Elevation Quotations

There are minds which easily sink into submission, that look on grandeur with undistinguishing reverence, and discover no defect where there is elevation of rank and affluence of riches

The concern is the elevation and wind velocity at Point Cadet and the cost to rebuild a structure 25 to 30 feet off the ground.

We went out on hard-packed snow the other day. Our first part of the season will be training. We are not trying to peak for any meet. In May, hopefully the warm weather and lower elevation will bring us to where we want to be.

his elevation to the court would be a shift away from equality.

Smoking appears to confer a modest elevation in breast cancer risk, ... Certainly this relationship is not as strong as the relationship between smoking and lung cancer or smoking and heart disease, but breast cancer may be another disease to add to the long list of diseases associated with smoking.

History has scarcely deigned to notice [Libius Severus's] birth, his elevation, his character, or his death.

It's a hazard. You have changes in elevation and surface texture. It's been a problem for a long time.

When we plugged in (the data) from that rainfall from the 1996 flood, we achieved an elevation in excess of what actually happened in '96.

This year was an amazing effort by the uphill group. Road Conditions were slower with washboard sections, loose chunky rocks in the construction areas, as if 3,000 feet of elevation gain and 12 km of climbing wasn't enough.

Exceptional performances from everyone on the team. Considering the terrain -- serious elevation drops and rises, trails and dusty dirt country roads in complete darkness other than the flashlight the runner carries -- for a team from Florida to do this well is terrific.