All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight.

It is written on the arched sky it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.

On bad days I think I'd like to be a plastic surgeon who goes to Third World countries and operates on children in villages with airlifts and then I think 'Yeah right I'm going to go back to undergraduate school and take all the biology I missed and then go to medical school.' No. No.

Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

See that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly - to build an economy that lifts every family to make sure health care is available for every American - and to make sure that every child in this nation has a world-class education all the way from preschool to college.

When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage.

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.