation. It takes a different kind of post player to go against him. Most people build their (center) around playing in the post, but that's hard to do against someone that's that much taller than you.

I think there's a lever on the side of your chair that might make you appear a little taller than you are,

I said that in the show-that at age 8 I was already 5'8" 1/2 and had a deep voice, but that's not true. I do know I was always taller than anyone, maybe taller than the teacher, I don't remember.

People are getting taller and bigger. They need more room in the shower.

Our scrappy play was the key to winning this game, because North Platte had the bigger and taller girls,

Paul has struggled against taller people at times throughout his career, including tonight. Size bothers him unless we can pull him out. ... We were not making shots, particularly early and now he's having to score over bigger people. They did an outstanding job.

That actually really hurt us. I didn't know (Merrill) was that good. She was good. ... She's the one who killed us, I felt. We couldn't double-team on Davenport off of her, because she was so tough. All of them were a little taller than we were used to playing, and that affected us.

I was told by my agent that a number of big stars won't work with anyone two inches taller than them and most of them are under six feet, so you have to be prepared to have trouble.

I think I am more confident now in my ability to fight bigger, taller guys. I just want to show I am the best out there. I am going to beat him.

I think they're different kinds of runners. I look at Smith as a little quicker, shiftier runner. Young is taller (6-5, 233 pounds) and has that long stride.

That's the hook. Sometimes we think we are taller than we are but that time it paid off.

We were looking for a taller guy to play outside, kind of a half-linebacker, half-strong safety, which fit our style.

We have to learn how to cope with the physical play and against people who will be taller and bigger than we are. We have to put a body on a body to keep teams from hurting us on the offensive boards. We can learn from this game and get better." ()

We have another lineman, Nate Glasser, who is also a good one. He plays right beside Evan, but he doesn't have the size. If he was a couple inches taller he'd be getting all kind of attention, too.

We know that children who are overweight have advanced bone development -- they grow faster in all ways, and they are usually taller than their non-overweight peers. That same sort of growth promotion could be linked to the early onset of the maturational change.

We didn't play well. They overpowered us and put us on the defensive. They're taller than the teams we've played. They had quick hits in the middle and hit the ball down, and we didn't get our hands on the ball in time.

We're still working on one, but I have what we want to try to do against them. They are taller than we are overall, and their size can present a problem for us.

We have focused our recruiting on getting taller and better skilled inside players. We fill like Katie fills both of those needs.

With so many teams going to taller receivers, Ashton physically has a chance to compete with those guys because of his size and athletic ability. He has the hips, the footwork and the flexibility that you look for in smaller corners, but he's big and physical.

We've been playing teams that are taller than us all the time, and we've been winning. We just have to find our niche and get some confidence. If their shooters aren't on from the outside, then I think we have a chance.

We're going to be much taller and have a lot more depth. All the kids we have coming in are very successful, and we very much look forward to having them here.

Towers oxidize quickly and go from a shiny metallic color to dull gray. It's hard to see the towers, and I bet no one can tell you how many towers there are between Exits 1 and 5. It looks bad to have a painted tower with fake tree limbs and it's much taller than the trees around it. I call that the 'Wal-Mart Special.

Every (Holocaust) survivor in the world walked a little taller and felt a little more secure because Simon Wiesenthal was out there defending their honor and the honor of their loved ones who perished.

A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria

There's no doubt we can walk a little taller right now. We know that it's going to be podium or bust at the Olympics so we have top three on our mind.

I've been told that taller people have coordination problems. I haven't always been like this. I've worked hard on my coordination.

The worst part about being so small is that I always have to rely on someone. I can't go anywhere on my own, so I'm always dependent. I can't run or walk too fast. If I was taller for a day, I'd just go off on my own independently.

These are a lot taller students than I have had. I hope by the end of the year no one's taller than me.

The taller that storm is, the more air that is rushing up. And as that air rushes up into the storm, it is making those winds turn with height, and that spinning is what causes the tornado vortex that drops down out of the cloud.

The thing that happens is that politicians run on tough-on-crime rhetoric. You appeal to the public and say, 'Let's put more money into taller fences, tougher laws, tougher sentencing, handcuffs,' and where does that money come from? Well, immediately, it comes out of all the money needed for corrections.

No question, my game is like A.I.'s, and I'm just a taller version of him. I respect him for what he does on the court every night, and he is somebody I looked up to when I was in college and high school.

Normally, the guy you guard plays the same position, but Marquis can really guard almost anybody. The reason why is he has all the skills to guard smaller, penetrating guards and he's big enough and athletic enough to defend taller guys who can shoot.

A football player is often bigger than a basketball player - more massive, that is. The basketball player is taller and more slender. So it is with redwoods. The tallest redwoods are often slender, and so they aren't the largest ones.

Coach told me to dribble some time off, then we went into our isolation play. I knew they would not double down because of our outside shooters. I was taller so I just shot the ball over her.

