Quotes About Tall Poppy Syndrome

#1. In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don't want you to succeed, and they cut you down - especially people from your own social class.

Mark Burnett

#2. I like the British public. There is something in this country called tall poppy syndrome. You're good but you're not that good, pal, OK? The natural state of our nation is slightly miserable, and probably the healthier for it. In America you don't get a key down the side of your Bentley ...

Steve Coogan

#3. Stroll on. When the going gets tough, the postmodern analyst goes shopping.

Chris Jenks

#4. I tend to be a jam-band fan, and I love the Rolling Stones.

Jessy Schram

#5. Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you.

E.T.A. Hoffmann

#6. Look back on your life and find those moments of giving. Fill life with those moments; life will be worth living.

Debasish Mridha

#7. Dear Girls Across the Globe,
Let's stop body-shaming each other with hurtful comments about how another girl looks or doesn't look. We are all beautiful in our own unique way; so let's speak about each other with the dignity that we would want others to have when they speak about us.

Miya Yamanouchi

#8. You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

Charlaine Harris

#9. I love writing poetry because it's pretty. I love writing pretty.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#10. If my house has collapsed at one blow, that is because it was a house of cards. The faith which 'took these things into account' was not faith but imagination.

C.S. Lewis

#11. Life is not without pain and travail. They are necessary to new awareness which prompts growth.

Kitt Weagant