As a kid, I was so short, it was tough for me to keep up with the taller guys. I always had quick feet, but I just didn't have any power, really, as a kid.

This is another blow. But we're actually walking a little taller because of the heroism at some of our hospitals.

They got the critical rebounds at the right time. We knew they were going to be tough. They play taller than they are because they position themselves well underneath the basket.

They are five times taller than our church steeples.

They are a tough team, much taller than we are, and they won probably 80 percent of the balls. I think we got a little flat in the second half.

There were 58 cars here, so I guess we had one-in-58 odds, but really it was a lot taller than that. Really, you don't have a prayer. ... A combination of everything did it for us.

They're athletic. Their guards are bigger than our guards. They start a very big lineup. If you put them all across the board, they probably are taller than us.

They're both power runners. Obviously, Brown's a lot taller than Henry.

They're big, I'm shorter than them. That's intimidating to the other team, because I'm intimidated by girls that are seven inches taller than I am.

They're gonna be taller more athletic than we are, and they can jump a little higher. We're definitely not flashy. . . . We try to guard and rebound, just try to play together on the other end. We don't blow anybody out. Everything is a battle for us.

It?s kind of an understanding between Brady and the receivers that being taller just creates an advantage in different situations. There?s times you can be covered but have a few inches on the guy, (and it) pretty much equals being uncovered.

It's a great fit for him. He got an opportunity in Green Bay last year and he stepped up like no other guy did for the Packers. Robert Ferguson didn't step up like Antonio did. The new coaching staff said they liked him and his heart but that he didn't fit into the system that (head coach) Mike McCarthy runs because he's not a taller receiver.

Ford has been doing a good job with some of its recent seat designs such as those in the Freestyle SUV and Five Hundred sedan. But the new Ranger head restraint is more than three inches below the top of the head of an average-size man. This means it won't begin to provide adequate protection for many taller people in rear-end crashes. It's puzzling why Ford decided that buyers of the new Ranger should get less protection against whiplash than people in some of its other vehicles.

It's going to be fun to watch her play. Don't let her size fool you, she will definitely play bigger and taller than what her size indicates.

It's hard to get good looks when you have someone guarding you who is so much taller but at the same time just as quick.

Darcey is one of those players you never hear much about. She is a 5-foot-8 post player who always plays against people who are at least four inches taller than she is. Darcey is a quiet person, but she always gets the job done. We wouldn't be where we are without her.

That's our key, our defense. We may give up some easy ones to taller teams, but we'll also create a lot of opportunities with our speed. Today was no different. Our defense was OK in the first half but we really picked it up after halftime.

That kids jumps out. He's a monster. Against BC he kind of showed what he can do. He's so much taller than everybody else.

Oklahoma had some big bodies, athletic guys. So does Florida, the same with Memphis and Wisconsin this year. They had a lot of big bodies. It's just another assignment for me. You can't take anybody lightly. ... (But) just because they are taller doesn't mean they are going to get every rebound.

I want to get a tattoo of myself on my entire body, only 2" taller

They've really been some overachievers, big-time. I'm just extremely proud of my team. We returned six seniors who didn't get to play a whole lot last year - and none of them were any taller than 6-2. But the kids played their hearts out all year.

Nothing should be built taller than that icon.

Their rebounding hurt us a little bit. They have three guys that are taller than our tallest player and they're very physical. They do a good job crashing the boards and we had a hard time keeping them off.

I'm 5 9, and there were two stars in my life who didn't mind that I was taller than they - George Raft and John Garfield.

I love it. The taller you are, the better it is for me. You hope you can get low.

In both situations we struggled a little bit, but this team is a little more physical and a little taller than I think they're listed. They have good athletic ability, and they move their feet well.

I often think of lofts as much more modern, bigger, larger, taller spaces where track lighting is the best way to go.

If you never done it the way Kirk does it, it's hard to explain how hard it is to chase some of the game's best players around two, three, four screens sometimes in the same possession and almost always taller than him, sometimes stronger also, so he does such a good job of it. I thought it wore him down a little bit, but he really responded late in the game. I thought overall it was (one) Kirk's better games.

I honestly think I've gotten taller since I started doing Pilates. And my posture is totally different - no more slouching!

I think our kids did a good job (against Bogan). He's a big guy -- he's bigger than us, taller than us, and our kids battled. That's all I can ask. He's hard to block off.

I played against Andre in college. He's tall (6-3), but I'm not worried about the height. There are a lot of guys in the NFL that are taller than me. I am probably one of the shortest (5-10). I'll work through that.

Hope is tough to guard. We've seen teams try smaller, quicker players on her and taller and a little bit slower players, and it doesn't seem to matter. She's able to handle whichever type of players guard her.

He's a pretty versatile player. He's taller than average at 6-11 and he can shoot it, he can pass it and he values the game. If he doesn't have a good shot, he'll pass it, but he also knows he's got the green light to shoot it.